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Cured and smoked some bacon... 10 lbs of the stuff.

Did a few different cures just to see how it would turn out.

This was maple cured and cherry smoked.
 
notbob said:
I have been meaning to try that. How long was your cure?
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I went 7 days on it. It gets really salty after 5 days, so I soaked it in water for an hour after I took it out of the cure and before it hit the smoke. I smoked at 200 for about 3 hours and change until the internal was 150. I find that smoking at 225 (as suggested by meathead) the ends get a little over done and you lose a few slices. I like to keep the cooked edges to a minimum.

Was in Costco and they had full fresh pork bellies and I couldn't resist.
 
leftwngr said:
I went 7 days on it. It gets really salty after 5 days, so I soaked it in water for an hour after I took it out of the cure and before it hit the smoke. I smoked at 200 for about 3 hours and change until the internal was 150. I find that smoking at 225 (as suggested by meathead) the ends get a little over done and you lose a few slices. I like to keep the cooked edges to a minimum.

Was in Costco and they had full fresh pork bellies and I couldn't resist.
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I will have to tell my dad to keep a look out next time he is there
 
notbob said:
I will have to tell my dad to keep a look out next time he is there
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If you are near Commerce or Hawthorne, the Business Centers have a better selection, and it seems like better prices. I am always intrigued by the pork belly, but do not have the time to give bacon a try. I remember thinking "that is a great price for that pork belly."
For additional meats, briskets I have seen are shy of 3 bucks a lb. Pork shoulders are a buck and change a lb (bone in, or out). Ribs vary, but I remember noting they were close to a buck lower than my regular costco.
 
juliochango said:
If you are near Commerce or Hawthorne, the Business Centers have a better selection, and it seems like better prices. I am always intrigued by the pork belly, but do not have the time to give bacon a try. I remember thinking "that is a great price for that pork belly."
For additional meats, briskets I have seen are shy of 3 bucks a lb. Pork shoulders are a buck and change a lb (bone in, or out). Ribs vary, but I remember noting they were close to a buck lower than my regular costco.
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Yeah my parents used to frequent the business Costco in Vegas when they lived out there. Unfortunately I live in SFV which is a ways away
 
If anyone has a Traeger like me, Costco has the wood pellets cheaper than most places.
 
So I decided to try my hand at homemade corned beef and pastrami. A few weeks ago I picked up a packer brisket just over 13lbs. I lost 2.5 lbs of fat to trimming and ended up with a 3lb point a 4lb flat and a 3lb flat. Sealed em up and threw em into the freezer till I was ready for em which happened to be this week.

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Today i mixed up a batch of pickling spices and got the cure ready. Thankfully Sprouts sells spices by weight so I didn't have to buy whole jars of everything. Now I have to wait 2 weeks and then we can have some real fun.

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doing it the right way.

I did make some corned beef. cooked it in the crockpot (before the time I had a smoker). turned out alright.
 
can't say I've used either of those. go with the one with the better grade steel. cheap knives are frustrating and stick with you for years making it hard to justify a good purchase later. Exhibit A that piece of crap in my drawer with the blue handle that I got back in college.
 
BeerMan said:
getting started on a long weekend!
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You read my mind. Are those the ones from sprouts for 2.99? It bugs me that they don't sell whole racks.

Im headed to smart and final for spare ribs. They are on sale for 1.79lb
 
notbob said:
You read my mind. Are those the ones from sprouts for 2.99? It bugs me that they don't sell whole racks.

Im headed to smart and final for spare ribs. They are on sale for 1.79lb
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you can request a whole rack. I've gotten it that way.

got the ribs at Ralph's. they were on sale. got two for $12 and $13.
 
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