Alton Brown's Bacon Recipe

[Gerry D.]

I have been making the Ruhlman bacon recipe for a while now and looking for others to try. I completely forgot about this one. Anyone ever try it? How does it compare to Ruhlman's? I guess since the belly is submerged in a brine it only needs to cure for 3 days instead of 7? No pink salt?

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/scrap-iron-chefs-bacon-recipe/index.html

 

[GreggP]

I made this 10+ years ago and have not made it again. I found it to be "not bacon." It was very salty smoked pork belly.

 

[Jon Des.]

Without the nitrate/nitrite, I just don't see how it could be bacon. And I don't have any old gym lockers to use. I will say that I've watched that episode probably 10 times and love it, but AB's recipes aren't necessarily the takeaway from his shows.