Maple bacon


 

timothy

TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
Cut a 6# slab in half.
Followed meatheads method which is a wet cure and hot smoke (225)
Cured for 5 days and one air dried in fridge for pellicle.
Used maple syrup in the cure and sugar maple for smoke wood.
On the auto kamado at 225 till 150 about 4 hrs.
Brushed with a bourbon brown sugar glaze right before smoking.
Will slice tomorrow.
 

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Meathead's method makes some good bacon, but I really like your bourbon-brown sugar glaze idea. That bacon looks great, especially as I sit here contemplating breakfast. Nice job.
 
Put some all beef dogs on to smoke after I pulled the belly.
Sliced today and ended up with 5.25 # out of 6# raw.
 

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That looks awesome timothy.
I’m about out of bacon so I see another batch coming up in my near future.
Darn family members are always asking for some :).
 
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This is like the 4 -5th time I've done belly bacon using MeatHeads method and the wet cure.
Done jowl, back (canadian) and buckboard with a dry cure and MH's is prolly the easiest.
I've also done a fair share of old timers bacon which is ground and formed pork, venison or what have you, quite tasty..
 
Bacon looks awesome. Maple is great but bourbon brown sugar sounds over the top. 😍

I discovered smoked hot dogs by accident when I tried a "poor man's hot dog burnt ends" recipe.
I didn't care for the finished product but smoked beef dogs are amazing. I like to cut them into chunks, add a toothpick and serve as snacks with sauces etc.
I did keep the part of the recipe that called for slathering them with a mustard/mayo mix before smoking.
 
I discovered smoked hot dogs by accident when I tried a "poor man's hot dog burnt ends" recipe.
I was gonna fire up the Q and grill them but the Kamado was still hot so I figured why not?
Came out fantastic. On a bun with Tennessee onions, dill relish and mustard.
Wish I woulda got a plated shot..
 

 

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