I followed his "Bacon made easy" post and did the plunge! I had a curing disaster using a popular store bought buckboard cure last year....so I have been gun shy ever since.
Bought a 7lb belly from Costco and cut it in half. One was Tenderquik only and the other was Tenderquik and then I threw on some brown sugar. Vacuum sealed both and cured for 7 days...flipping every day.
Smoked over oak at 208 degrees until they hit about 147. Holy Mother of Everything bacon! This was good bacon....the brown sugar one just about brought me to tears. Thank you so much! If you guys haven't done this do it....crazy easy and it's fantastically good. The Tenderquik only was too salty I think (wife says it's fine).... So you may want to soak for like half a day or something but to each their own
I PM'ed you last week but promised a public thank you.
Cheers!
Bought a 7lb belly from Costco and cut it in half. One was Tenderquik only and the other was Tenderquik and then I threw on some brown sugar. Vacuum sealed both and cured for 7 days...flipping every day.
Smoked over oak at 208 degrees until they hit about 147. Holy Mother of Everything bacon! This was good bacon....the brown sugar one just about brought me to tears. Thank you so much! If you guys haven't done this do it....crazy easy and it's fantastically good. The Tenderquik only was too salty I think (wife says it's fine).... So you may want to soak for like half a day or something but to each their own
I PM'ed you last week but promised a public thank you.
Cheers!