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Old 01-16-2013, 06:55 AM   #16
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Good looking bacon! Thanks for the comparison between cooking temps.
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:09 AM   #17
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I'm kinda surpised the hotter cooked/higher IT bacon came out better. I'm glad it did though, 'cause that's how I do it.
Me too! I was real surprised with the amount of fat that rendered out we I fried it. So good!



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Nice comparison.I would have bet a dollar that the cold smoked would have left the others in the dust. Guess ya never know til ya try em all.
Surprised the heck out of me too!

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Question......????? Your post shows the shrinkage from hot,to med,to cold. Left to right.I understand the hot smoked slab being smaller,than the medium, then the cold smoked remaining full sized.However the cooked pics are opposite of that,it shows the hot smoked slices much bigger than the cold smoked piece if they are in fact in the same position after smoking?Please explain.Maybe the cold smoked rendered that much more,just wondering. I am guessing the cold smoked is on the left and the hot smoked is on the right in the sliced pic.???
The smaller and darker piece(on left) is the hot smoked. It did not shrink as much as pictured, it was trimmed up a bit before smoking. Also, I was able to slice up the hot smoked slab whole, but had to cut the med and cold smoked slabs in half to slice.



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I do not understand. I always dry cure in refrigerator but you are suggesting 10days at around 140f. From my limited experience in long term cooking sous vide it would be cooked 5 times over in the curing process!!! Definitely confuses me.
OOPS! Thanks for catching that. It was 38°-41°F for ten days.
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:17 AM   #18
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Looks awesome!

Thanks for the tip on temps. I just got done with a batch of berkshire bacon and cold smoked it. Next time I'm going try the other way.
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:40 AM   #19
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I have only made bacon once and it was BBB

The recipe I used said to hot smoke it to 150f which I did. took about 8 hours using hickory

they stated that hot smoking it would give it a more intense bacon flavor.

It tasted fine, reminded me more of candian bacon though. Might have been because I was using butt.

I have 8 lbs of belly curing right now for smoking this weekend, I was going to try cold smoking it, but now I am not so sure
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:56 AM   #20
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Thanks Blue! You're Awesome!
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Old 01-16-2013, 09:27 AM   #21
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Great post Bluey! I've wondered the same thing and guess I've been waiting for a post like this! Thanks!
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Old 01-16-2013, 10:21 AM   #22
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Looks good dude...that is one great taste test
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Yes, thanks very much for the work on this.

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Old 01-16-2013, 03:42 PM   #24
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I'm thinking about starting some Bacon this weekend and I just wanted to know if it would be alright to cure in the fridge? The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking my fridge might be a little cooler than what you had mentioned, or I guess, is it that critical for curing temps to be where you had them. Thank you very much for creating thiz thread, your timing couldn't be more convenient. I hope you understand my ?

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Old 01-16-2013, 06:16 PM   #25
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I'm thinking about starting some Bacon this weekend and I just wanted to know if it would be alright to cure in the fridge? The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking my fridge might be a little cooler than what you had mentioned, or I guess, is it that critical for curing temps to be where you had them. Thank you very much for creating thiz thread, your timing couldn't be more convenient. I hope you understand my ?

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I made a drying locker out of a small commercial freezer using an inline voltage regulator with a digital control. I can set it where I want. Before I had that tho, all my curing was done in the fridge, next to the beer n' such. I never had any problems. As I understand it, ideal curing temps are 36°F to 40°F. Below 36°, the curing process will slow down, and possibly stop.
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I'm thinking about starting some Bacon this weekend and I just wanted to know if it would be alright to cure in the fridge? The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking my fridge might be a little cooler than what you had mentioned, or I guess, is it that critical for curing temps to be where you had them. Thank you very much for creating thiz thread, your timing couldn't be more convenient. I hope you understand my ?

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Old 01-16-2013, 07:31 PM   #27
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I cure mine in the beer fridge for eight to ten days. Then hot smoke at 200 for about 4 hours.
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:35 PM   #28
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Thank you for the quick replies, I am going to have to use my fridge, at least this time anyways. I think I am going to adjust the temp back to try and get the higher desired temps. It's my garage fridge and all we really use it for is beverages anyway. Thank you again for all the help

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