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C chaplainbillMember
Brought home the bacon (at least the bellies) last wednesday and cured 40 pounds. they've been in the fridge since. I pulled them out and rinsed and refilled the 2.5 gal ziplocs I had them in with ice/water and the bellies and let them soak for four hours to leach out the salt. Last sunday at church, a buddy of mine gave me a 8 pound belly he'd cured from a home-grown hog. I was a perfect belly. I smoked it up for him tonight. Here's a before (or during) shot. after shot in reply

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Here's the after shot. Closeup, it was cut in three pieces. Smoked in the FEC for four hours at 180-200. At the end, I switched it off, put a hand full of pellets in the firepot on top of the hot coals and closed the door. It smoked nicely for nearly an hour with the switch off. BBQ delight Hickory mix pellets. Tommorow is the big bacon smoke with the other 40 pounds of bacon in the FEC. I'll try to get some pics.

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sorry to keep adding to my own post (i'm really not that bored), but I keep getting some more pics I'd like to add. We just finished Slicing and Vac. Sealing the bacon. We began with 48 pounds total (my 40 and my buddy's 8) and when we finished smoking it, there was about 43-44 pounds left. It took us about 2.5 hours to slice/seal it all. Here is a picture of our assembly line, without the players.

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mike4258mike4258Registered Old Fart
Bill,

GREAT post and the the bacon looks fantastic. BTW have you thought about opening a photobucket account (free) or something similar? You could upload your pics there and with a simple click copy the the img code and paste into your post and the pics will show up on the thread page. This would make your post even better since folks could view ALL the bacon goodness at once!! Wink

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