Fantastic post, and great-looking bacon, John!! Really nice job! My local Sam's is now stocking fresh bellies, so I'm going to have to give this a shot soon! I know Brian (Pork Belly) says the skin is much easier to remove, after smoking. Any other bacon experts have an opinion on that?
Thanks for the skin help, guys! I really was asking because I'm new to the bacon thing! I need to look at the packaged bellies at Sam's closer - they may be skin-off, like the ones at Costco, which would make this question moot.