Tenpoin5 Maple Cured bacon "Curing under vacuum?"

[punchlock]

I will be making Tenpoin5 Maple Cured bacon. I purchased a 10# belly today and plan on curing it with the maple syrup and sugar I made this spring.

I have a question about the cure. I would like to apply the cure and then vacuum seal the individual slabs. Will this affect the cure time? Is there any issue with curing in a vacuum sealed bag?

Any insight would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance Punch.

[FLBentRider]

I have cured bellies in regular bags and in vac seal bags.

I use the same curing times, since I also did not have a way to calculate how much the vacuum was going to speed up the cure.

[punchlock]

Thanks FLB, I will follow the recipe as laid out.

[Tenpoint5]

I have never done it in a vacuum so I can't answer that one

[3rensho]

My last belly I maple cured and under vacuum but, as FLBentrider said, there is no way to easily determine the effect of the vacuum.  I just used the normal time and it was great.

[love the smoke]

Always do the vacuum bag thing and always do the same time for cure

LTS