Started My First BBB

[fagesbp]

I have a freezer full of butts so I thought I'd give buckboard bacon a shot. I have made belly bacon and it turned out well so I'm hoping this is just as good.

Here's the pork roast after I deboned and split it:

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• fagesbp
• Mar 13, 2013

And here they are sealed up with the cure. I used a simple cure mix of salt, cure #1, brown sugar, and cbp:

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• fagesbp
• Mar 13, 2013

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• fagesbp
• Mar 13, 2013

I'm actually thinking about smoking one to a higher temp and making pulled ham with it...

Well, see ya in a couple weeks

 

[kathrynn]

will be here waiting!

Kat

 

[jrod62]

 

[dirtsailor2003]

We have decided that BBB is our favorite bacon! Can't wait to see your final product!

 

[woodcutter]

Good start! Your gonna love it.

 

[humdinger]

 Cool, I haven't seen it done in the vac seal yet. Will be subscribing to this one for sure.

 

[fagesbp]

I did my belly bacon in vac packs and it worked out well.

 

[fagesbp]

Here's the pics of the finished bacon and shoulder ham.

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[woodcutter]

Looks good, what do you think of BBB vs belly bacon?

 

[fagesbp]

I actually like the belly bacon more but my wife likes the bbb. Both are great though.

 

[mountainhawg]

I'm starting my first BBB tomorrow using Todd's recipe. Been putting it off but the local market had butts for $.99/# today so I found a deal I couldn't refuse. Glad your's came out well. My wife is skeptical of anything I cure, except jerky, but she is not a big fan of bacon anyway, so it will probably be ALL mine.