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Cold Smoked Bacon Question

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Sherriff
Sherriff Posts: 31
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Currently cold smoking my pork belly using the amazing pellet smoker.  Just curious if, like when smoking cheese, you need to let it sit for a few weeks before eating to mellow out the smoke flavour?? 



Thanks for any help!

Sherriff
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Conneggticut_Yankee
    Conneggticut_Yankee Posts: 132
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    I've always hot smoked and would slice it immediately after short chill time in the fridge. I think it would be the same for the cold smoked. I haven't heard anything different. I'm sure someone who has cold smoked will eventually chime in. 
    Madison, CT
    LBGE June 2013. 

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  • hondabbq
    hondabbq Posts: 1,980
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    I just cold smoke some back bacon last week. It sat in the fridge overnight and we sliced some up for breaky. I was thinking the same thing but when I cut and fried it up I thought it was good. All of those that I gave some to said the same. I sliced some up for my sous today as well, and to me it tasted the same as it did the first day.  It has been 7 days since I smoked it.
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  • pantsypants
    pantsypants Posts: 1,191
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    it has been my experience to take it right out of the egg and slice it up and eat it .

    Also if your not using a meat slicer a good trick is to put the belly in the freezer after for a a few hours as it will be way easier to slice when it is almost frozen ,
    Toronto
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    pantsypants said:
    it has been my experience to take it right out of the egg and slice it up and eat it .

    Also if your not using a meat slicer a good trick is to put the belly in the freezer after for a a few hours as it will be way easier to slice when it is almost frozen ,

    Yeah but you have one of those high tech electric smoker boxes.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • pantsypants
    pantsypants Posts: 1,191
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    smokes in five minutes - med rare
    Toronto
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  • Sherriff
    Sherriff Posts: 31
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    Ok, thanks for the info.  

    Sherriff
    Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Even if you have a slicer, give it a bit of a freeze before slicing.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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