My first bacon in my GMG

[africanmeat]

This is my first bacon with a dry cure .
I used sugar ,salt, cure 1 and black pepper , parked it in the fridge for 7 days .
After 7 days washed it in cold water and left to dry over night in the fridge .
Hung the bacon ( ok not a bacon yet ) it in the smoker with apple wood in my cold smoker and cold smoke for 6 hours .
After 6 i smoked it at 200f for an hour (a Romanian friend told me that in the village they bring the bacon closer to the fire for the last hour or so )
Removed the bacon and removed the skin , left it to cool down and put in the fridge for 2 days . breakfast with bacon .
I think it is came out great , but next time i will not add heat .
for all the bacon experts ,Comments please .




























 

[muralboy]

Impressive. Looks like you mod is working well

[sliding_billy]

Wish I was there for breakfast!

[akruckus]

Next time you are going to cure, then only cold smoke?

[muebe]

Bacon!!!!

[HighOnSmoke]

Looks very nice Ahron.  When I have done bacon I cold smoke for a couple of hours in my pellet grill and then set the temp to 165 until it reaches an internal
temp of 145 to 150.  I think going up to 200 degrees is a little hot but if you pull it at those temps it will work. I am by far no expert on homemade bacon and I am
sure that the experts will be along to comment.

[ACW3]

Great looking bacon.

Art

[Pam Gould]

Beautiful bacon Ahron.,..gonna try it, but I want to cover the outside with fresh cracked pepper before smoking it. Love pepper bacon.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[hikerman]

Wish I was there for breakfast!

X2 for sure!  Nice job Ahron!

[spuds]

Very nice!

[drholly]

That is beautiful bacon, Ahron - inspiring.

[africanmeat]

Looks very nice Ahron.  When I have done bacon I cold smoke for a couple of hours in my pellet grill and then set the temp to 165 until it reaches an internal
temp of 145 to 150.  I think going up to 200 degrees is a little hot but if you pull it at those temps it will work. I am by far no expert on homemade bacon and I am
sure that the experts will be along to comment.

Thanks i will try it next time (it will be a next time soon they ate all my bacon  )

[Northshore]

Looks very good. 


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[africanmeat]

Thanks guys .
Pam what is the flavour of black pepper  bacon ? is it sweet and peppery or sweet salty and peppery ?

[TwoPockets]

Beautiful. I will take a couple of pounds of that.