curing and smoking bacon pron by TQ

[TuscaloosaQ]

Got into curing and smoking bacon some time back. I will never have to buy bacon again here are some pics



on the cooker smoking with pecan and hickory, is there anything else. Wish I could try some fruitty wood but do not have any



you know you want some, don't tell that lie HA HA acouple of the slabs, the smaller ones is wild hog. Me and Tyler made some traps and my brother has caught over 40 on our farm. It is covered up, we use it for sausage also. the bigger the hog the better it is, the boars are great.







it is finished



I smoked it at a lower temp today, to try and not render as much fat out.... The wild hog was OFF THE CHART!!!!!!!!!!!

[maccas66]

Looks great TQ!, now you know you`ll have to explain how you did it!

[TuscaloosaQ]

Mac i will post a thread on it, I love that bacon you will never eat store bought again!!!!

[SoloQue]

Man I can see it now, I will have to graduate from jerky to bacon. Can't wait to read the "HOW TO" thread
Do you have a commercial slicer?

[TuscaloosaQ]

Yes solo, we have all the processing equipment at my familys farm. We do wild hogs and deer all the time

[DUAYNE B]

i am waiting for the How To Video to come out TQ,,,,,,,,,,, that looks off the charts good, and the points that will be scored by the wife,,,,,,,

[PvilleComp]

Man that looks good TQ!

[The Czar]

I am on my way!!!!

[TuscaloosaQ]

I am telling you guys it aint like store bought, I can not make enough of it. It does not curl up and go away it sits there and cooks no more wearing my welding coat while cooking bacon and of course there is plenty of drippings for seasoning my vegetables

[SoloQue]

h o w t o t h r e a d ..... with pics
my wife is a butcher, I'll get the pork to practice

[Smokeone]

Count me in, I wanna know how!
That looks awesome!

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[TuscaloosaQ]

Aint nothing 2 it brother I will show ya!!!!! if u wnt eat grits I know you r a bacon eating fool smokeone

[KILLSWITCH505]

looks like it turned out killer!!! i like using peach and apple woods when i do bacon but you can never go wrong with pecan and hickory

[TuscaloosaQ]

Killswitch I wish I could get those fruitty woods just do not have much of that in alabama. Man I have seen a lot of your post you got some killer skills bro

[maccas66]

my wife is a butcher, I'll get the pork to practice

Solo, that`s almost as good as marrying a pub owners daughter!

[SoloQue]

Definetly has it's perks. Anytime I want to run some practice cooks, she will hook me up so my "maybe not such a good idea" cooks don't cost an arm and a leg.

[Frank_Cox]

just got to this post TQ...

and what about that how to thread???

[DUAYNE B]

[TuscaloosaQ]

Tell you what guys I am going to do some more real soon and I promise I will take pics and go through the entire process
once i start curing it takes about 7 to 10 days to complete it including the smoking process. I have done around 200#s in the last few months and people beg me for it. Just done some wild hog from our farm and it was better than the domesticated hog got it vacuum sealed for my brother who will be coming home soon

[Smokeone]

[DUAYNE B]

ok, so we can see more picks later,,,,,,,,,,,,, gottta have the process steps,,, looks too dang good for next batch,,,,, comeon TQ, you build smokers and cities faster then that,,,,,, are you done yet,,,,,,,,,, bacon, gotta make it, gotta have it,,,,,,,,

[PvilleComp]

I'm waiting for this one