First try at bacon

  • Coletrain27
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    July 25, 2020 at 12:19 pm #1960299

    Made my first batch of bacon. Started with a pork belly from Costco. Made a cure of salt, pepper and brown sugar. I rub the belly down very liberally and put in bags and let it sit in the fridge for 6 days. Took out of the fridge and washed off all the excess salt in the sink. I smoked it for 3 hours on my pellet grill until the internal temp reached 150. After that I let it rest and put back in the fridge overnight and sliced up today and vacuum sealed meal size bags.

    Had to sample it out today and have to say I’m very pleased with the results. I don’t have a slicer so I had to use a knife and it’s a little thicker than the store bought stuff but that’s fine with me.

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    Coletrain27
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    July 25, 2020 at 12:21 pm #1960301

    I prefer to bake my bacon in the oven on a rack and seems to cook a lot more even than frying

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    Pat K
    Empire, MN
    Posts: 886
    July 25, 2020 at 1:27 pm #1960313

    The oven cooks more even, less mess so easier cleanup and so much less work!
    425 degrees, 20 minutes for thin sliced or 25 for thick.

    riverruns
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    July 25, 2020 at 2:42 pm #1960321

    Great it turned out for you. Bacon is actually one of the easiest things to make. 👍

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