Whats better then Bacon? Twice the Bacon! (Pic heavy)

[porked]

Great job on the bacons! Great pics as well. Kudos.

 

[burgi]

Looks AWESOME!!!!! now I have to give it a go......... YUMMMMMM!!!

 

[rdknb]

That does look great

 

[uncle kenny]

I find putting Maple Syrup in the cure a waste as well. I'm smoking 30 pounds of bellies tomorrow

and I will baste with MS and smoke with maple wood. We'll see. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ak1]

I just got done putting up two bellies myself, I did a maple one also but I bought maple sugar and used that in place of brown sugar.  I can't wait to try it this weekend to see if the maple sugar makes a difference.

What I've found is that Maple sugar doesn't make much of a difference. At least not enough to make the price worth it.
 

 

[laszlo]

 There seems to be consesus on use of maple syrup - i.e. it does not contribute much to the final flavor. Agree on that as well but I still use it to make my dry cure rub not so dry, but sort of sticky paste like. I found it easier to apply the paste to the bellies.