Stop eating store bought bacon!

[jfmorris]

Probably the cold smoking versus hot smoking. It's just not safe to cold smoke at home though, and hard to do for most unless you have the right equipment. Our bacon is smoked to a safe temperature that kills bacteria, but that is not the case for cold smoked bacon.

If I fry it or bake it in the oven it gets pretty crisp, but my wife still prefers store bought - the kids and I all like the home made bacon better.

[Shockwave]

So what gives the store bought bacon the crispiness that you don't really get with homemade bacon?

[Smoking77]

Good info tbob4 Thanks.

[tbob4]

Smoking77 get it from one of the web restaurant stores but before checking out make sure they don’t charge you an arm and a leg for shipping. I got mine for next to nothing on shipping but the next time I tried to order they wanted to charge WAY to much.

[Smoking77]

tbob4 Thanks! I'd be getting it specifically for bacon, but I'm sure I'd take advantage of it with other meats too.

[marshall]

Its so easy, just make sure you use meatheads curing calculator

[Steve R.]

I might, but I'm not making any promises.

[Andrrr]

Ok this is next on my list of things to make

[rickgregory]

It may be hard to believe but I struggle to find pork belly in my area.

You can order it, I'd bet. OF course, given that you're where you are, you can also just order Benton's, some of the best bacon I've ever had. I can too, but...

[DavidNorcross]

It may be hard to believe but I struggle to find pork belly in my area.

[FireMan]

Ok, I will stop. 🕶

[tbob4]

Smoking77 - I have the Avantco 13 inch model. I was going through Chefs Steps slicers at the rate of about 1 a year. I paid about $250 for mine. It is heavy and doesn’t have the best angle but it really does well on hot or cold food.

[CaptainMike]

We had homemade bacon and eggs pizza for breakfast this morning, such a treat!

[Smoking77]

Looks fantastic! Congrats!

[Smoking77]

tbob4 What deli slicer do you have? You recommend it?