First Buckboard bacon

[DougE]

look great! and its on the gotta try list...just need to get the fam to stop visiting. bahah.

Thanks. I got more things on my gotta try list than I'll ever have a chance to cook.

 

[mneeley490]

As for the texture difference, I had the same thoughts on my first try. I've found that if you thin slice it, the texture is virtually indistinguishable from belly.

 

[DougE]

As for the texture difference, I had the same thoughts on my first try. I've found that if you thin slice it, the texture is virtually indistinguishable from belly.

I didn't necessarily consider the texture difference to be a bad thing, but I will go a little thinner on the next one. I'm fairly certain that I wouldn't be missing anything at all if the only bacon I ate for the rest of my life was buckboard.

 

[SmokinEdge]

To me, BBB is closer to ham in texture and flavor, because it is ham after all. What makes belly bacon different in both taste and texture is the streaky fat, the more fat the better I say. Even belly that is very meaty has more of a ham flavor/texture. I like me some fat on my bacon, otherwise I’ll just make ham, and nothing wrong with BBB.

 

[DougE]

Well, this piece was pretty dang fatty, so it may be why I find it closer to belly bacon.

 

[chopsaw]

Doug , that looks great . Making your own is addicting . Nice work bud .
I use just the fat cap side of the bone on pork butts IF it looks like bacon . Then the rest goes for ham .
Most people would have a hard time telling the difference .

 

[DougE]

Doug , that looks great . Making your own is addicting . Nice work bud .
I use just the fat cap side of the bone on pork butts IF it looks like bacon .

Thanks, Rich. I intended on getting a whole butt which were on sale at 99 cents a pound, and boning it out myself, but they were sold out. I ended up with a couple boneless Boston butt roasts at a buck 99 a pound for this. Neither had a fat cap, but the one I did had a lot of internal fat. I still have the other one, and will probably start curing it tomorrow. It looks more meaty than the one I just did, but I haven't seen the underside yet.

 

[chopsaw]

Something else you might want to put on the list . Pulled ham . Do just like you did , but smoke it like pulled pork . Shred it up and on a bun . Man it's good .

 

[DougE]

Something else you might want to put on the list . Pulled ham . Do just like you did , but smoke it like pulled pork . Shred it up and on a bun . Man it's good .

yet another to add to my list .....

 

[Brokenhandle]

yet another to add to my list .....

I don't even have a clue as to where the beginning of my to do list is anymore.

Ryan

 

[DougE]

I don't even have a clue as to where the beginning of my to do list is anymore.

Ryan

I hear ya, bud. I have a few things on the short list, but the rest?

 

[JLeonard]

Sliced and vac sealed my belly bacon yesterday. Didnt post any pics as I am still figuring out my slicer (slices were ugly). But, it did fry up nicely. Gonna do some BBB next as shoulders are much cheaper than belly.
Jim

 

[DRKsmoking]

I am still figuring out my slicer (slices were ugly)

But Jim all that matters is the taste in a BLT, breakfast sandwich, in your hand etc....lol

David

 

[Brokenhandle]

I personally love the ugly slices... I see it as my duty to eat all of them so nobody sees them!

Ryan

 

[JLeonard]

@DRKsmoking and @Brokenhandle you are both right!