Smoker recipies

[akaShag]

23 minutes ago, Big Cliff said:

Sobye's has whole skinless fresh pork bellies for $3.88 / lb until Wednesday 

Thanks!  No Sobey's near me unfortunately.  But I do have a fair bit of side bacon already made and frozen.....

[Crimsongulf]

11 hours ago, mamona said:

That should be illegal

You are probably right cause if you eat enough it will kill ya.

 

You will die in bliss though.

[FILTHY OAR]

22 hours ago, akaShag said:

Where did you get the whole pork belly?  The last three times I made side bacon I had to make do with pre-cut strips of pork belly from Costco.  They are only about an inch and a half wide, so it's harder to slice the finished product.

You don't mention curing salt, hopefully you do use a cure?

Doug

Got it from Sobey's $3.88/lb like BC mentioned. I do use a cure, part of the brine mixture. I make allot of jerky so I have lots of cure that came with some jerky kits I bought, I don't use the kits anymore and I'm out of cure now so need to order some.

[FILTHY OAR]

23 hours ago, mamona said:

This is nice, cannot wait for the next pics. Why are brining with brown sugar?

Never had brown sugar bacon ? google it. Allot of brine reciepts for home made bacon call for it, figured while I was at it I would add some maple syrup, it's bacon gonna taste fab anyway no matter how it turns out LOL

when it's done I'll slice and vac seal it in portions for 2.

[FILTHY OAR]

21 hours ago, akaShag said:

Thanks!  No Sobey's near me unfortunately.  But I do have a fair bit of side bacon already made and frozen.....

Yo aka, my buddy just let me know he ordered 3 whole pork bellies from costa home delivery service through Instacart, give it a try.

[Big Cliff]

16 minutes ago, FILTHY OAR said:

Got it from Sobey's $3.88/lb like BC mentioned. I do use a cure, part of the brine mixture. I make allot of jerky so I have lots of cure that came with some jerky kits I bought, I don't use the kits anymore and I'm out of cure now so need to order some.

Are you anywhere close to Lindsay, I have about a cup of extra cure that I can spare. Should keep you going for quite a while. I just buy it from a local butcher shop. 

[FILTHY OAR]

13 minutes ago, Big Cliff said:

Are you anywhere close to Lindsay, I have about a cup of extra cure that I can spare. Should keep you going for quite a while. I just buy it from a local butcher shop. 

Thx BC but I'm down in Windsor, I'll buy it by the 1kg bag from Amazon $22 bucks, I make a lot of jerky so it wont go to waste.

[akaShag]

14 minutes ago, FILTHY OAR said:

Thx BC but I'm down in Windsor, I'll buy it by the 1kg bag from Amazon $22 bucks, I make a lot of jerky so it wont go to waste.

Sounds like you make a lot of prepared meats, please see my pm to you.

Doug

[FILTHY OAR]

Hi Doug, got your PM, I'm going to pass on the offer but thank you... only because I've resorted to making my own receipts as I'm no longer a fan of the kits and really only make home made bacon and jerky, I do smoke allot of things but not for preservation,  if I ever ( which might be soon ) get into making pepperoni and sausage I'll revisit your offer. 

Cheers

Jeff

[FILTHY OAR]

bacon is on the smoker, see you all back in about 3hrs

[FILTHY OAR]

She's out and resting, once it's cooled down I'll slice into it and cook some to test the final product.

[akaShag]

Nice colour!

[Big Cliff]

33 minutes ago, FILTHY OAR said:

She's out and resting, once it's cooled down I'll slice into it and cook some to test the final product.

That looks amazing 🤗

[MJIG]

45 minutes ago, FILTHY OAR said:

She's out and resting, once it's cooled down I'll slice into it and cook some to test the final product.

Do you guys have mechanical meat slicers, or do you use knives?

[misfish]

3hrs ?

What temp are you smoking that at ?

 

[akaShag]

I do a cold smoke for side bacon.  3 pans of maple chips in my Big Chief, each pan takes a bit more than an hour, so four to five hours in a cold smoke.

For me, a cold smoke is one where I don't put the box over top of the smoker........😁

 

and back to MJIG, I cut mine with a knife, but I did once use a buddy's meat slicer and it did a dandy job.  I freeze the chunks unsliced, and slice them when they are going into the pan.

Doug

Edited February 8, 2021 by akaShag

[FILTHY OAR]

43 minutes ago, MJIG said:

Do you guys have mechanical meat slicers, or do you use knives?

I don't have one yet but my buddy bought the 10" slice at PA, I'm borrowing that tomorrow to slice it up and will probably get one down the road, always wanted one anyway.

[FILTHY OAR]

27 minutes ago, misfish said:

3hrs ?

What temp are you smoking that at ?

 

It was actually 3.5hr's to reach an internal temp of 150 deg F and I smoked it @ 210deg F with a blend of pellets, cheery, apple and maple. I just fired a pc up and OMG, I will never buy store bought bacon again, the best thing is you can slice it however thick you want it.

[misfish]

I need a new smoker that gets that heat.LOL

 

Thanks

[Crimsongulf]

Tom Brady wings from yesterday

 

[FILTHY OAR]

53 minutes ago, misfish said:

I need a new smoker that gets that heat.LOL

 

Thanks

What are you getting out of your set up ? The pellet smokers I've had Pit Boss 820 and upgraded last year to the GMG Daniel Boom plus, both go over 500f and as low as 150F

[FILTHY OAR]

53 minutes ago, Crimsongulf said:

Tom Brady wings from yesterday

 

mmmmmmmmm wings, they look delish

[misfish]

12 minutes ago, FILTHY OAR said:

What are you getting out of your set up ? The pellet smokers I've had Pit Boss 820 and upgraded last year to the GMG Daniel Boom plus, both go over 500f and as low as 150F

LOL

 

I am old style Little Chief smoker. I get better temps in the summer months. LOL

[FILTHY OAR]

16 hours ago, misfish said:

LOL

 

I am old style Little Chief smoker. I get better temps in the summer months. LOL

Gotchya, I new that from your postings but thought you made a thermo cover ? I use a welding blanket to cover my smoker in the winter months, works really well.

[misfish]

Just herring hitting yesterday, so kept my 2.