My first belly bacon is done

[flareside92]

Nice looking bacon.

I like the smokehouse too.

 

[teeznuts]

Nice job on your first belly! Have you tried Morton's Sugar Cure(plain not smoke flavored)? I use it for my BBB and belly and it's never very salty.

 

[sprky]

ya might try mixing in some brown sugar with the TQ. That will help cut the saltyness

 

[rbranstner]

ya might try mixing in some brown sugar with the TQ. That will help cut the saltyness

I should of mentioned that I mixed 1 TBS of brown sugar per lb of meat in the cure.

 

[eman]

I save all the trimmings and really fatty pieces of bacon, fry it all up and pour the grease in a corning ware bowl for cooking with.

 Crumble all the bacon up and freeze for salads and such. Nothing goes to waste.