Habs Bacon, the two day wait begins

yul · May 05, 2008, 05:38:08 PM

:) I started a piece of Habs Canadian bacon last week and it finally finished curing ( six days ) last night. Left it in the fridge over night and started the OBS as soon as I got home from work. :o

I left the butcher string on to hold the shape but it still went a bit flat

Put it in the OBS with 2 hours of maple.

Half way through the smoke doing really well, this was the only time I opened the door.
The PID is working just great, set the temp to 200°F and let it do it's thing.

The final result after 2 hours of maple and another hour for the internal temp to reach 150°F

Now the two day wait. It smells so good it's going to be hard.

yul · May 05, 2008, 05:40:19 PM

;) :D Apologies for the clean interior, I am working on that..

:D :D

Smoking Duck · May 05, 2008, 05:53:15 PM

Quote from: yul on May 05, 2008, 05:40:19 PM
;) :D Apologies for the clean interior, I am working on that..

:D :D

No kidding, Brian ;D The last time I saw one that clean was in the catalog. You got some serious work to do to get that all dirty (course, if you'd like me to finish up the dirty work, I'd be more than happy to). :D

yul · May 05, 2008, 06:04:44 PM

;D Ok Ok Ok ;D going to try ribs this week end, that should dirty it up :D

Smoking Duck · May 05, 2008, 06:08:21 PM

You'll be dirty in no time......and throw an extra rack in there for me, will ya?

I likes it dirty ;D ;D ;D (Easy LQ ;))

Mr Walleye · May 05, 2008, 07:23:51 PM

Hey Brian... Ya did a fine job there! 8)

After a few ribs and a couple of butts that unit will be "well seasoned" ;)

Go get'em!

Mike

FLBentRider · May 05, 2008, 07:26:47 PM

W E L C O M E !!

The bacon looks good. The interior a little bright.. keep on smokin'.... ;D

La Quinta · May 05, 2008, 07:42:36 PM

Yul...season that sucker up man...bacon looks amazing...yummy...:)

tturaider · May 05, 2008, 09:04:16 PM

looks awesome yul. I might have to try that some day I just dont know if ive got the patience to waite for the curing and after the smoking.... :-\

Habanero Smoker · May 06, 2008, 02:21:08 AM

It does look good.

By your pictures it looks like Bradley has redesigned it's "V" tray. Unless it is an illusion due to camera angel, the slots look much wider then mine.

Wildcat · May 06, 2008, 03:56:02 AM

Quote from: Habanero Smoker on May 06, 2008, 02:21:08 AM
It does look good.

By your pictures it looks like Bradley has redesigned it's "V" tray. Unless it is an illusion due to camera angel, the slots look much wider then mine.

They also appear taller at the slots.

Nice job Yul!

FLBentRider · May 06, 2008, 03:58:13 AM

It does appear that the "gaps" are larger than mine as well, my OBS is only about 7 months old.

Milehi · May 06, 2008, 05:55:34 AM

Trust me, that won't last very long. Better plan on doing 3 or 4 pieces next time. ;D

westexasmoker · May 06, 2008, 09:09:59 AM

I have so got to try one of those (or several!!!) And holy moly that thing is clean, mine was off the UPS truck and sesoned then a briskit the same night, but then again I did kill it the next weekend, so what do I know ;D! Habs I think my V-tray looks just like that one, units only a month old and I'm not familar with an older model, when the weather clears I'll pull the cover and take a look

C

Habanero Smoker · May 06, 2008, 02:11:07 PM

Quote from: westexasmoker on May 06, 2008, 09:09:59 AM
I have so got to try one of those (or several!!!) And holy moly that thing is clean, mine was off the UPS truck and sesoned then a briskit the same night, but then again I did kill it the next weekend, so what do I know ;D! Habs I think my V-tray looks just like that one, units only a month old and I'm not familar with an older model, when the weather clears I'll pull the cover and take a look

C

There have been discussions that the slot on the previous models were not wide enough to let enough heat through the openings. Bradley would often recommend that a fix to this would be to pry open the slots wider. So this must be a design change.