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Bacon time!

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Plutonium
Plutonium Posts: 230
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First shot at bacon. Picked up a ~9lb pork belly from Costco. Used Prague Powder #1 along with kosher salt, pepper, and brown sugar. Made it two ways, one was maple and included a rubdown of maple syrup. The other was peppered, which included extra black pepper. 

Curing (pictures on Photobucket won't rotate, I gave up trying):


Smoking with apple wood at 225F:







Pulled at 165, which was at separate times:


Breakfast maple slices at varying thicknesses (1/8" ~ 3/8") after cooling and an overnight rest in the fridge:


Sliced the rest of the maple after breakfast. The peppered was sliced after a few cups of coffee:


Sealed with Foodsaver in 6-7 slice packs. Left the ends out in Ziplock for the weekend:


I tried some pretty thick self cut slices. While it was delicious, I think I like "grocery store thick cut" or normal thickness best.
Albuquerque, NM - LBGE and an old rusted gasser that I use for accessory storage.


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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    So cut it thinner

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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
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    I could use some of that for my breakfast tomorrow.  Oh and my burgers this week.

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  • Elijah
    Elijah Posts: 688
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    I agree on the thickness. Cut it too thick and it starts to taste like ham to me. I do like those end pieces. You can caramelize them on more than 2 sides :)
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
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    Cold smoke it and it's a different ball game 
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,971
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    It looks great to me!  I find I can get thinner cuts by throwing the pieces in the freezer and taking them out one by one to slice.
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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  • Logger
    Logger Posts: 309
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    I agree with Chubbs.  Cold smoking and then try to get a good quality slicer that can handle the size of one of those.
    OKC area  XL - Medium Eggs
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