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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: africanmeat on December 14, 2015, 06:29:55 AM

Title: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: africanmeat on December 14, 2015, 06:29:55 AM
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 .

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Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: muralboy on December 14, 2015, 07:12:40 AM
Impressive. Looks like you mod is working well
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: sliding_billy on December 14, 2015, 07:34:28 AM
Wish I was there for breakfast!
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: akruckus on December 14, 2015, 07:35:15 AM
Next time you are going to cure, then only cold smoke?
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: muebe on December 14, 2015, 07:38:09 AM
Bacon!!!!
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: HighOnSmoke on December 14, 2015, 07:41:14 AM
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.
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: ACW3 on December 14, 2015, 07:47:04 AM
Great looking bacon.

Art
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: Pam Gould on December 14, 2015, 09:21:14 AM
Beautiful bacon Ahron.,..gonna try it, but I want to cover the outside with fresh cracked pepper before smoking it. Love pepper bacon.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: hikerman on December 14, 2015, 10:58:46 AM
Quote from: sliding_billy on December 14, 2015, 07:34:28 AM
Wish I was there for breakfast!

X2 for sure!  Nice job Ahron!
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: spuds on December 14, 2015, 11:34:30 AM
Very nice!
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: drholly on December 14, 2015, 01:28:32 PM
That is beautiful bacon, Ahron - inspiring.
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: africanmeat on December 14, 2015, 01:46:09 PM
Quote from: HighOnSmoke on December 14, 2015, 07:41:14 AM
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  ;D )
Title: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: Northshore on December 14, 2015, 01:48:22 PM
Looks very good. 


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Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: africanmeat on December 14, 2015, 01:49:39 PM
Thanks guys .
Pam what is the flavour of black pepper  bacon ? is it sweet and peppery or sweet salty and peppery ?
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: TwoPockets on December 14, 2015, 04:42:34 PM
Beautiful. I will take a couple of pounds of that.
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: Pam Gould on December 14, 2015, 05:00:39 PM
Quote from: africanmeat on December 14, 2015, 01:49:39 PM
Thanks guys .
Pam what is the flavour of black pepper  bacon ? is it sweet and peppery or sweet salty and peppery ?
Ahron..it's just fresh cracked pepper all over the outside of it. Used to buy it that way, but not any more so I just put it on when I cook it..gonna try yours and add my own while smoking to give pepper a smokey flavor too. Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: Smokin Don on December 14, 2015, 05:04:50 PM
Nice job on the bacon Ahron!!! Looks like it fried up nice too and you need about 6 more bacon hooks!!! Don
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: tomcrete1 on December 14, 2015, 06:36:52 PM
Great looking and I bet it smelled as good as it looks, Wow!  :)
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: africanmeat on December 15, 2015, 01:19:45 AM
Quote from: Smokin Don on December 14, 2015, 05:04:50 PM
Nice job on the bacon Ahron!!! Looks like it fried up nice too and you need about 6 more bacon hooks!!! Don

Yes I do  ;)


Quote from: Pam Gould on December 14, 2015, 05:00:39 PM
Quote from: africanmeat on December 14, 2015, 01:49:39 PM
Thanks guys .
Pam what is the flavour of black pepper  bacon ? is it sweet and peppery or sweet salty and peppery ?
Ahron..it's just fresh cracked pepper all over the outside of it. Used to buy it that way, but not any more so I just put it on when I cook it..gonna try yours and add my own while smoking to give pepper a smokey flavor too. Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Thanks
Title: Re: My first bacon in my GMG
Post by: IR2dum on December 15, 2015, 01:49:15 PM
Ahron, it looks delicious.