CANADIAN BACON TQ DRY CURE BRINE

[Rings Я Us]

This will be my first use or Mortons Tender Quick in a dry brine.
Trimmed up real nice.
9.25 lbs into an Even 8.5 lbs. Liquid and fat all went bye bye..

 

[Rings Я Us]

It's going to be about 10 to 12 days for each 2.15 lb piece spent in 2 Tbsp of TQ and 1 Tbsp sugar. I may use regular white sugar and not the brown I have out in the pic..
That sugar will be in a rub for my pork but to smoke tomorrow. 4 pieces are each
going in 1 gallon storage bags.
33 to 38 degrees fridge averages 36 or so for food and liquids.

 

[motocrash]

Aha! I saw the TQ and the loin in the butt pic...

 

[Rings Я Us]

] Trimmed to 2 lbs ea..
1 or 2 pieces are 2 1/4 inches thick.
10 days ought to be good.

 

[pc farmer]

It will be good. I leave the fat cap on thou. Extra flavor.

 

[Rings Я Us]

It will be good. I leave the fat cap on thou. Extra flavor.

This stuff my family will all like.. lean stuff.

 

[Rings Я Us]

So I was doing the rub in the Pyrex pan and scraping the leftovers up with a rubber spatula and plopping it into the bags after I put the chunks in there.
Worked out good.

 

[Rings Я Us]

Was going to use the TQ and do a wet brine just to be different but I chickened out..

 

[motocrash]

Ah,at least there's more piggy sleeping in the fridge ;)

 

[griz400]

I am in, will be smoking mine next week .. Sunday ... another week to go

 

[SmokinAl]

Good start!
Al

 

[crazymoon]

RRU, I'm in !

 

[GaryHibbert]

Me too.
Gary

 

[Rings Я Us]

I am in, will be smoking mine next week .. Sunday ... amother week to go

Good start!
Al

RRU, I'm in !

Me too.
Gary

Lol.. everyone is watching..
Thanks..
:)

 

[pc farmer]

Lol.. everyone is watching..
Thanks..
:)

Oh the pressure. Ha

 

[Rings Я Us]

I am going for this look.

 

[GaryHibbert]

Ha!! I was going for that look too. But I cheaped out on my slicer and it gave me tapered slices.
Gary

 

[Rings Я Us]

Ha!! I was going for that look too. But I cheaped out on my slicer and it gave me tapered slices.
Gary

My slicer is cheap too..
Going to keep it set to slice even and lock that puppy with a pair of vise grips if I have to..
:mad:

 

[Rings Я Us]

Saturday and Sunday SMOKING WEATHER IN THE 20s.. :oops:
Hope the ECM is up to the task.
The ECB is harder to keep under 150°

 

[motocrash]

The ECM should work out good man.