The start of my bacon....

[Nick Smith]

 

[Bob Correll]

Looking good Nick!
Now the hard part, the wait.

 

[Dave O]

Off to fine start, now hurry up and wait

 

[MartinF DiggingDogFarm]

Looks like you're off to a good start!


~Martin

 

[Nick Smith]

The question is do I smoke this skin side down or skin side up?

 

[Stuart S]

The question is do I smoke this skin side down or skin side up?

I removed the skin on mine before curing, and yours looks like the skin was removed too...

If the skin is on I'm pretty sure everything I've read says skin side up. If the skin is off I think you want to go fat side up, which is what I did.

 

[Chris W.]

Looks good. I've always had the skin removed on mine, so I can't help you there. Let us know how it turns out!

 

[Nick Smith]

So does it look like the skin is on or off?

 

[Stuart S]

It's hard to tell in the picture, bu looks skin off to me. The skin is pretty thick and has short coast hairs on it. As someone posted in the bacon made easy thread, I knew the skin was on mine because it still had nipples on it

 

[Nick Smith]

Finished, just need to slice tonight

 

[MartinF DiggingDogFarm]

Definitely skinless.


~Martin

 

[Geir Widar]

But probably not tasteless. Looks great!

 

[Bob Correll]

Looks great Nick!
I would fry it using medium heat as the highest temp.
Not sure what method/cure you used, but the sugar tends to burn before the bacon is done if not careful.

 

[Doug Wade]

Looks good! Agreed re: cooking it at lower heat than you're used to if you used any kind of sugar in the cure.

 

[Nick Smith]

I used your method with tender quick and brown sugar. Then on one of the slabs i put pepper on it before i smoked it.

Looks great Nick!
I would fry it using medium heat as the highest temp.
Not sure what method/cure you used, but the sugar tends to burn before the bacon is done if not careful.

 

[Nick Smith]

Finished product was great!! I sliced it maybe a little too thick, but WTH it was my first time

 

[Tim McCann]

Nick, that looks good! That would make some killer BLTs!

 

[Russell McNeely]

Oh man I've got to try making some bacon! Looks great!

 

[Monty House]

Man, that looks like some good eatin'

 

[Brian Quintal]

That looks great! Nice job, can't wait to cure my 1st bacon. So many things on the list.....