Pork belly for homemade bacon. Better than the store.

by Faayberi

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  2. IceManYurt

    Next time, try it with shoulder.

    Let it cure for 2 or 3 weeks

    🤤

  3. ThunderVsRage

    You let it dry brine for 7 days? Damn. I thought 48 hours was good enough.

  4. aronma12

    I cure bacon all of the time. The worst batch I’ve ever made, is better than the best batch I’ve ever bought at store. I’ve made about 300 lbs so far. YUMMY!

  5. F1stCanBeAVerb

    Ive got a pork belly in the fridge to give this another go. I did it for the first time a month ago and didn’t know you needed to rinse it off before smoking. It was okay, just way way too salty

  6. Bonerschnitzel69

    Calculator is definitely the way to go and I just finished 13.3 Lbs. and believe it or not a three page write up for someone who’s never done it before and if the OP is OK I will post it on here as I’m gonna post it on the bacon forum as well. It is a read, but very well worth it if you’ve never made it before.