My Belly Bacon

[fagesbp]

First time try at belly bacon. I used the dry cure bacon calculator. I just added black pepper and ground ginger. I put them curing a week ago and smoked for 10 hours today. Will post pics tomorrow of the finished product since I wrapped them and put them in the fridge to rest tonight.

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It was in the 40s when I started this morning but warmed up quick. It was in the 70s when I finished.

 

[fagesbp]

Here's the finished product. It tastes great. Can't really taste the ginger at all. 7 packs of slices, 2 packs of ends I cut into chunks for seasoning beans, etc, & 1 pack of just fat that I set aside for a sausage project. My wife said the chunks are bacon bits but I said they're too big for bits so she said they're manly bits and that's exactly what she wrote on them lol.

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[diggingdogfarm]

Looks real good!

Nice slicer!
I have a couple of the hand crank models.


~Martin

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Great looking Bacon!

 

[fagesbp]

Thanks. I'm not real happy with my slicer. the back plate moves around alot and my cuts are usually uneven. It leaves alot of meat pulled down. I tried sharpening it by hand today but I'm not sure if I did any good.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Thanks. I'm not real happy with my slicer. the back plate moves around alot and my cuts are usually uneven. It leaves alot of meat pulled down. I tried sharpening it by hand today but I'm not sure if I did any good.

That's a bummer!!!!!
:frown:

~Martin

 

[friz]

Thanks. I'm not real happy with my slicer. the back plate moves around alot and my cuts are usually uneven. It leaves alot of meat pulled down. I tried sharpening it by hand today but I'm not sure if I did any good.

Good looking bacon. That's my next project.

I used to have the same slicer you do and got the same results.

I now have this one

http://www.knife-depot.com/knife-49236.html

and I am a lot happier with it.

 

[fire in the hole]

Did you freeze your bacon 1st????? My slicer works better with bacon that is mostly in the frozen state.

 

[fagesbp]

Yes I had it mostly frozen. I always do but end up with long tails and croooked slices anyway. I'll just keep looking thru the craigslist lottery til I find my hobart, etc super deal.

 

[metaluno67]

I've got the same slicer and it's the blade. due to the way its made it puls the meat away from the guide and creates uneven slices.

I sharpend mine with a stone while it was running. Worked pretty good that way.