Cold Smoking bacon: The second attempt

[sauceboss]

Currently curing 14 lbs of bacon. This time I’m gonna check the grain before I slice it up.

 

[atomicsmoke]

What's the grain?

Kidding.

Let us know.

 

[sauceboss]

What's the grain?

Kidding.

Let us know.

Lol, last time I cut 1.5 lbs the wrong way before I realized it. Definitely the most tough and chewy bacon I’ve ever had!

 

[SmokinAl]

Yea I'm kind of anal about cutting bacon cross grain, & sometimes it's hard cause the grain changes direction a lot of times in the same slab. So I slice it across the grain, and when it changes I just turn it in the slicer & go the other way.
Al

 

[atomicsmoke]

How about slicing it thin?

 

[sauceboss]

I was just so excited to eat home made bacon I just sliced off a piece and cooked while slicing the rest. I saw that puppy curl like a slinky. I was halfway through slicing the batch by the time I realized I screwed up. So I made lardons with that half. I’m going to be more careful this time.

 

[sauceboss]

How about slicing it thin?

I’m slicing by hand and prefer thick slices.

 

[sauceboss]

The seems to coming along nicely.

 

[nanuk]

it's BACON

can you really do it wrong?

 

[Rings Я Us]

Hmm.. wonder if the factory worries about that?.