So i found a nice 8.27 lb belly at costco for 25$ couldn't pass that up! Decided to make maple bacon. I cut it in half and cured it for 14 days. My cure was just brown sugar , kosher salt , pink salt and burbon barrel maple syrup. On one half i also added some cayenne. I decided to do a little testing to see what would be more mapley. So the half with cayenne i cut in half again and on one i brushed maple and coverd with CBP before the pellicle, the other half i brushed maple right before the smoke. Smoke for 4 hrs using mesquite and apple wood , looks pretty darn tasty to me.