First time making bacon

[fatboycoalition]

My first attempt at curing and smoking bacon. Tried for a pastrami bacon. Came out a little salty and not quite enough pastrami flavor but still tasted really good. Got some pointers and tips from a bacon page on Facebook. Wife asked how much of the belly I bought was left and if I was going to try and improve the same flavor first or try a different flavor next.

 

[kruizer]

Looks good to me.

 

[fatboycoalition]

Looks good to me.

Thank you

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks good from here also! Bet it turned out so good because of your helper!

Ryan

 

[SmokinEdge]

Looks delicious.
Care to share the recipe?

 

[daspyknows]

Looks good. Home made bacon is so much better.

 

[fatboycoalition]

Looks good from here also! Bet it turned out so good because of your helper!

Ryan

Thank you. He enjoyed it. Especially the eating part.

 

[fatboycoalition]

Looks delicious.
Care to share the recipe?

Thank you.

Pastrami Bacon

Pork belly is cured with pastrami brine and cooked in a smoker. This pastrami bacon recipe is the best of both worlds.

barbecuebible.com

 

[fatboycoalition]

Looks good. Home made bacon is so much better.

Thank you. Looking forward to the next batch

 

[hawgrider]

Next time try cold smoking it. The results are much better.

 

[forktender]

Man that bacon sounds awesome, it sucks that it didn't turn out to your expectations... I hate when that happens.

I wasn't thrilled with the texture of the bacon I made a few months ago. It was either under cooked or way to crispy. It didn't have any chew to it, it was more of a shatter when you bit into it. I cooked it in a fry pan and on a rack in the oven, the oven was a little better but not much. In all honesty I wasn't impressed with it by any means. I cold smoked mine because I was trying to replicate the bacon my Gramp's always had hanging in his root cellar too me it was a fail. I guess I need to try it again with cure #1 instead of the Morton's T.Q. I think the required amount of T.Q. made it too salty as well.

 

[fatboycoalition]

Next time try cold smoking it. The results are much better.

Gonna give that a try as well.

 

[fatboycoalition]

Man that bacon sounds awesome, it sucks that it didn't turn out to your expectations... I hate when that happens.

I wasn't thrilled with the texture of the bacon I made a few months ago. It was either under cooked or way to crispy. It didn't have any chew to it, it was more of a shatter when you bit into it. I cooked it in a fry pan and on a rack in the oven, the oven was a little better but not much. In all honesty I wasn't impressed with it by any means. I cold smoked mine because I was trying to replicate the bacon my Gramp's always had hanging in his root cellar too me it was a fail. I guess I need to try it again with cure #1 instead of the Morton's T.Q. I think the required amount of T.Q. made it too salty as well.

Can't wait to give it another go. Maybe soon I won't be buying bacon from the store anymore