First BuckBoard Bacon for me , 1 as a Christmas thank you gift .
Well it turned out great and will be happening more , especially as I only kept 2 little pieces. LOl
Bought a pork shoulder and removed the bone and the skin. 1 really nice piece and a small one and some pieces.
Weighed them out and did up the dry cure mix, as I always do. .0025 cure, .0175 salt, .015 sugar ( brown ) X weight of each piece of the meat
Put in bags and in the fridge for 14 days ( actually 15 days been busy ) turning and rub every day.
Rinsed and pat dry and in the fridge for a day, and that turned into 2 .
Rubbed with lots of black pepper and brown sugar. In the smoker at 225 +/- until IT of 145. Pulled them and they were 145 and 146, pretty close in the temps outside yesterday. -7C ( -13C wind chill ) with wind of 70 - 90 km for the last 3 days
In the bags with the cure mix they were flat and completely coated and rubbed well. and dried flat also
Before going into the smoker I like to tie up to get the shape I want.
They are in the smoker with what was suppose to be my supper yesterday also. That is an other post
It just took a day longer to enjoy.
So they reached the right temp and out they come to cool. Than wrap and into the fridge for another night
Pulled and sliced and tasted , love this BB bacon.
Like I mentioned the large piece is for a friend at the contractors desk at the building supply place I have been using for 30 plus years. Better then the big bottle I normally used to give him. And I feel better then giving booze anyway.
I slice the big one because I was nervous about giving someone something with out me knowing what it looks like inside. So just did the one cut in the middle and glued it back together, just kidding. Just making sure you are paying attention.
Had to check all looks good, By not slicing in small packs , he can slice as thick or as thin as he wants . It was a little over 2 pounds . He was very happy with it.
I made mine the little one more rounded as it will fit on burgers much better this way. And it is very tasty.
Well thats it my first turn at BB Bacon. and will happen again after new years as I only have a little bit for me .
But glad I did this for my friend.
David
Well it turned out great and will be happening more , especially as I only kept 2 little pieces. LOl
Bought a pork shoulder and removed the bone and the skin. 1 really nice piece and a small one and some pieces.
Weighed them out and did up the dry cure mix, as I always do. .0025 cure, .0175 salt, .015 sugar ( brown ) X weight of each piece of the meat
Put in bags and in the fridge for 14 days ( actually 15 days been busy ) turning and rub every day.
Rinsed and pat dry and in the fridge for a day, and that turned into 2 .
Rubbed with lots of black pepper and brown sugar. In the smoker at 225 +/- until IT of 145. Pulled them and they were 145 and 146, pretty close in the temps outside yesterday. -7C ( -13C wind chill ) with wind of 70 - 90 km for the last 3 days
In the bags with the cure mix they were flat and completely coated and rubbed well. and dried flat also
Before going into the smoker I like to tie up to get the shape I want.
They are in the smoker with what was suppose to be my supper yesterday also. That is an other post
It just took a day longer to enjoy.
So they reached the right temp and out they come to cool. Than wrap and into the fridge for another night
Pulled and sliced and tasted , love this BB bacon.
Like I mentioned the large piece is for a friend at the contractors desk at the building supply place I have been using for 30 plus years. Better then the big bottle I normally used to give him. And I feel better then giving booze anyway.
I slice the big one because I was nervous about giving someone something with out me knowing what it looks like inside. So just did the one cut in the middle and glued it back together, just kidding. Just making sure you are paying attention.
Had to check all looks good, By not slicing in small packs , he can slice as thick or as thin as he wants . It was a little over 2 pounds . He was very happy with it.
I made mine the little one more rounded as it will fit on burgers much better this way. And it is very tasty.
Well thats it my first turn at BB Bacon. and will happen again after new years as I only have a little bit for me .
But glad I did this for my friend.
David
