After smoking the bacon for around three and a half hours on my smoker and then moving them to the oven to finish them off to an internal temperature of 150 degrees I have finally concluded that out of this batch: maple is the winner. I ended up having to move to the oven after [...]
I have flipped over the bacon bags and the container that they’re in has Maple Bacon brine juice in it. The bag seems to have formed some sort of leak and I can’t find it. It may make for milder bacon, but I’m not going to start over, I’ll just discover where I’m at and [...]
Today the bacon has firmed up a tiny bit, the brine is starting to collect even more, I would say maybe two tablespoons now in each bag. I have decided to smoke the bacon with pecan, its my favorite flavor with pork, and I can’t feel good about going with a more generic wood. It [...]