Cold Cool Pecan Smoked Bacon


 
Bob Correll

Bob Correll

R.I.P. 3/31/2022
Cold as-in it was 2° F out when this went on the grill.
Cool as-in I kept the temp between 115° and 130° for the entire 7.5 hour pecan wood smoke.
Cured with Morton's Tender Quick only, and nothing added before smoking.

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No McBob this morning, just a really thick slice of French toast.

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Very interesting Bob, looks great. Were you able to get it to a safe temperature with that low heat? I've always brought mine up to at least 135.
 
I guess it's never to cold to smoke bacon. That really thick sliced French toast and bacon plated pic makes me want breakfast again.

Thanks Bob.
 
Love that bacon! & thanks for the reminder: we're out!!! Better get a slab tomorrow or so.
 
Thanks everyone!
Rich Dahl said:
Very interesting Bob, looks great. Were you able to get it to a safe temperature with that low heat? I've always brought mine up to at least 135.
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Rich,
I never took an internal on this slab.
As long as it's cured properly, there shouldn't be an issue with cool smoking. I will stress the "there shouldn't be" part though.
Years ago I smoked bacon at about 100°

Brad Olson said:
Looks great, Bob! You should try to get ahold of some jowl meat for bacon...Burgers' Smokehouse makes a really good version.
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Brad,
I have made my own jowl bacon. :)

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Where are you buying Tender Quick? I've tried every grocer in town to no avail. Even Websturaunt.com is out of stock.

Do you have a good supplier with decent shipping rates? They want $17 a bag on Amazon.
 
JesseT said:
Where are you buying Tender Quick? I've tried every grocer in town to no avail. Even Websturaunt.com is out of stock.

Do you have a good supplier with decent shipping rates? They want $17 a bag on Amazon.
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Jesse,
It's been awhile since I bought a bag, it goes a long way.
I found it at a farm and home type store, but it's a small local chain.
If you have this type store in your area maybe give them a call. Some larger sporting goods stores might have it too.
Otherwise LEM carries it. Looks like they're in Ohio, I put a bag in the cart and ran a shipping cost check, total with shipping to me here in MO was about $12, not cheap but better than $17.
Good luck!
 
Looks beautiful! I'm curious as I haven't seen bacon before without some sort of seasoning other than just the cure stuff. Why did you do it that way?
 
Bob Correll said:
Jesse,
It's been awhile since I bought a bag, it goes a long way.
I found it at a farm and home type store, but it's a small local chain.
If you have this type store in your area maybe give them a call. Some larger sporting goods stores might have it too.
Otherwise LEM carries it. Looks like they're in Ohio, I put a bag in the cart and ran a shipping cost check, total with shipping to me here in MO was about $12, not cheap but better than $17.
Good luck!
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Thanks. Just ordered 4 from LEM. I'll probably never use it all, but it should never go bad if kept dry and will make an excellent addition to my prepping supplies.

I used the product locator on the Morton site and could not find it anywhere near me. It is odd because some of the grocery stores had spaces and tags where the Tender Quick used to be.
 
Bob Correll said:
Jesse,
It's been awhile since I bought a bag, it goes a long way.
I found it at a farm and home type store, but it's a small local chain.
If you have this type store in your area maybe give them a call. Some larger sporting goods stores might have it too.
Otherwise LEM carries it. Looks like they're in Ohio, I put a bag in the cart and ran a shipping cost check, total with shipping to me here in MO was about $12, not cheap but better than $17.
Good luck!
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Thanks for posting the LEM web site Bob. I just ordered some Tender Quick for under $12.00 and the last time I ordered from Amazon it cost me about $24.00 because I don't have a prime account. So half off, much better deal.
 
Bacon looks awesome, that may be my next try.......unless I find a good cold smoked salmon recipe first, lol
 
That looks delicious Bob!
I’m a bacon lover myself so I’m definitely putting that on my list.
Question: you still have to fry it before consuming it or is it ready to eat off the smoker?
 
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