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Sous Vide Bacon on the Blackstone Grill

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Spring Chicken
Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
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This is for you sous vide and Blackstone Grill fans among us, or if you are just curious like I was. 

I saw a video by Chef Steps about it and, naturally, I had to try it. 

And I made my own video in the process. 

Take a look. It's short. 

https://youtu.be/wc4bANdeqH8 

Bacon always tastes good, so it was no surprise that this turned out well. The bacon was delicious, the process was easy and the smell of frying bacon was kept outside. 

Thanks for looking. 

Spring "BaconBaconBaconBaconBaconBaconBaconBacon" Chicken 
Spring Texas USA
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Did this friday night/sat morning. Perfectly rendered fat and fried up really quick. Will do it again. 
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  • Wardster
    Wardster Posts: 1,006
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    Next homemade, I LOVE Wrights bacon!!!!
    Apollo Beach, FL
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  • bweekes
    bweekes Posts: 725
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    Looks amazing! I've been contemplating a Blackstone, but haven't pulled the trigger. Only downside to your cook is the house doesn't smell like bacon. ;) 
    Ajax, ON Canada
    (XL BGE, MED BGE, La Caja China #2, and the wife's Napoleon gasser)
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  • minniemoh
    minniemoh Posts: 2,145
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    Looks delicious Leroy! I need to fire up my Blackstone again, it's been a while.
    L x2, M, S, Mini and a Blackstone 36. She says I have enough now....
    eggAddict from MN!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Nice job Leroy!  Does the SV make it more tender?  How long at 148 or whatever it was at?  Also, loved the soft porn music in the background - big turn on especially when combined with bacon ;)
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Interesting.  I saw the Chef Steps piece as well. Is this something you'll repeat?
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
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    Looks great. That Is an interesting concept.  I watched the chefsteps vid and they only seared it on one side so the bacon is crispy on one side and floppy on the other.  

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Spring Chicken
    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
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    nolaegghead said:
    Nice job Leroy!  Does the SV make it more tender?  How long at 148 or whatever it was at?  Also, loved the soft porn music in the background - big turn on especially when combined with bacon ;)
    Thanks.  'More tender' is hard to answer because bacon gets 'more tough' as it is cooked, until it it just right.  I personally think the sous vide is akin to parboiling in this instance.  That just speeds up the actual cooking later.  But I did notice that it took less time to cook the bacon.  I also thought I had better control over the cook, but that could be attributed to the Blackstone Grill.  It's great for cooking bacon.

    As for time in the sous vide bath, I'm guessing about 8 hours.  I was just following a suggestion by the Chef Steps cook to sous vide 'Overnight.'  I suspect the reason for overnight was that even though the bacon was sliced, it was compressed in the package, thereby making it essentially a fairly thick piece of meat.  In order for the sous vide water to penetrate throughout the meat to both cook it and pasteurize it, a longer cook time was needed.  The final cook on the grill was to sear it to the desired texture.  At least that's the way I thought of it.

    As for the music, I often spend more time searching for the music than I do for editing the photos and video.  Glad you liked it.  I'm always tempted to throw in a little Classical, but it's hard to fit Hard Classical into a short cook.  Maybe a little Light Classical would be nice, especially if it suggested an erotic theme. Alas, not much of that around though.

    Spring "Music Is The Stuff That Gives Rhythm To Images" Chicken

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    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
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    bgebrent said:
    Interesting.  I saw the Chef Steps piece as well. Is this something you'll repeat?
    Yes.  Especially if I have a lot of bacon to cook at once.  The sous vide cook ahead of time makes the final cook go more quickly with more control in my opinion.

    Spring "You Often Repeat A Cook Because It's Good, Or Bad" Chicken


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