I LOVE bacon and wanted to try my hand at some, so I went to Costco and bought a 10# pork belly with no skin. I have the #1 curing pink salt and I'm wanting to do a chipotle lime bacon and a brown sugar bacon. Both smoked on some hickory and apple. My question is on making the marinades/rubs to cure the bacon. I cannot find a good base recipe using curing salt and then adding some other flavors to achieve the chipotle lime flavor (the brown sugar is easy I think). Does anyone have a good recipe they would share for the chipotle lime or at least point me in the right direction. I am planning on using my WSM 18.5 at about 175 deg until internal temp is about 140. If I'm off on that as well let me know. Thanks and smoke on!
