This was first attempt at makin bacon. I got the pork belly from Costco. Since I wasn't sure how it would work, I only did 2 of the 6 slabs...so maybe 1.5lbs. I vacuum sealed and froze the rest. It cured it for a week in the fridge using 50:50 sea salt and brown sugar with 2 tsp of pink salt, flipped the bag every morning. Smoked with hickory for 5-6 hrs in my WSM at about 150*F.
Pretty impressed with myself.
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Looks great. Have you've sliced it yet?
Cool man. What was your desired IT temp and how long did it take to reach it at your cooking temp?
Chiming in @varekai since he's looking to try
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I was think since it's already salt cured and you can fry it without smoking it, that the internal temp shouldn't matter. The smoke is basically more curing. I kept the smoker temp under 150 because I didn't want to start rendering the fat. I want that fat to melt in the frying pan, not into the bowl of my wsm.
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@Travis , and
@blksabbath , THIS is what i'm talkin bout!! Love it!
You will love it...I did 18lbs of it in December. If you're curious, Amazon has a good selection of meat slicers for under $100. It made for even slices that fry up crisp.
a slicer is on my want list, fortunately I have access to a Hobart slicer where I work...but that also means I may have to share if my coworkers see it..LOL
Man that looks incredible!
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Whoa....
Thanks for the inspiration.
Looks fantastic. Pork belly and bacon is on my to do list for this year.
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I have always wanted to try making bacon, I was thinking about Canadian bacon!
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