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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: dogtuk on November 12, 2015, 05:48:09 PM

Title: Bacon
Post by: dogtuk on November 12, 2015, 05:48:09 PM: Got a pork belly at costco and decided to make some Bacon I used the Morton tenderquick recipe for bacon its a tablespoon of tenderquick and a teaspoon of sugar per pound of meat let cure for 7 days and smoked with hickory
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Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: WCTaxidermy on November 12, 2015, 08:46:21 PM: Wow Huey that looks awesome! Did you cut it by hand or through a meat slicer? Those are nice straight cuts. I have a pork belly in the fridge myself. Will be ready to smoke in 3 more days.
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: dogtuk on November 12, 2015, 08:57:03 PM: I hand sliced it figured it would be faster and one less thing to clean up when i was done a nice sharp knife helps :-) I picked up another slab yesterday and will cure tomorrow what a deal 9 pounds of Bacon for 26 bucks :-)
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: WCTaxidermy on November 12, 2015, 10:13:43 PM: Yep that's where I got mine, can't beat that price plus end results beat store bought bacon any day!
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: Blacklab on November 14, 2015, 04:06:19 PM: Looks great as always dogtuk. I do the same thing with cutting by hand. Two or three slabs then the slicer coming out. Costco belly prices went up in my area from $2.29 to $2.79. Still worth it for the end result though. ;)

BTW I still haven't tried tender quick :dunno: just haven't. Maye next year :chuckle: ;)
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: brewzer13 on December 21, 2015, 08:39:36 PM: I just bought a smoker and the same pork belly. What is tenderquick and where do I find it? Am looking at trying the same thing and maybe some pepper bacon as well. Any tips and advice are much appreciated since this is my first time with a smoker.
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on December 21, 2015, 08:46:49 PM: This is what it looks like...
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on December 21, 2015, 08:48:30 PM: Found this with a quick Google search:

http://www.lemproducts.com/product/152/bacon-ham-seasoning?r=adwords-pla&src=ADWORDPLA&gclid=Cj0KEQiA496zBRDoi5OY3p2xmaUBEiQArLNnK1R_reiyqScI7FXa_lIFpiM0_g8L797rPuuX3X3jVZ4aArq48P8HAQ
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: Ridgeratt on December 21, 2015, 08:49:04 PM: should be able to find it in most grocery stores.
Title: Re: Bacon
Post by: brewzer13 on December 21, 2015, 08:52:51 PM: Thank you both, heading to the store first thing in the morning 8)