bacon!

seattlepitboss · 01-28-2013, 06:32 PM

OK. Two pork bellies, trimmed out for bacon and pancetta. I did half of one belly using Thirdeye's recipe, the other half as pancetta, and the other pork belly I did in 3 parts but all using Charcuterie's Maple Syrup cure. All done making up the cure, rubbing, curing, soaking, pellicleizing - today was smoking day! Cold, rainy 40 degree day in Seattle. I used a mix of mesquite and cherry lump (the latter I made myself). Sure made my driveway smell good!

I pulled them off and removed the skin. Here's a shot of the just-smoked skinned pieces cooling out, enjoy: - seattlepitboss

bluetang · 01-28-2013, 06:39 PM

Fine lookin product!

Terry The Toad · 01-28-2013, 06:53 PM

Wow, that looks tasty!

Forrestbro · 01-28-2013, 07:22 PM

Bacon! - (next time, please remember to capitalize the first letter in Bacon) - and it does look good!
Heck, it looks so good you can capitalize the whole word:
BACON!!!

IamMadMan · 01-28-2013, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Forrestbro

Bacon! - (next time, please remember to capitalize the first letter in Bacon) - and it does look good!
Heck, it looks so good you can capitalize the whole word:
BACON!!!

Yes great looking BACON.....

666 · 01-28-2013, 08:27 PM

They're some nice meaty slabs of belly. Good one!

I did some Jalapeno & Maple Syrup Bacon last time, the Jalapeno didn't really come through, but the Maple gave it a nice touch. I think I prefer a more simple brine though, at the end of the day. Making Bacon feels like you've made a deal with a witch to the keys to the universe.

Al Czervik · 01-28-2013, 08:42 PM

^^^^^

Al Czervik · 01-28-2013, 08:43 PM

Looks fantastic...

boatnut · 01-28-2013, 10:04 PM

curious as to how you made your own cherry lump? bacon looks great!!!

seattlepitboss · 01-28-2013, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by boatnut

curious as to how you made your own cherry lump? bacon looks great!!!

Thank you! Actually, I had to build a fire for a church event. Brought a box of cherry wood, laid fire, lit it. Two hours later the event was over so I spread the coals all over the fireplace so they'd go out. Next week I took a bucket back and lo and behold about 3 gallons of nice ice-cube sized pieces of cherry lump, along with a couple of cups of hardwood ash. Today I just dumped the cherry lump into my charcoal basket over my lawn and gave it a shake. That got rid of the loose ash. The rest was stock-standard Minion method.

SPB

Teamfour · 01-29-2013, 05:25 AM

Nice Bacon.

Full Draw BBQ · 01-29-2013, 08:43 AM

Dang that looks great. This is on my short list of things to try this spring!

01-28-2013, 06:32 PM	#1
seattlepitboss is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 02-05-09 Location: Seattle, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	bacon! OK. Two pork bellies, trimmed out for bacon and pancetta. I did half of one belly using Thirdeye's recipe, the other half as pancetta, and the other pork belly I did in 3 parts but all using Charcuterie's Maple Syrup cure. All done making up the cure, rubbing, curing, soaking, pellicleizing - today was smoking day! Cold, rainy 40 degree day in Seattle. I used a mix of mesquite and cherry lump (the latter I made myself). Sure made my driveway smell good! I pulled them off and removed the skin. Here's a shot of the just-smoked skinned pieces cooling out, enjoy: - seattlepitboss

01-28-2013, 06:39 PM	#2
bluetang Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-06-10 Location: Stuart, Fl Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fine lookin product! __________________ Homegrown 120 Gallon Reverse Flow, Homey, the Homegrown Kettle, 3 UDS's, 3 Stack Pro Q Excel 20, 18.5" Elderly(but not retired) WSM, 150lb Capacity Homegrown Electric and a CA gasserrrr Bicycle Fast Polder Thermo, Indisputably Fastest Purple Thermapen, SAI Satay Grill Thanks landarc for the avatar!

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Terry The Toad is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-16-11 Location: Saint Cloud, FL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow, that looks tasty! __________________ Lang 48 Original Superfast RED ThermaPen "I love animals. I just love to eat them more. Fun to pet; better to chew." - Jim Gaffigan

01-28-2013, 07:22 PM	#4
Forrestbro Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-20-11 Location: Westchester, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bacon! - (next time, please remember to capitalize the first letter in Bacon) - and it does look good! Heck, it looks so good you can capitalize the whole word: BACON!!! __________________ Forrestbro - ECB(Meco), OTG, SNPP, Grand Hall gasser, NB Bandera (CL), SS Performer (CL), Brownie 26" Weber, Chicago Bears UDS, Red MasterTouch (CL)

01-28-2013, 08:42 PM	#7
Al Czervik Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-17-11 Location: Mead, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	^^^^^ __________________ Mongo Traeger 075,Weber Performer,Weber Genesis Silver Gasser, Special Edition "Goose" ET-732 Thermometer,Limited Edition Neutrino Fast Blue Thermopen *Zero Club Member* *qualifying in the 2011 Special Summer of Spam TD with the Coveted Double Ought...* (\__/) (='.'=) Merry Christmas... Chitter was full! (")_(")

01-28-2013, 08:27 PM	#6
666 Found some matches. Join Date: 01-04-13 Location: australia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They're some nice meaty slabs of belly. Good one! I did some Jalapeno & Maple Syrup Bacon last time, the Jalapeno didn't really come through, but the Maple gave it a nice touch. I think I prefer a more simple brine though, at the end of the day. Making Bacon feels like you've made a deal with a witch to the keys to the universe.

01-28-2013, 08:43 PM	#8
Al Czervik Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-17-11 Location: Mead, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks fantastic... __________________ Mongo Traeger 075,Weber Performer,Weber Genesis Silver Gasser, Special Edition "Goose" ET-732 Thermometer,Limited Edition Neutrino Fast Blue Thermopen *Zero Club Member* *qualifying in the 2011 Special Summer of Spam TD with the Coveted Double Ought...* (\__/) (='.'=) Merry Christmas... Chitter was full! (")_(")

01-28-2013, 10:04 PM	#9
boatnut is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 03-22-05 Location: Ohio Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	curious as to how you made your own cherry lump? bacon looks great!!! __________________ Mike GOSM smoker (gas) Masterbuilt (electric) Weber Kettle Weber Gasser (2) Weber WSM Continue the Revolution=CampaignForLiberty.org

01-29-2013, 05:25 AM	#11
Teamfour is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-13-12 Location: Sterling, VA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice Bacon. __________________ BWS Party \|UDS\|Great Outdoors Propane Vertical\|Bar-B-Chef Offset \|Maverick ET-73 \|Maverick ET-732 \|Super Fast Orange Thermapen \| BBQ Guru DigiQ \|Two 100 QT crawfish boiling rigs \| LEM Meat Grinder \| Grizzly Sausage Stuffer KCBS CBJ MABA Member

01-29-2013, 08:43 AM	#12
Full Draw BBQ Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-22-11 Location: Frisco, TX Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dang that looks great. This is on my short list of things to try this spring! __________________ Full Draw BBQ Frisco, TX Lang 60D trailer Orange Thermapen 22.5 Weber Kettle - retired Rec Tec Grill