Bacon Recipe

[wolf]

Yes everything will go bad over time temp is the killer, and you use pink salt or cure to kill pathogens and to make it "pink" you dont need much its only a 1/2 oz per 10 lbs . I have done lots this year...

 

[triplenickel]

So do you guys just keep the bacon in the fridge for months on end or do you freeze it? Is there a point to using the pink salt at all if you're vac packing and freezing it?

Slice it, vac pack it in serving sizes for your needs and freeze it. Also for anything smoking related I defer to the Amazing Ribs site, it's my bible.

 

[Rain City]

Slice it, vac pack it in serving sizes for your needs and freeze it. Also for anything smoking related I defer to the Amazing Ribs site, it's my bible.

I'm all over that site as well. Love it. There's another one called smoked meat forum that's good too.

 

[wolf]

I see on that site he says a tsp i prefer to use a weight measure I use the site from Len poli guy is a guru when it comes to anything meat related

 

[getbent]

Yes Len Poli is the man...

 

[Stew]

I see on that site he says a tsp i prefer to use a weight measure I use the site from Len poli guy is a guru when it comes to anything meat related

Somewhere on his site he says he would only use weight if he knew everyone had a good scale that could accurately measure small weights. What he does do is compensate for density. He has pages where he talks about density of different salts and cures and how important it is. He also has a auto calculator for different brands of salt.

Yesterday I smoked my first batch ever using his maple bacon receipt. I turned out amazing. I am hooked on making my own.

 

[wolf]

Yes but if you look he has metric grams which is a weight rule of thumb is .5 of a oz per 10 lbs( thats whats on the label from stuffers) as I personally really dont want too much nitrates in my food. NOW if you want to get into injecting hams this is a whole different ball game as you can do a slow brine pump rate or fast pump rate I personally go for less and longer soak time I have 180 lbs of ham in smoker as we speak this is what it will look like before and after my brine is 7 days

 

[Rain City]

Beautiful

 

[Stew]

Yes but if you look he has metric grams which is a weight rule of thumb is .5 of a oz per 10 lbs( thats whats on the label from stuffers) as I personally really dont want too much nitrates in my food. NOW if you want to get into injecting hams this is a whole different ball game as you can do a slow brine pump rate or fast pump rate I personally go for less and longer soak time I have 180 lbs of ham in smoker as we speak this is what it will look like before and after my brine is 7 days

wow those are beautiful. You either have a large family or this is a little more than a hobby.

 

[Kildonan]

Those hams look pretty damn good, Roy.

I've seen Wolf's setup a few times and have sampled a fair amount of the product. It's all on point and very delicious. The place is uber clean and organized.

 

[wolf]

You either have a large family or this is a little more than a hobby

doing it for farmers and hunters

 

[noluck]

why do i get hungry when wolf posts? i think you need to visit again

 

[wolf]

Well if you want some more food pics here ya go,, Garlic coil I made and jalapeno Pepperoni in 2.5 inch casings

Now back to bacon I dont know if you all know as I didn't went to Costco today and asked the guy do you sell bacon bellies whole???(as they always chop them up into smaller pieces) ...YES but have to but master pack of 4 bellies in the pack its $7.49 a kg and it already comes skinnned even better....

 

[Rain City]

Well if you want some more food pics here ya go,, Garlic coil I made and jalapeno Pepperoni in 2.5 inch casings

Now back to bacon I dont know if you all know as I didn't went to Costco today and asked the guy do you sell bacon bellies whole???(as they always chop them up into smaller pieces) ...YES but have to but master pack of 4 bellies in the pack its $7.49 a kg and it already comes skinnned even better....

All Costco's? This is awesome. Four bellies will fit nicely in the new rig.

 

[wolf]

This was the one at langford so yes i bought a pack lol