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Recipes => Bacon! => Topic started by: PhilH on August 17, 2019, 02:07:54 PM
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This is the first batch of bacon smoked in my Smokin It 3D Digital Wi-Fi
It was started with the 7 day cure on July 20th, but I just sliced it 20 min ago, due to being very busy with work in the summer.
I used 2 dry cure Recipes listed below
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Regular
100.00 grams Pork Belly
2.42 grams Salt
1.76 grams Sugar
0.50 grams TCM
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Low Salt/Low Sugar
100.00 grams Pork Belly
1.21 grams Salt
0.88 grams Sugar
0.50 grams TCM
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I cured the Pork Belly for 7 days in 2 gal zip loc bags, overhauling every day
I smoked at 150F for 2 hours, 175F for 4 hours, and 200F till done, using the APP
I pulled the bacon @ 145F after 6.5 hours of smoking.
I have always smoked bacon to 150F but it was way past my bed time, so I thought I would try something different.
I would like a little more smoke next time, but not too much, maybe using the same amount of wood, but splitting it up smaller would be the key, with the low smoking temps.
I think for my regular everyday bacon, (I eat bacon 🥓 almost every day)
I will go with a cure in the middle of the 2
Anytime I cure something, I use a ratio, and weigh everything very carefully
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I yielded 6.75 lbs of bacon from a 7.77 lb pork belly purchased @ Costco for $2.99/lb
Making the yield 87%, with the bacon coating $3.44lb, assuming, the cure, wood, and smoker are already paid for.
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Outstanding! That’s a good amount of smoke time. I will have to try your method next time. I smoked my belly Thursday night and got 5 hours, probably could have gone lower and longer but by 11pm, I upped the temp because I was exhausted from traveling. Got it done a little after 12.
I’ll mark this down for a go. Thanks for sharing!
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Currently headed to Costco, for another pork belly. I think I am going to do a maple cure, and smoke with maple wood.
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That’s similar to what I smoked, but was light on the maple. Used regular syrup, so had a slight flavor of maple, but the bourbon flavor stood out nicely along with some sweetness from the brown sugar.
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I will have to try some bacon soon. I am thinking some apple wood.