My first attempt at bacon .

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strummer

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Dec 31, 2011
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Edna. Tx
I have been making sausage for about 10 years now and I finally decided to try my hand at bacon . I'm making 15 lbs .this is what I'm working with
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I'm making 5 lbs of peppered
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5 lbs of maple
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And 5 lbs of maple and brown sugar .
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Hope to have them in the smoke house Thursday or Friday . Plan to smoke with oak and pecan . I can almost taste them already .
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All of this bacon talk has really got my curiosity up! How does the price compare to store bought? I know it's apples to oranges but have no clue how much bellies run or where to even get them.
 
I paid 2.19 a lb . I had everything else . For me to buy thick slice pepper bacon it almost 9 bucks for a lb and a half . So for me it pays off pretty fast .
 
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Where and what type of maple are you using. I am curing out 10lbs now and will be putting in the smoker in the morning. I still have 10 more lbs that I would love to put maple on.  
 
I found some b grade light colored at a small grocery store .I added 1/2 cup for 5 lbs .
 
A little update . I pulled my bacon and washed it off . Then I fried me some test strips . Taste pretty dang good .
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So now it's in the smoke house getting smoked with pecan and oak. Will pull it out in 12 hours or so.
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Just pulled them out of the smoke house . Looking great . Here they are
Pepper
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Maple
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Brown sugar and maple
 
All of this bacon talk has really got my curiosity up! How does the price compare to store bought? I know it's apples to oranges but have no clue how much bellies run or where to even get them.


I'm paying $1.79/# for my pork now.  That is on a cheap side of it, but I have a connection through the restaurant I manage.  
 
I paid 2.19 a pound for the bellys . Had everything else . So I got almost 30 lbs of bacon for 63 dollars . The pepper bacon I normally buy is almost 9 dollars a pound .
 
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