Pork belly: TME/TMA

FanOfFanboys · July 2020

I see at Costco all the time. I think it's where bacon comes from?
Tell me everything I need to know, could want to know. If I bought tomorrow what should I do with it?

1voyager · July 2020

Pork belly burnt ends using Malcom Reed's recipe.

The Cen-Tex Smoker · July 2020

Make bacon?

FanOfFanboys · July 2020

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Make bacon?

How? I know how to do nothing with it.

hoosier_egger · July 2020

If you're new to the bacon game, equilibrium brine and warm smoking would be safest.

JohnInCarolina · July 2020

FanOfFanboys said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Make bacon?

How? I know how to do nothing with it.

Do the burnt ends. It’s easy and you can do it within a single day. And afterwards you’ll wonder why you never did them before.

SaltySam · July 2020

if you buy the costco pork belly (typically around 11-12 lbs) split it into thirds. 11 lbs of pork belly burnt ends is almost too much. Almost.

I took one of the thirds and brined it for a week with sugar, salt, pink curing salt and some other odds and ends. (Google and Pinterest have a ton of recipes). Then smoke at 225 with apple or sugar maple until an IT of 145. Let that cool and slice as thick or thin as you want. Fry it up and it’s the best bacon you’ll have, at a fraction of the cost of store bought.

I saw a thread a while back about a “from scratch BLT”. One dude made the bread, grew his own tomatoes and lettuce, and made his own bacon. I think he may have mixed eggs and oil for scratch mayo as well. Whatever it was, it inspired me to make my own bacon. I’m glad I did. It’s a good time and delicious

Pork belly: TME/TMA

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