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Bacon (I made)

Photos from when I made bacon

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Feb 16, 2010

Another side shot of the pork belly

Feb 16, 2010

Fresh pork belly ready to be cured

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side shot of pork belly.

Feb 16, 2010

Nice marbling eh?

Feb 16, 2010

Try to keep the sides to 3-5 pounds in size.

Feb 16, 2010

You can just use the base cure but I like to add some brown sugar, all spice, bay leaf

Feb 16, 2010

What you need for making bacon. digital scale, kosher salt, pink salt, brown sugar, spices

Feb 16, 2010

This is my curing mix which is 1# kosher salt, 8 ounces sugar and 2 ounces pink salt.

Feb 16, 2010

Once the cure is rubbed all over the bacon they go into 2 gallon zip lock bags for 5-7 days. I place them in a half sheet pan to catch any spills.

Feb 16, 2010

Keeping the smoking at a steady 250 F

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nicely roasted and smoked.

Feb 16, 2010

Bacon fully smoked and ready for slicing

Feb 16, 2010

Feb 16, 2010

Bacon fully smoked and ready for slicing

Feb 16, 2010

Trimming it up just before slicing.

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Feb 16, 2010

Waiting for the vaccum sealer now.

Feb 16, 2010

Here is the bacon after slicing. Ready to vacuum sealed.

Feb 16, 2010

Here is the bacon after slicing. Ready to vacuum sealed.

Feb 16, 2010

Here is the bacon after slicing. Ready to vacuum sealed.

Feb 16, 2010

Here is the bacon after slicing. Ready to vacuum sealed.

Feb 16, 2010

Sealed up and ready for the freezer.

Feb 16, 2010

Plenty of bacon for the months to come. Well worth the time and effort.

Feb 16, 2010

Comments (5)

petalsandcoco 2/27/11 at 5:58pm

What can I say ? Perfection, great cut. Next batch....I am going to have to send you some Canadian Maple Syrup...maple bacon. You should be proud Nicko !

Rekonball 11/17/11 at 12:45pm

That looks awsome, I bet it smells wonderful. I've smoked just about everything but bacon, some of my smoking was vegan but not so much anymore.

steelchef 10/20/12 at 11:10am

Beautiful Nicko! You obviously do things on a much larger scale. Those bellies are to die for.

Landesmum 2/15/13 at 6:38am

wow...my mouth is salivating!

Nicko 2/15/13 at 7:20am

Thanks all you should smell it as it comes out of the smoker. Hard to believe something can smell that good.

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