BBB The Quick Way

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Well after reading Todd's thread a while back about making BBB with a vacuum tumbler I couldn't wait to get mine & play around with it. Once it came I experimented with a few batches & settled on something I like.


I started off with this butt.


Removed the bone.


Then opened it up & split it into 2 pieces.


I mixed up some brine with cure.


Each half was injected with 8 oz. of brine.


Then put in the AGS vacuum tumbler with an additional 24 oz. of brine. I did each half separately in half hour increments for a total of 2 hours each.


Then into the bucket with whatever brine was left over after vacuum tumbling. Here is the first half.


And both halves.


Now they will go in the fridge overnight & get rinsed off tomorrow.

Updates to follow...
 
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Kat
 
Geeezzz now we'll never get any Pork Butts out West now that you have a fast processing machine involved
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So is the brine Pop's brine or a variation of or not even close?
 
 
Geeezzz now we'll never get any Pork Butts out West now that you have a fast processing machine involved
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So is the brine Pop's brine or a variation of or not even close?
Sorry Case - I really like bacon & it's great to be able to make it in 2 days now 
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   If it does get bad out your way let me know & I'll send you a nice butt from my stash 
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I'll get the brine details up in a bit - just have a lot of things going on at once right now...
 
 
Sorry Case - I really like bacon & it's great to be able to make it in 2 days now 
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   If it does get bad out your way let me know & I'll send you a nice butt from my stash 
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I'll get the brine details up in a bit - just have a lot of things going on at once right now...
My boys really like bacon too!! I think they'd eat it for every meal if I let them. Took my oldest to Subway for lunch the other day as a treat. He ordered the BLT. When we got the veggies he didn't get any, nothing non, straight bacon sandwich. And here I thought subway was a better choice than McDonalds...
 
Forgot to add these 
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Took them out of the brine bucket this morning.


Brine bucket is sad now 
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Sliced off a few pieces for a test fry mainly to show on here that it had worked - I don't do this now that I have my method down...


Starting to fry.


And done.


And here it is. Flavor & texture are spot on - as soon as this gets smoked it will be bacon!! 
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Updates to follow...
 
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