More Bacon on the Mini Best Yet and More

[Rich Dahl]

Did some pepperoni the other day and yesterday it was bacon smoking.

About a three pound slab cured with Tender Quick, brown sugar and Penzeys California seasoned pepper. After three 20 minuet soaks and 24 hours on a rack drying in the refrigerator I put another layer of seasoned pepper and brown sugar just before smoking it.
Used the mini this time and three chunks of apple for the smoke, which is a little more then I usually do. Smoked for about 3 ½ hours at 160 until it hit 145
Bacon came out great a little sweeter and peppery with a nice smoky flavor.
My best bacon so far.

Today cooked a chicken on the Weber kettle gasser. That is the best chicken cooker ever, moist chicken and crispy skin every time.

Even the Winter Weber is making dinner for tonight.

At least somebody likes the snow, even sleeps in it.

Tomorrow Canadian Bacon day, my first try at that.

Have a great week folks

 

[JeffG]

Great looking bacon and chicken Rich.
What year is the Weber kettle gasser? Winter Weber made me laugh and the dog pic priceless.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Great looking bacon and chicken Rich.
What year is the Weber kettle gasser? Winter Weber made me laugh and the dog pic priceless.

The kettle is a 2010 and it has a genuine Weber gas conversion kit that a good friend sent to me from Australia. The kit is not available in the USA, why I don't know as it really works well and simulates a full chimney fire and also the heat from a charcoal fire after about an hour. I can remove it in about 10 minuets if I wanted to use charcoal. But with three gassers and two performers I would never need to remove it.
Yeah I don't deal with the cold very well so I had to have an indoor Weber, just for giggles.
Raddy is a house dog and always sleeps inside, but she does like to cool off in the snow and take a little nap now and then.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Bacon and chicken look delicious Rich. Look forward to the CB tomorrow!

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

Everything looks fantastic Rich

 

[Bill Schultz]

Bacon & Bird look fantastic my friend. Have not done bacon for awhile and am feeling a lust right now. Well done

 

[Brian Dahl]

BLT! BLT!
Nice work Rich.
Hand or machine slice on the bacon?

 

[Rich Dahl]

BLT! BLT!
Nice work Rich.
Hand or machine slice on the bacon?

Machine slice, I have an older SS electric slicer that works great on the bacon, going to see how it does on the Canadian bacon today.

 

[ChuckO]

You bacon looks fantastic Rich. Congrats!!! Love the shot of the pup sleeping in the snow