My first attempt at bacon .

[strummer]

I have been making sausage for about 10 years now and I finally decided to try my hand at bacon . I'm making 15 lbs .this is what I'm working with

I'm making 5 lbs of peppered

5 lbs of maple

And 5 lbs of maple and brown sugar .

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Hope to have them in the smoke house Thursday or Friday . Plan to smoke with oak and pecan . I can almost taste them already .
Th

 

[alblancher]

lokking forward to the Qview!

 

[scrappynadds]

Looks great.........BLT's yummy yummy

 

[sprky]

I'm in 

 

[tgil]

All of this bacon talk has really got my curiosity up! How does the price compare to store bought? I know it's apples to oranges but have no clue how much bellies run or where to even get them.

 

[strummer]

I paid 2.19 a lb . I had everything else . For me to buy thick slice pepper bacon it almost 9 bucks for a lb and a half . So for me it pays off pretty fast .

 

[redheelerdog]

Looks great! I need to get some going too, I have about 15lbs in the freezer I need to brine up and smoke!

Looking forward to your smoke pictures.

Have fun!

 

[jno51]

Where and what type of maple are you using. I am curing out 10lbs now and will be putting in the smoker in the morning. I still have 10 more lbs that I would love to put maple on.  

 

[strummer]

I found some b grade light colored at a small grocery store .I added 1/2 cup for 5 lbs .

 

[strummer]

A little update . I pulled my bacon and washed it off . Then I fried me some test strips . Taste pretty dang good .

So now it's in the smoke house getting smoked with pecan and oak. Will pull it out in 12 hours or so.

 

[strummer]

Just pulled them out of the smoke house . Looking great . Here they are
Pepper

Maple

Brown sugar and maple

 

[SmokinAl]

Good looking bacon! I like the smoke house too.

 

[smokinhusker]

That's some nice looking bacon and the smokehouse ain't bad either!

 

[scarbelly]

Looks like you bacon is a success. Congrats

 

[jrod62]

looks great !!!!!!

 

[chaspope]

All of this bacon talk has really got my curiosity up! How does the price compare to store bought? I know it's apples to oranges but have no clue how much bellies run or where to even get them.

I'm paying $1.79/# for my pork now.  That is on a cheap side of it, but I have a connection through the restaurant I manage.  

 

[strummer]

I paid 2.19 a pound for the bellys . Had everything else . So I got almost 30 lbs of bacon for 63 dollars . The pepper bacon I normally buy is almost 9 dollars a pound .