I DID IT!! BUTT BACON!! Oh yea!

hi guys

i was reading all said about smoken butts.to make bacon. i am new at smoken pork. i have some questions that were not cover.the skin out side the butt ( crackling ) do you leave it on and smoke the butt. remove from smoke ,cool and cut off. or do i leave it on and fry,eat, ect. or do you cut off befor you even apply the cure and spice. i know some store buoght bacon comes with it still on. do i score it, and rub cure into it.

thanks dave ( bigguy )

hi guys

i was reading all said about smoken butts.to make bacon. i am new at smoken pork. i have some questions that were not cover.the skin out side the butt ( crackling ) do you leave it on and smoke the butt. remove from smoke ,cool and cut off. or do i leave it on and fry,eat, ect. or do you cut off befor you even apply the cure and spice. i know some store buoght bacon comes with it still on. do i score it, and rub cure into it.

thanks dave ( bigguy )

If you butt comes with skin on, it's probably not a butt. Usually (but not always) it's a part of the shoulder, next to the butt, called a "picnic".

It's usually pretty dense, so for sure if you're going to do the bacon thing, cut it off, but leave some of the fat.

Smokin'

thanks okie

that helps alot,feel much better now thanks again!!

bigguy (dave)