Smoking Pre-sliced Pork belly

[smokein'rabbits]

Costco has pre-sliced pork belly. I'm wanting to try some bacn. Could the slices be skewered together, cured, and smoked for bacon?

 

[Steve H]

Costco has pre-sliced pork belly. I'm wanting to try some bacn. Could the slices be skewered together, cured, and smoked for bacon?

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[Brokenhandle]

I'm with Steve!

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[olaf]

I've actually tried that when someone gave me some she accidentally bought. It of course will cure and smoke but them slices were thick so I sliced them in threes which was a little tricky to do. A better option would be to get a regular belly use the sliced for smoked pork belly.

 

[tropics]

If you have a grinder here is another thing you can do

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Started with a 3 pound slab of Belly,to thin to make belly bacon so I ground it Added a half cup of water with 1/3 c NFDM and the salt,cure #1 an sugar Pressed into a lined pan I have another pan I placed on top with 5 lbs. of weight (no pic) Any suggestions on how long to let it...

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[chilerelleno]

I'd save the sliced strips for other recipes and go with whole belly.
You can likely just ask the Costco meat counter for an uncut belly.

The slices at Costco do make some for nice recipes, easy to cut up for PBBEs (Burnt Ends) and Smoked PB Braids and such.

 

[Hamdrew]

smoked belly strips are great, but you might be able to get a pretty decent wet cure in ~24hrs. So, i might..

 

[SmokyMose]

I've used those "sliced" belly's from Costco for straight up BBQ/smoking or cutting up for burnt ends, etc. For bacon you're better off getting the whole belly and using a slicer after curing and smoking. Just my opinion....

 

[smokein'rabbits]

Thank you Smokeymose.