Buckboard board bacon

[morkdach]

ok i ask lot of ?'s on this and many thanks to all.
Richtee i broke down and ordered Hi mountain.
damn butt i bought had a bone in it.
Mama got it out so heres goes.
Wish me luck cause if this works the way i want oh boy!!!

[Big Guy]

Making bacon is as easy as it gets. Its going to turn out great. A word of caution it is addictive. LOL

[Seboke]

What ^ said! I'll bet you have some curing before you run out of this stuff!!

[Richtee]

Don't panic! Or- pick up Douglas Adams' books and read them while it's curing :{)

[RowdyRay]

Good luck. I wanna see how this turns out. I got a couple of butts waiting for something different.

[morkdach]

ok time for an update butt been in cure for 12 days rinsed it off and soaked for a couple of hrs.
got christene runnen at 150°for the first 45mins or so then kick her up to 200° for the smoke.
200° was not hot enough to gen. smoke damn.
so quick mod to get the smoke gen in her.
never used this since i made it, glad i had it though and a handfull of hickory pellets.heres pics of mod and butt temp was 140° so its cooling now.
more to follow.

[Richtee]

That device attached to the square blank plate...is that the temp controller? Digital? Thermo inputs?

[morkdach]

That device attached to the square blank plate...is that the temp controller? Digital? Thermo inputs?

oh yea just a temp control with a type j thermo coupler.
digital yes

[morkdach]

ok this is at 140° pulled off and put in fridge till tommorrow then slice.
how am i doing so far miss anything along the way?

[morkdach]

ok here it is sliced got some ends in the bowl for them thar beans.
picked a fresh mater out of the garden and had blt's for lunch.
sammies were very good. bacon seems to lack flavor.
any sugestions maybe cbp rub or something to that nature.
pos not enough smoke ?

[Richtee]

Well..define flavor? I use quite a bit of CBP, onion and garlic in my curing rub. Is smoke flavor missing? That's an easy one...

Try some charcoal in the pan perhaps?

[morkdach]

Well..define flavor? I use quite a bit of CBP, onion and garlic in my curing rub. Is smoke flavor missing? That's an easy one...

Try some charcoal in the pan perhaps?

well i always use charcoal in the chip pan but at 200 just not hot enough to get going may next time i'll kick it up a notch and some cbp in the cure.

TO DEFINE FLAVOR , when i take a bite i want it to jump out at you not hot but where all will like the taste.

[DaveNH]

well i always use charcoal in the chip pan but at 200 just not hot enough to get going may next time i'll kick it up a notch and some cbp in the cure.

TO DEFINE FLAVOR , when i take a bite i want it to jump out at you not hot but where all will like the taste.

Looks great Terry..wonder if an injection at the beginning of the cure would get more flavor in the meat. Maybe some maple syrup and spices.

[wutang]

Looks like it came out great. Too bad you weren't thrilled about the flavor. I was pretty happy with how my Buckboard came out using Hi Mountain cure. But I don't see any reason you couldn't add some of your own seasonings before smoking.

[Richtee]

well i always use charcoal in the chip pan but at 200 just not hot enough to get going may next time i'll kick it up a notch and some cbp in the cure.

TO DEFINE FLAVOR , when i take a bite i want it to jump out at you not hot but where all will like the taste.

Hmmm try pre-lighting the charcoal. Toss in another 1 or 2 when the first are gone perhaps?

Use LOTS of CBP. I used a quarter cup last one. Make it black :{)