Bacon!

[robbq]

Here is my first attempt at bacon. It came out great! Holy cr@p, I made bacon!

After smoking

Turkey BLT on home made multigrain bread

This was so good, I have another 6.5 lbs to start curing.

 

[FC BBQ]

Good looking sandwich. And fine looking bacon.

 

[Woodbooger]

Nice work. My mouth is watering.

 

[Crazy Harry]

you'll never buy bacon again

 

[Decoy205]

What cure did you use and how did you smoke it? I'm dying to try this. Looks amazing man!

 

[MAB52]

Yes looks amazing, great job.

 

[robbq]

What cure did you use and how did you smoke it? I'm dying to try this. Looks amazing man!

I used the Ruhlman recipe for the cure, recommended by a lot of people here http://ruhlman.com/2010/10/home-cured-bacon-2/. I smoked it low, around 160-170, for about 2 hours, then raised the heat up to around 200 until the meat hit 150. I think the total smoke time was 3 or 3 1/2 hours. I used apple wood. I only used a couple of chunks and the flavor was good but next time I will be shooting for a bit more smoke.

Definitely better than store bought!

 

[IamMadMan]

Awesome...

 

[Garyclaw]

Looks Great!

 

[rtg]

MMMMmmm....Homemade bacon Rocks!! Nice Job!

 

[Jadog]

Wow that sammich looks awsome. Can't wait to try it myself. Did you use the pink #2 salt.

 

[NeilH]

Dang good lookin slab of Hogg.

 

[robbq]

Wow that sammich looks awsome. Can't wait to try it myself. Did you use the pink #2 salt.

I used the #1 salt. First time I ever cured anything, so I was just following a recipe, definitely not an expert at this.