2018 Pig Belly Project

[WALLE]

Hey all! Posting up some pig bellies that have FINALLY made it into the smoker.
Small pigs this year, topping out 3.5 to 4 # bellies, so just a skosh over 20#'s total.

Mix'en and Measure'n
Me and dat Bassman converted our recipes to grams and amounts per LB years ago which makes running through a pile of varied weight bellies a snap.






Then, wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait ......and off to an 80* smoker this morning using oak and hickory.







According to my notes, I should stick with this for 8 to 10 hours, then set over night, then set in the fridge for a week (let'em mellow like zay cheese) and slice them up....just in time for some Christmas breakfast bacon!

Thanks for checking out my bacon post and Merry Christmas all you crazy SOB's!
Tracey

December 25th sliced update

Thanks everyone, here's the sliced wrap up post.
Turned out really good and was very impressed with the Chefs Choice 615 slicer I picked up on Bassman's advice. Light and handled a slab of bacon as wide as the vacuum seal bags.

Here ya go and Merry Christmas!








Ended up with 20#'s of finished product.
Thanks for checking out my bacon post!
Tracey

[minnbill]

Oh man I can smell it from here

[Mark R]

Mmmmmmmmm Gon B GuuD!! Bacon

[Bassman]

excellet

Looks great Tracey!! I can assure you that it will be excellent bacon. Tried it several times in the past and it's always perfect.

[The Old Fat Guy]

Lovely pictures of a lovely thing, Bacon!

[crusty ol salt]

mmmmm bacon

[TKOBBQ]

Looks like your going to have some tasty bacon come Christmas day.

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[WALLE]

Thanks everyone, here's the sliced wrap up post.
Turned out really good and was very impressed with the Chefs Choice 615 slicer I picked up on Bassman's advice. Light and handled a slab of bacon as wide as the vacuum seal bags.

Here ya go and Merry Christmas!








Ended up with 20#'s of finished product.
Thanks for checking out my bacon post!
Tracey

[Bassman]

That looks great Tracey! Glad the slicer worked for you.

[HawgHeaven]

Great looking bacon!! And I really like that slicer... were did you get it?

[PitRow]

looks great! someday I'm going to find some belly around here and make my own. Until then it's just buckboard for me.

[WALLE]

Great looking bacon!! And I really like that slicer... were did you get it?

Thanks Hawg - ordered it on Amazon.