Smokehouse Full of Buck Board Bacon!

[pops6927]

My youngest son had a pork butt in his freezer he wanted to process into Buck Board Bacon, so he unthawed it and boned it out, trimmed it and got it ready to put down; all he needed was some curing salt so we stopped by his house and I added a tbsp into his dry mix for him.  He was at the airport receiving his 4 yr. old daughter (custody mess..) and when he got back he added water and brined it.  

In the meantime, seeing how I'd have to run the smokehouse anyways, I bought two butts and boned and trimmed them out for buck board (well, he did it for me, lol!) too and put them in brine also.  (It's nice having two grown sons to do these things for you, glad I taught them how before I couldn't any more!).

Today is smoking day!  Got it all in the smokehouse and got it started, may have to refill the propane though but early enough that it shouldn't be a problem.

It's been raining steady all night, but the way I have the smokehouse situated it is facing into the porch and protected by it, so rain or shine, I can load, smoke and unload and not get wet!

 

[shooterrick]

Lookin good Pops.  I will be over later this evening.

 

[bluebombersfan]

lookin good waiting for the money shots when its done!!

 

[africanmeat]

lookin good i will wait

 

[rbranstner]

The bacon is looking good. It sure looks like that smoke house is  well seasoned. I love the color on  the walls on the inside.Sounds like you must be running some heat in the smoker. What temps are you at and when are you going to pull them. My next batch I have been throwing around the idea of doing a true cold smoke since I have never made bacon that way before.

 

[SmokinAl]

Yes Pop's are you using heat? If so what temp are you smoking at & are you going to take the BBB to an IT of 145?

I have never hot smoked BBB. I always cold smoke it for 10-12 hours with Todd's AMNPS.

I'm wondering what the difference in flavor & texture is between hot or cold smoked BBB?

By the way I love the color of the inside of your smokehouse too.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

OH YEAH, THATS SOME NICE SMOKIN.

I sure do miss my smokehouse

 

[tjohnson]

Great Start Pops!

Todd

 

[daveomak]

Pops, morning... Iffin you need any pointers.... someone here will help ya.....

 

[raptor700]

Pops, morning... Iffin you need any pointers.... someone here will help ya.....

  If Pops needs help.........................we're all in trouble  

looking good pops

 

[venture]

Looks great so far, Pops.  I sure do like that well seasoned smokehouse, too!

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Pops, morning... Iffin you need any pointers.... someone here will help ya.....:ROTF

Now that right there is funny... I don't care who ya are... :th_roflmao:

you go Pops... ur Da man

 

[michael ark]

That was funny 

great start pops

 

[pops6927]

Heh heh heh!  Got 'er done A-OK!  

Son's batch is on the left, mine is on the right.

Pulled it when it hit 154°; so it is fully cooked and can be eaten cold or heated through, fried, baked, etc.  Unlike many of y'all that have teenage or younger children that mind, mine are fully grown and independent, living on their own, so I don't trust their judgement whatsoever at all any more... 

It's fully cooked and that way they can't hurt themselves, lol!

After it cools I'll show a sliced Q or 2, add it in to the post!

I did have to refill the propane at about 2 pm; weighed it before I started and it was 19.5 lbs (an empty tank is about 18 lbs), but it burned from 7am to 2pm before giving out.  The new tank "should" have weighed 38 lbs, but exchange places never refill to full, it weighed 31.9 lbs.  A tank usually lasts me about 3 - 10 hr smokes.  Went to Walmart and swapped it out and got it going again, only down about ½ hr. as it's 2 blocks away.  That's the price you pay for convenience.  An exchange tank is $14.88 so I'm paying about $1.00/lb.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Pops.. are you a hand slicer or machine slicer ??

 

[daveomak]

Pops, evening.... Looks like you got her done without anyones help.... I'm impressed.... You are gettin' better at this smokin' meat stuff..... Dave

by the way... Looks real good....

 

[michael ark]

Looks great .I just paid $20 for a exchange.

 

[chef jimmyj]

That looks great Pops....JJ

 

[pops6927]

Pops.. are you a hand slicer or machine slicer ??

I have a small slicer:

Nesco FS-150PR Professional Food Slicer  

It does the job!

 

[pops6927]

Pops, evening.... Looks like you got her done without anyones help.... I'm impressed.... You are gettin' better at this smokin' meat stuff..... Dave

by the way... Looks real good....

Where there's a will there's a way - a lot with my sons' and my wife's help, plus PJ the dog, too!