Pork bellies!!!! YAAA!!! Bacon!!! The money shot!!!!!!!!!

[squirrel]

Hey Craig, you are not that far from me buddy, a road trip might be in order! I haven't done bellies in a while, can't wait to see the finished product! Hugs my brutha!

 

[jefflisa828]

does beer go good with popcorn lol. thanks guy's just wondered never made bacon before I will do some reading for sure

Stick around---I think Craig will be smoking it on or about May 14th.

Grab a box of popcorn & join me:

Bear

 

[fpnmf]

And they're off!!!!

Pulled them outa the briney depths on the afternnon of the 12th. (9 days in)

Rinsed,test fried then racked ,covered with Garlic, Pepper and Onion.

Stayed in the fridge til today 7am (central).

Cranked the MES to 100,put them in for about 1.5 hours to dry then the AMAZEN filled with pecan,both ends lit.
 

Gonna shut off the MES in a little bit and run the AMAZEN til bed time.

It's a beautiful day here in the panhandle. Rained from about 6 pm yesterday til 6 am today!!

The birds are happy and so are all the plants and veggies and herbs.

Have a great day!!

  Craig

MMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!  BACON!!!!

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks good Craig! Boy I wish we could get some of that rain down here. We need it bad, I can't remember when the last time was that it rained all day or night.

 

[hardslicer]

I can't remember the last day it didn't rain here.......love what your do'in with that pork!

 

[SmokinAl]

It's raining like crazy down here now. I guess all I needed to do was wish for it!  

 

[fpnmf]

14 hours of 100 degree and pecan smoke..

These look great!!

Tomorrow into the freezer for a bit then off with the skin and a visit to the biggest slicer on the planet!!!

Then vac packed.

Got 15 pounds of butt to start making some andouille Monday.

Craig

 

[boykjo]

awesome looking bacon craig.... will be waiting for the slicer pics

 

[jefflisa828]

WOW nice looking bacon man I can see that wrapped around a fatty already mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks good Craig, can't wait to see that slicer in action!

 

[porked]

Wow. I can't believe how good that looks! Nice job.

 

[fpnmf]

Ended up with about 12 pounds...not too shabby.

2 pans of nice thin slices.

1  one gallon bag of chunks.

1 plate of long pieces for fatties.

The Berkel made slicing easy.  Bacon got some freezer time first so was nice an firm.

This was the first time using Pops recipe for cure..I am going to make this my "go to" cure for bacon.

MMMMMMMMMMMMM  BACON!

Vac pak and cleaning the slicer later.

Have a great day!!

  Craig

 

[jack3608]

  Now that gets the mouth watering!!! Awesome looking bacon, 2" thick too!! Congrats.

Matt

 

[scarbelly]

Great looking bacon man

I need more

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks awesome Craig!

 

[fpnmf]

Thanks fellas!!

  Craig

 

[alaskanbear]

Hot Dam, that looks delicious!!!

Beautiful.

 

[raptor700]

Awesome Bacon neighbor,

I'm gonna come over a get a tutorial.

You can show me how to use the AMZN, and the (beginner) smoker! 

 

[Bearcarver]

Looks Awesome Craig----And on the 14th, just like I said!

Dang it looks tasty!

Bear

 

[fpnmf]

Thanks!!!

  Craig