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did you have a water pan beneath? it should act as indirect heat.
Yes. I usually fill it with a cup and a half or so of apple juice.
did you have a water pan beneath? it should act as indirect heat.
Yes. I usually fill it with a cup and a half or so of apple juice.
this is the first I have heard of corn cob being used for smoking with.I bought an A-Maze-N smoker, and a couple pounds each of corn cob and apple pellets. I'm planning to mix those two for the cold smoke and let it run overnight.
I'm really looking forward to this. And if it works out well, I'm going to be making some Gef?llter Schweinebauch with the other half. Yeah...look that up. You can thank me later.
they look great!Can't believe I forgot to post pix of my Fathers Day smoke!
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this is the first I have heard of corn cob being used for smoking with.
before I can thank you later, any recipes in English?
So the bacon is done. Methinks there's some fine tuning to do, and I think I know where I probably screwed up a little. It wasn't totally ruined...just could be better.
Out of the cure and rinsed clean:
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Then it was back in the fridge to let it dry a bit and develop that pellicle for smoking. Instructions I read said give it about 3 days. I should have checked it sooner, as I think it went a little too far:
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One thing I did learn, though, is that little A-Maze-N smoker contraption was outright ****ing awesome. I loaded it with a mix of apple and corn cob pellets, and let it run with the smoker off. It smoked a good 8 hours before I pulled the slab, and when I checked the pellets, it had burned through only 2/3 of them. That's better than I expected. Money very well spent IMO.
Post-smoke:
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I cut off a slice and fried it. It was good, but it was too thick of a slice. More reminiscent of ham than bacon, but still pretty damn good...though a little dry. I've got it in the freezer to make thinner slices easier, and hopefully that will help some. We'll see.
Next time, I think I'll try the brining method for curing, let dry overnight once cured and since my new Masterbuilt electric smoker arrived today, I should be set for perfect bacon with the other half of the slab.
Looks good man.
Unfortunately the Amaze-n doesn't work in my gas smoker. The burner sucks out all the air. I havent been successful trying to get a mailbox mod to work. I need to try working on it again
Thanks. That is a badass mod. Thank you for pointing that one out. I just read some folks have trouble with the A-Maze-N in the MES. Once I get the MES up and running, I'll have to do a test and see if I have those issues. If so, I'll be buying a mailbox soon.
What kind of issues are you seeing with the mailbox mod?
I wasn't comfortable using a painted mailbox so I went with an untreated aluminum box but it might be too small. The smoke isn't drawing through the duct and out the smoker
Haven't used my smoker in a while so I had to show it some love today with a quick smoking session. A couple of tri-tips and some corn. Turned out quite good.
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