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Those look great. I am going to try some of those. I presume you had a water pan in the smoker?

I have been playing around with smaller chunks of belly to make some snack bacon. I like to fry up a couple of slices to have with a beer as an appetizer before dinner. This time I made a Pastrami and a Char Siu inspired bacon.

I will be adding three drawers under the smoker. A small one for the racks and two others for foil, paper and other tools. I have a small inline vent fan in the ceiling that is on a variable speed and I can add the last bit of pipe coming down when smoking. I will get rid of the cardboard box...

Had a little slab of belly and wanted to try something different. Black peppercorns, Fennel seed, Thyme, Garlic, Maple syrup, Bourbon, Brown sugar. Smoked with Hickory wood. I fried up the scraps to have a taste and love it!

I now cut by bellies into clean 10” slabs that will fit my slicer.  I am not worried about scraps from squaring them off as I freeze it and use it when I make my sausages.  I made a calculator in excel basically following Pork Bellies recipe that makes it very simple.  I rub the cure and salt on...

So we decided to buy a full belly and try some bacon.  There are so many methods it's hard to figure out what to do (being a beginner), but as so many posts indicate, there are many ways to go about it and a lot of it is personal choice.  I did basically follow Brian's recipe here...

last minute panic here. I have been reading on bacon and I am about to smoke a full belly after a nice week long dry cure.  My plan is 2 hrs at 145° then upt to 200° to 150 IT.  I have not heard anything about the water pan.  I presume i would use a water pan right?

I just saw this today, I guess she is not a member of this forum. Somebody buy this lady a smoker!!!!

The other week I made some ham.  I cured a pork loin for 8 days, then hot smoked it until I had a IT of 150°.  On my next go I want to try cold smoking it rolling it in corn meal before freezing it uncooked (would be more like we get in Canada).  I have been doing some reading and I am not sure...

Happy Independence Day! We just celebrated our Canada Day and I tried some ribs in my new 3D. I followed Tony's step by step for ribs, and made sure there was plenty of beer in the fridge, to make it a real lazy Q and it was a fantastic day! I used beer in the pan. I closed the door and...

Hi there, I have been doing some reading and have a wood question.  I just got my 3D the other week and have only done two smokes.  The first smoke was ribs and I did things incorrect in that I had a large water pan on the bottom rack above the wood box. (I now understand it needs to be a small...

Hi everyone! I just got my 3D and looking forward to learning the art of smoking!  I did my first smoke last weekend and made a few mistakes, but not all bad for a first go. I did some chicken legs the other day that were yummy.  I have a whole pork loin that has been curing for a week that...