- May 10, 2016
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Hello all.
Long time lurker here, I finally found the time to do my first ever smoked bacon. I followed Pops brine method on 7 pounds of pork belly.
Let it cure for ~15 days. Then rest in the fridge for ~4 days. 16 hours of apple pellet smoke on Saturday - Sunday and I'm very pleased with the results.
My quandary is this, the delivery of my my newly purchased meat slicer got delayed and wont show up until next Monday, 8 days after the smoking.
Now I'm willing to slice it all by hand, but would really like to wait and use my new meat slicing toy.
Am I ok just letting it sit in the refrigerator, should I vacuum seal it and freeze or just break down and slice it by hand?
What would all you seasoned smoking veterans do?
Thanks
-mark-
Long time lurker here, I finally found the time to do my first ever smoked bacon. I followed Pops brine method on 7 pounds of pork belly.
Let it cure for ~15 days. Then rest in the fridge for ~4 days. 16 hours of apple pellet smoke on Saturday - Sunday and I'm very pleased with the results.
My quandary is this, the delivery of my my newly purchased meat slicer got delayed and wont show up until next Monday, 8 days after the smoking.
Now I'm willing to slice it all by hand, but would really like to wait and use my new meat slicing toy.
Am I ok just letting it sit in the refrigerator, should I vacuum seal it and freeze or just break down and slice it by hand?
What would all you seasoned smoking veterans do?
Thanks
-mark-