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  • @AndyL.-bk4rn
    @AndyL.-bk4rn Před 18 dny

    Thanks for posting this video, it doesn’t get much better than homemade bacon! I’ve recently came across your channel and enjoy watching your videos very much. They’re fun and entertaining and I’m happy to subscribe, thanks again!

  • @lwinter69
    @lwinter69 Před 2 lety

    Used your recipe for pepper bacon a couple months ago. It was delicious while it lasted and we loved it. I am using your recipe for maple bacon and it’s curing in the fridge right now. Can’t wait to try it. My son also follows you. Thank you.

  • @sooperwill
    @sooperwill Před 3 lety +1

    Can't wait to try this Susie! Keep up the great work! Also love the new website!

  • @tim_bbq1008
    @tim_bbq1008 Před 3 lety

    that explained several details that I haven't fully understood before. Thanks! I'm feeling more confident to give this a try now

  • @ROgletree
    @ROgletree Před 2 lety +1

    Today is day one of the curing process. I followed your recipe. I’m really excited to try this. Thanks for the video.

  • @ebkw
    @ebkw Před 21 dnem +1

    I'm on my own and after several years of not having a bbq I bought a small, portable electric pellet grill/smoker. Totally dried out chicken and hamburgers last year which kind of discouraged me! A month ago I complained on a local Facebook bulletin about the bacon I was able to get in our big stores and one answer was that I should get a smoker and a slicer and make my own. As I had both already I Watched every youtube video available and accepted the challenge. Bought 12.5 lb pork belly from Costco and cut it into approx 3, 4 lb pieces. Put a rub and pink salt on it and vacuum sealed the pieces, turning daily. Removed at 7 days, Washed, dried and put back in the fridge overnight. I got a rib rack. Cut each 4 lb slab into 2 and stood 3 of them in the rack. Thinking my "smoker" would cold smoke my cured bacon using apple pellets. I put the supplied probe in one piece and turned it on to smoke. Trouble is that it doesn't cold smoke! It hot smokes! In 3 hours the internal temp of the meat was 150 F I turned it off and removed the meat when the grill stopped smoking! I tried a couple of the outside bits. Definitely smokey and pretty salty! Back in the fridge and do the other three pieces tomorrow.
    Any idea about how to be able to get a longer smoking time with this small portable pellet smoker/grill would really be appreciated!

    • @301_BBQ_Company
      @301_BBQ_Company Před 6 dny

      what temp did you set the smoker? I would try 200 to 225

  • @nathanhunzeker6033
    @nathanhunzeker6033 Před 2 lety

    That looks so fun! I've got to try to do this!
    Great video!

  • @05subisti
    @05subisti Před 3 lety +1

    I will most definitely be giving this a shot when I get back home next month. I've been wanting to give bacon a try for a while now.

  • @brighterdaysplantnurseryan2629

    Wow! Well done. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dzs1945
    @dzs1945 Před 2 lety +6

    Very charming video! I watched a 52 minute video on curing bacon and not any more USEFUL info than yours!!! Very well done!
    I used to be a butcher. I took first place for country cured bacon at the Altoona Convention of Meat Processors. I simply rubbed the 2 pork bellies with cure on the meat side and flopped one on the other one. Meat side towards each other. Put it in a large plastic bag and folded the end and placed weights on top to get as much air out as practical. That gave it the box cured effect. Let it set in the cooler for 10 to 12 days. Put it in a smoker made out of an old freezer I got for one dollar! Put a hot plate on the floor and smoked it with hickory sawdust until it got to the right color. Don't know what the internal temp was.The critical part is when the meat gets washed off, dry it to the right dryness. If it's too wet it will get black and if it's too dry it won't get the nice red color.I was competing against butchers that had $50,000 smokehouses! I did pray about it and give more credit to that than anything else!

  • @hermandemello2200
    @hermandemello2200 Před 20 dny

    V well A2Z speaking explained pork Becon recipe n class results,I'm pleased n happy watching ur post from TANGA Tanzania.

  • @DoubleC494
    @DoubleC494 Před 2 lety

    Just got done slicing and frying this. This was amazing. Thanks for the recipe.

  • @garyd4419
    @garyd4419 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the great video, you explained the process very well. My belly is curing right now and will be smoking it soon.

  • @edmedlin2936
    @edmedlin2936 Před 2 lety +1

    You are doing a great job, thanks! Your recipe and method is quite similar to the way I been making my bacon. I just made 2 kg of bacon, 2 kg of ham leg and hock, and 1 kg of pork loin, sorta Canadian bacon. All smoked. Been eating on the loin stuff now.

  • @dslick6427
    @dslick6427 Před 2 lety

    I tried your recipe today bacon was awesome thanks

  • @swaggysway5418
    @swaggysway5418 Před 3 lety

    Spectacular! I'm trying pork belly burnt ends today for the first time. I will definitely have to try bacon on the next one. Thanks for the tips. Swaggy

  • @robertramsey2865
    @robertramsey2865 Před 8 měsíci

    OMG ITS AMAZING
    Thank you

  • @InItForTheParking
    @InItForTheParking Před 3 lety +5

    Who doesn't love bacon? I can't live without it.

  • @smithfamilyhomestead1515
    @smithfamilyhomestead1515 Před 3 lety +1

    Love the app!!!!
    Cheers from Arkansas!!

  • @hezwes
    @hezwes Před 7 měsíci

    I just bought a smoker the past spring and have been overly enthusiastic with that. The colder weather is now here and I'm ready to enter the world of curing and dry aging. I just bought a pork belly today and will be following your recipe to make bacon as soon as my cure #1 comes in the next day or two.

  • @stevelitteral
    @stevelitteral Před 3 lety

    Just vac sealed my Canadian Bacon yesterday. Delish. Love this recipe 😎👍

  • @konradgronowski5061
    @konradgronowski5061 Před rokem

    Great recipe. Thank you very much from Poland. 😁

  • @gildragon
    @gildragon Před 3 lety +2

    Love your channel.
    Tried your smashburger recipe and it may have taken my favorite spot from having a smoked burger

  • @joergrittscher1971
    @joergrittscher1971 Před rokem +4

    Looks perfect, a must try for me! I do smoking ham, bacon, pork neck, other meats and fish for years, cold and hot smoke. Actually i do smoke the pork neck with a pepper and juniper "crust" , but never thought of a doing a pork belly without the skin and a pepper crust. Thank you a lot. Greetings from Germany.

  • @MC-dg8bg
    @MC-dg8bg Před 7 měsíci

    The bacon you made are s beautifully and yummy looks

  • @mechanickb4350
    @mechanickb4350 Před rokem +2

    Totally going to try this. Just got an entire hog butchered. You make it so simple! I love your recipes 😋

  • @5stones155
    @5stones155 Před 2 lety

    We've got ours vacuum sealed and curing in the fridge....can't wait to try in a week!

  • @2005Pilot
    @2005Pilot Před rokem

    Well Done!!! Looking forward to my 1st go 😁👍👍 Running with Stick Burner & Hickory

  • @NUT_SLAPPER
    @NUT_SLAPPER Před 2 lety

    I love you and your Bacon skills.

  • @mikerhaburn9141
    @mikerhaburn9141 Před rokem

    You convinced me now, got to make the home made bacon 😋😋

  • @alanreynoldson3913
    @alanreynoldson3913 Před rokem +1

    Great demonstration! I have made several batches. One caveat, Just like brisket and tri-tip, bellys have a grain. I have found-out the hard way that if you cut with the grain, you end up with something like bacon jerky!

  • @mlkollman
    @mlkollman Před rokem

    Ready to give it a whirl! Thanks!

  • @dougwright3444
    @dougwright3444 Před 2 lety +1

    I’ve been making bacon for 6 years. I landed on half cherry and half apple wood chips in my smoker. I use bourbon infused black pepper that I get at a spice store then grind it. I make other flavors as well but always do one half that way every time I make bacon.

  • @bobdillon7832
    @bobdillon7832 Před 2 lety

    I've been watching and have seen a TON of these vids- but I am still just here for the beautiful gal!
    Oh, and the cooking videos! hehe

  • @BarBQ22
    @BarBQ22 Před 2 lety

    Great tutorial! There was a Ton of Research involved. Hours upon hours of R&D.. Thank You!

  • @bigbuffwolf1
    @bigbuffwolf1 Před 3 lety

    I just picked up a pork belly from Costco the other day. Looking forward to trying it!

  • @joshcowie9107
    @joshcowie9107 Před 3 lety +4

    I've been following you for a little while now, and have tried and loved a bunch of your recipes! I just stumbled upon and watched bbq brawl season 1. You absolutely killed it! I hope you're very proud!! Ps. I thought you definitely won!!

  • @tclodfelter8789
    @tclodfelter8789 Před 2 lety

    I just bought 10# of pork belly and trying my first batch of bacon this next week. I have cherry, peach, apple, persimmon, plum, hickory and maple trees on my property. Just planted some pecan trees so in a few years I'll be able to try that was well.

  • @testicool013
    @testicool013 Před 2 lety

    Crunchy and chewy👍🏻

  • @FranciscoKYamaguchi
    @FranciscoKYamaguchi Před 2 lety +1

    Congratulations !!! Exceptionally very delicious...
    おめでとう !!! Parabéns !!! Excepcionalmente muito delicioso...

  • @RobertKohut
    @RobertKohut Před rokem +1

    ....and a great cook for the MB gravity feed smoker... 🙂(with wood chunks distributed in the hopper)

  • @johncoffey8645
    @johncoffey8645 Před 3 lety +1

    And I thought I was the only person with chipped spice bowls...😜🤣🤣 Awesome video!🥰

  • @joebogue1881
    @joebogue1881 Před 3 lety

    Dang gotta try this

  • @BRTardiff
    @BRTardiff Před 29 dny

    Hi Susie… thanks for this video. I’m looking at your website and see the modification of the cure for maple bacon. Curious if you’d still add cracked pepper before putting it uncovered in the refrigerator for the maple version?

  • @bradhenderson7359
    @bradhenderson7359 Před 2 lety +1

    just cured last night can't wait to try this. I'm using a Bradley smoker any tips? thanks for a great video

  • @Michael_Miller508
    @Michael_Miller508 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow that’s beautiful

  • @drewkimball9346
    @drewkimball9346 Před 3 lety

    My wife and I give neighbors and friends homemade bacon for Christmas gifts instead of sweets like most people. It has become a 4 year tradition. There is nothing like homemade bacon. It is super easy.

  • @FishingIsLifeBro
    @FishingIsLifeBro Před 2 lety

    Just cured my first slab and it turned out awesome 🤤 Thanks for the video and instruction. Can't wait to make some more!!

  • @gonzob6971
    @gonzob6971 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for doing another video using Prague#1 powder. Tried your cure the first time and was found it a bit sweet. Found the EQ calculators and did an equilibrium cure. Will definitely try yours again.

    • @stevenjohnson249
      @stevenjohnson249 Před 11 měsíci +1

      She did an EQ brine also, she just didn't call it that. As she stated you dial in each ingredient to suit your own taste.

  • @marktvcturner2448
    @marktvcturner2448 Před rokem

    Just put my first ever pork belly cure in the fridge tonight. We'll see how it goes in a bit over a week. This luckily coincides with receiving my smokai smoke generator today which I've mounted on an old Weber Silver C BBQ. Can't wait! Thanks for your awesome recipes! Cheers from Oz.

  • @NOTaSHEF
    @NOTaSHEF Před 2 lety +1

    Thx 🙏🏼🔥👌🏼🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @spankymail1190
    @spankymail1190 Před 3 lety +5

    Love this video, but then I love all of your videos. Only one recommendation. Return that to the grill after slicing and cook it there. I cook bacon on my pellet grill every chance I get. Everyone wants to know what kind of bacon it is, they can't get enough! Susie and Todd, you rock! Thanks for making us better cooks!

    • @ChrisPollard
      @ChrisPollard Před 2 lety

      I agree. The best bacon I've ever eaten has come off my pellet grill. I buy the dry cured thick cut stuff and cook it up 5lbs at a time, keep it in the freezer, and it takes about 30 seconds to 'revive it' in the microwave whenever I want a strip for breakfast, burgers, sandwich, whatever. Hard to beat low temp with apple pellets for bacon.

  • @bryanblank4432
    @bryanblank4432 Před 4 měsíci

    Trying this soon! How long does the cured and smoked slab bacon last under refrigeration, and does it freeze well?

  • @crk5862
    @crk5862 Před 3 lety

    Love this! Quick and simple...like all your recipes!
    Maple syrup? Like, real maple syrup or just whatever y’all grab off the shelf?

    • @dustinhollis
      @dustinhollis Před 2 lety

      If you are to all the effort of making your own from scratch bacon, use the best ingredients. Real maple. Not Aunt Jemima corn syrup!

  • @MrBinfordtools
    @MrBinfordtools Před 3 lety

    Hi Susie. I found your channel one month ago. I must say, great Stuff. Greetings from Berlin, Germany.

  • @MainahTony
    @MainahTony Před 3 lety +4

    Ive ben smoking my own bacon for almost 3 years. ive used apple wood , or maple wood and even orange wood! i used used orange honey. ALWAYS comes out amazing. i cold smoke for 8 hrs, into the frige overnight, then smoke 8 hrs. why? dunno LOL then slice as needed or slice and freeze. its like meat candy!! but never hot smoked like you have done. i also use freezer bags to let it sit in fridge, need to get those vacuum seal bags now. would it be any different smoking the way you do or the way i do?? i get tons of smoke flavor btw. love you channel and love to hear any idea you may have

  • @johnmoss4140
    @johnmoss4140 Před 2 lety +1

    I've heard of using wood chip packets on the bbq to smoke meat. Do you have a video on how to make/use them?

  • @tonyBe9051
    @tonyBe9051 Před 2 lety +1

    Currently I have 2 different batches of Buckboard bacon curing.
    One I coated with Homemade apple butter and the other with my own blueberry butter. Curious about the taste in the end

  • @user-et5yy3lh3o
    @user-et5yy3lh3o Před 2 měsíci

    When you used Tender Quick, did you still keep in fridge for 7 days or did you follow their 24 hour suggestion? I git the Tender Quick instead of prague powder.

  • @partybill3788
    @partybill3788 Před rokem +2

    Mmmmmm bacon 🥓 😋

  • @lauraleedavid9955
    @lauraleedavid9955 Před rokem

    I’m using a brisket to make beef bacon. I’ll come back and tell ya how it goes. I’m interested in the maple bacon. It’ll be cherry smoke.

  • @barrytipton1179
    @barrytipton1179 Před 5 měsíci

    I buy my Prague number one they recon for mixing one part to 9 salt however is already mixed with some
    More to point never thought of putting in oven will do when I get my ninja smoker thing … do u do too inside temperature of what you stated was 72 c ish

  • @benh554
    @benh554 Před 3 lety

    saw you on the BBQ show with Bobby Flay

  • @billmthacker
    @billmthacker Před 2 lety

    can you show us how to make buck board bacon?

  • @TheRealAndyB.
    @TheRealAndyB. Před 3 lety

    Yumi

  • @jeremymcmichael7371
    @jeremymcmichael7371 Před 2 lety

    I have a question would you do a cold smoke on on it first then do a hot smoke after?

  • @MC-dg8bg
    @MC-dg8bg Před 7 měsíci

    Can I ask you a question
    I don't have a grill machine , can I using Ninja Air fryer machines to smoke Bacon ??

  • @almejia1104
    @almejia1104 Před 11 měsíci

    I'm going to try this I have a question can I pull after 6 days if not can I let it go longer than 7 days?

  • @skip081961
    @skip081961 Před 6 měsíci

    Question: once you have smoked the bacon, is it fully cooked so you could eat it without frying it?

  • @ronlk46
    @ronlk46 Před 9 měsíci

    Could I do it on my Masterbuilt Gravity 800? I know going below 225F can be difficult to control temp. Ron

  • @13Photodog
    @13Photodog Před 2 lety

    I have trouble getting a consistent slice. Is there a home slicer that is big enough to handle homemade bacon?

  • @seratoe1023
    @seratoe1023 Před rokem

    I have seen folks leave the skin on have you ever done that? thanks great video

  • @jimlarson3909
    @jimlarson3909 Před rokem

    What smoke setting did you use? Just wondering if I should use a pellet tube. Enjoy your videos and recipes. Thanks

    • @Heygrillhey
      @Heygrillhey  Před rokem

      Set smoke to 10 and leave it there! Always 10.

  • @charlespelletier9621
    @charlespelletier9621 Před 3 lety +1

    My question is when you put the pork belly in the bag did you vacuum it down tight or did you just seal the bag.

  • @mortensendc85
    @mortensendc85 Před rokem

    I'm trying this right now. I do not have kosher salt, but replaced with Himlayan salt. Didn't think it would matter much since we used the pink curing salt #1. This is still safe correct?

  • @D.R.Guitar
    @D.R.Guitar Před 3 lety

    Great video, Susie! What smoke level did you use on your Woodwind for the 6 hours of smoke?

    • @Heygrillhey
      @Heygrillhey  Před 3 lety +1

      I just leave it at 10 all the time.

  • @PaulMcLove
    @PaulMcLove Před 2 lety +1

    ‼️Super
    👍😉😀

  • @davidpayne142
    @davidpayne142 Před rokem

    how do you make your jalapeno bacon? same ingredients just add the jalapenos?

  • @brucelaughton8741
    @brucelaughton8741 Před 2 lety

    Hi, smoked this yesterday, my piece was 3lb instead of 5lb, I adjusted the cure to suit, but @160°f it took 12 hours on my Woodwind to reach 155°f and that was after increasing the temperature to 180°f for the last 2 hours. Can it be done safely from a higher temperature from the start?

  • @toddnjoyburk
    @toddnjoyburk Před rokem

    The lowest my pellet smoker can go is 200°F. Should I put a tray of ice underneath it or is 200°F OK?

  • @christopherbrownlee604

    Hi, can I use this recipe without the pink curing salt

  • @jeremymcmichael7371
    @jeremymcmichael7371 Před rokem

    Did you ever do garlic bacon and blueberry bacon and apple bacon

  • @paulgdlmx
    @paulgdlmx Před rokem

    Excellent video ( perhaps a bit too wordy ), thannk you, much appreciated

  • @kwm1971
    @kwm1971 Před 2 lety

    I just had hog butchered and bacon is sliced & uncurled. Will I need to modify the curing time ?

  • @kevinwilloughby3991
    @kevinwilloughby3991 Před 2 lety +1

    Kosher salt...... Are you using Morton or Diamond Krystal brand salt? I know that you have to adjust the amount if using different than the recipe. Also, so you have a video for a cold smoked version????

  • @randyr6610
    @randyr6610 Před 2 lety

    Do you vacuum seal it?

  • @robertkaspert4092
    @robertkaspert4092 Před rokem

    I've made 2 pork bellies into bacon, using the same method, try it, it's not that hard and the results are far better than anything you buy in the store.

  • @jerrryroe7323
    @jerrryroe7323 Před 2 lety

    I just seasoned and cured a pork belly for bacon. It was flipped and massaged every day for 9 days. Had a nice bacon color but neither looks, smells or tastes real bacony. Any suggestions on what may have gone wrong?

  • @JSFurst
    @JSFurst Před 3 lety

    Great video, but I wish you would have put this one out LAST week so I could have done this for Father's Day!

    • @Heygrillhey
      @Heygrillhey  Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, unfortunate timing with the new website launch. This video was supposed to go up a month ago!

  • @MrDjSaneR
    @MrDjSaneR Před 2 lety

    I like savory over sweet bacon. Will the brown sugar make it sweet? Can I leave it out or is it necessary for the curing process?
    Thanks!

    • @Heygrillhey
      @Heygrillhey  Před 2 lety +1

      You can leave it out if you'd like!

  • @dankomartek2145
    @dankomartek2145 Před 2 měsíci

    Is it possible for someone with high blood pressure to use less salt in the recipe?

  • @verseapocalyptica668
    @verseapocalyptica668 Před 3 lety +2

    Was just at Costco and saw porkbelly-and wondered “how do I turn that into bacon?”

  • @JoachimBlokk
    @JoachimBlokk Před 2 lety +3

    Pro tip: I let my bacon cool then let it chill and dry out in the fridge on a rack for at least 4 days. It concentrates the fat and the smoke flavor. Plus much much easier to slice.

    • @tazman572
      @tazman572 Před 2 lety +1

      So you're a "pro", huh ?

  • @edwincallicutt4281
    @edwincallicutt4281 Před rokem

    How to adjust the recipe for jalapeños bacon?

  • @sir_jonathan808
    @sir_jonathan808 Před rokem

    What’s the pellet smoker with the brown lid you’re using?

  • @robertbusek30
    @robertbusek30 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello! I hope that either Susie or someone else can help me.
    I really want to make my own bacon, but my wife is allergic to nitrates and nitrites, which makes pink curing salt a problem. Can anyone recommend a non-nitrate or nitrite option for the curing of the pork belly?
    Thanks in advance!

    • @johnhoag2171
      @johnhoag2171 Před rokem +1

      I'm using Kosher Salt and the science as I understand it is the curing salt is really needed if you plan on having around for a long time. At my place that is not a problem it will be gone within a couple months at the most. Use the purest salt without the anti caking if you can. Just my 2 cents hope it helps!

  • @SecondChanceThreads
    @SecondChanceThreads Před 2 lety

    I accidentally had the butcher sliced the pork belly. Do you think I can still cure the bacon that’s been sliced already this same way?

  • @scottplymesser9330
    @scottplymesser9330 Před rokem

    I have a question?
    You recommend 160 to 165 on the smoking part of this cure!!
    My smoker only goes down to 180, my question is what to your recommendation for the higher temp?

    • @johnhoag2171
      @johnhoag2171 Před rokem

      Keep an eye on your meat temp pull it at approximately 145 to 150 degrees. This will take about 3 hours. Hope this helps.

  • @kgl1056
    @kgl1056 Před rokem

    Is it really necessary to get to 150, because mine has been in my smoker for 6 hours and only reached 130

  • @michaels7314
    @michaels7314 Před 2 lety

    Hi.,., What was the internal Temp of the bacon before you took it out of the Grill??

    • @johnhoag2171
      @johnhoag2171 Před rokem

      My research suggests the probe temp to be 140 to 160 Ideal temp is stated as being 152 degrees. Hope this help. How did you fare on your bacon?