David Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Started my first ever bacon cure last night using curing kit from Wade, Excellent kit with very clear instructions. Bought a cold smoke generator and eco smoker which arrived today. Looking forward to the progression. I’m going to smoke over apple wood, has anyone ever smoked with Makuna?. Going to order a collar joint to start a collar bacon next week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icefever Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 There's a saying on here ...."you'll never buy bacon from a supermarket ever again"...I started curing bacon last year following Wade's instructions, never looked back. May I be bold and suggest pork loin next?? I now cure for 14 days, dry in the fridge for 2 or 3 days, then smoke for 9 hrs this suits our taste buds the best. Ice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 20 hours ago, Icefever said: There's a saying on here ...."you'll never buy bacon from a supermarket ever again"...I started curing bacon last year following Wade's instructions, never looked back. May I be bold and suggest pork loin next?? I now cure for 14 days, dry in the fridge for 2 or 3 days, then smoke for 9 hrs this suits our taste buds the best. Ice. Suggestion received cheers. I will cure a loin. I have already ordered my collar joint so will cure that also. Does 9 hours give a strong or mild smoke flavour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icefever Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, David said: Does 9 hours give a strong or mild smoke flavour? I've found that for us 9 hrs is just about spot on....I've done 11 hrs and found it too strong, I suppose it's all down to taste.....what you could do would be to put two slabs in the smoker, take one out at 9 hrs and leave the other for whatever time you think you may like???. That way you've got a side by side tasting session ?? just a thought? I did this with cheese starting at 3 hrs up to I think 5 or 6 hrs, can't remember, same with that we found 3hrs was enough for us. Ice. Edited July 14, 2019 by Icefever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icefever Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 13 minutes ago, David said: I will cure a loin You may have seen this?? it's my last loin I did.. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 32 minutes ago, Icefever said: , I suppose it's all down to taste.....what you could do would be to put two slabs in the smoker, take one out at 9 hrs and leave the other for whatever time you think you may like???. That way you've got a side by side tasting session ?? just a thought? I did this with cheese starting at 3 hrs up to I think 5 or 6 hrs, can't remember, same with that we found 3hrs was enough for us. Ice. That’s a good idea, we don’t like strong smoke either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Smoked for 4 hours last night with applewood - just right smoked flavour profile for us. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icefever Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Well done...looks great Ice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Monkey Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Looks great, @Wade will be happy to see a Cardboard Box Smoker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Nice work. Well done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor72 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Cracking job ! I need to get the coffin smoker out for trial run ! Wades instructions take the fear out of curing your own 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Yep, Wades instructions are bang on. I also put a full collar joint on to cure last Sunday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 23 hours ago, David said: Smoked for 4 hours last night with applewood - just right smoked flavour profile for us. Great looking bacon and, as Steve says, I love seeing people using inexpensive box smokers . If you can wait, once it has come out of the smoker either vac pack it or leave it in a ziploc bag for another 4 or 5 days to allow the smoke flavours to penetrate and mellow. Straight out of the smoker, even 4 hours of smoking will taste strong (and don't forget that the end slices will taste of heavier smoke than the middle), however quite quickly the smoke flavour will mellow and you may find that you needed more. You will only know by trying. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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