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Looks good. I need to do this again it’s been awhile since I have made bacon.
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Some more thoughts after I got a chance to cook up a few slices.
I'm not sure that it's too sweet, rather I think the molasses from the brown sugar is too prominent. Need to play with different sugars. I used honey on my last back bacon and that is fantastic. Maybe turbinado or piloncilo.
The pepper crust? Do that. It's so good. Mental note: use some fresh Tellicherry next time.
I could have rolled heavier smoke right up front with the apple, maybe add some oak for bite.
Salt. Needs a bit more, or maybe longer in the brine.
Definitely need to go buy a couple of bellies to experiment with. For science.
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Yeah, it's cured no problem, but I do think another day would not have hurt and may have had some benefit.
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Looks nice. You don't have any brown uncured spots. Try one more day for the salt. I normally do a 5lb slab for 7 days with my recipe but it is not the same as Meatheads.
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Good luck, it should come out delicious. I take mine to 150 for the fully cooked staged.
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Doing my first as well. Just have a longer cure time so will be smoking comming weekend. Looking forward to your results.
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I did a 4 pound belly last month and I think the calculator said 4 days. It really wasn't much thicker, maybe 1 1/2". I ended up going 7 days, couldn't get to it during the week. I really wanted the maple syrup I added to penetrate as much as possible. Hope yours turns out good !!
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I'm wondering if 2 days is enough cure time. I assume the calculator told you that.
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I’ve bought a couple pork bellies over the years. Never cured, just sliced and cooked like regular bacon under the guise of "its more healthy."
Reality...nothing is healthy. Going to do a full cure on the next one!
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I predict you will be very happy with both of them! They look great.
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