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Title: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: dbondy on February 16, 2011, 08:09:13 AM

I tried the sausage maker honey maple cure on 2 bellies, they sat in the brine for 10 days. When I did a sample test way to salty so I soaked them in water for 1hour and it was much better. I smoked them with maple for 2 hours and finised cooking till temp was around 135f. Here are a few pics, I'll post the cut up pics later.

(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/darrenbondy/bacon001.jpg)
In the brine
(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/darrenbondy/bacon003.jpg)
drying on the counter
(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/darrenbondy/bacon006.jpg)
almost done

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: SoCalBuilder on February 16, 2011, 08:36:14 AM

Mmmmm..Bacon. Looking forward to more pics :)

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: jiggerjams on February 16, 2011, 09:47:35 AM

Oh yeah dbondy bring on the meat candy!!

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: TestRocket on February 16, 2011, 10:57:56 AM

A lot of bacon too, wow that looks good! ;D

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: muebe on February 16, 2011, 11:38:04 AM

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......BACON ;D

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: OU812 on February 16, 2011, 12:04:31 PM

BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON!!!!! ;D

Thats gonna be gooood. :o

Cant wait to see the money shot.

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: dbondy on February 17, 2011, 04:49:59 AM

Finaly got the finished pics.

(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/darrenbondy/2002.jpg)
ended up with 13lbs of sliced and two pounds of end trimings that I ground up for future use.

(http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/darrenbondy/2001.jpg)

This was the secound time I made bacon and It came out way better than the first try thanks to all the info from this forum. Thanks Guys.

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: KyNola on February 17, 2011, 06:55:45 AM

13 pounds of smokey finished.............

<faint>

THUD!

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: OU812 on February 17, 2011, 07:08:25 AM

That last shot got my mouth a waterin, big time.

13 pounds of BACON heaven sittin right there.

Looks gooood.

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: classicrockgriller on February 17, 2011, 08:55:01 AM

Looks great!

The one time I made it I did 22 lbs and it just didn't last long.

Gave some away and everyone is screaming for more.

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: Habanero Smoker on February 17, 2011, 01:01:22 PM

Nice batch of bacon. I'm glad you tested this to cure with bacon. Ten days for skin on bacon always seem too long for me, so I never got around to curing bacon with it. I can tell you one thing - this cure makes great hams.

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: Friar_Tuck on February 21, 2011, 07:57:55 PM

That is some great looking bacon there!
Never tried the maple honey, but I use their maple ham cure for bacon.
I use skinless bellies, and soak em 5 days, rinse once, and smoke.
Love the way they turn out.
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a263/Friar_Tuck_/smokehouse/P1180002.jpg)

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: SouthernSmoked on February 22, 2011, 05:38:10 AM

Bacon! Bacon!

Great looking Bacon.

Title: Re: SM maple honney bacon
Post by: Tenpoint5 on February 22, 2011, 06:34:02 AM

MMMM BACON

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Smoking Techniques => Curing => Topic started by: dbondy on February 16, 2011, 08:09:13 AM