Bacon on PBC

[jecucolo]

First time to do the bacon recipe. Has anyone cooked the cured pork belly on the PBC ? Is it too hot? Would it be better on the kettle/sns?

[kmhfive]

I don’t have a PBC and I’ve only done 2 batches of bacon. But it seems like 270F would be too fast.

[JeffJ]

I cooked pork belly cubes (about an inch in diameter) in the PBC and they turned out great. One time I tossed some bacon strips into my 14.5 WSM when I was cooking something else and I used the bacon for baked beans. It picked up WAY too much smoke IMO. I've cooked bacon on a few occasions in the kettle + SnS with no wood and it came out great. I maybe could have tossed a golf-ball size chunk of wood, but I wouldn't recommend anything more than that. With all of that surface area and constant moisture from rendering fat bacon picks up a lot of smoke. If you are cubing your pork belly, PBC will be fine. Bacon strips will probably be fine in the PBC but I wouldn't use any wood and unfortunately I don't have any personal experience to be definitive. Unless someone else weighs in I would be safe and cook it indirect in your kettle.

[PBCDad]

I've done it twice now and it works great! No point of comparison with other cookers, but nobody has thought it had too much smoke or really any complaints at all!

[Livermoron]

Ernest is your guy for bacon on the PBC. I've done several cooks (1 - 2 pork bellies cut in half and hooked, KBB with a chunk of apple and a chunk of hickory). I imagine the kettle/SnS would work for smaller volumes, but as soon as the neighborhood smells bacon I have an extended "family" to supply...

[DWCowles]

I don’t see why you can’t use the PBC to do the pork belly after all you’re only going to 150 F IT temp.

[jecucolo]

Thanks guys. I'll give the PBC a go.