Canadian Bacon

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

I haven't posted any of my cooks in ages so thought I would create one. I made some canadian bacon a couple of months ago but the kids ate it all in about 3 weeks. Decided to do two loins this go round so it would last longer and also have family in town for Turkey Day. Bought a couple of whole loins from Costco. Trimmed them up to remove the little bit of fat and membrane that was present. I cut them each in half so they would fit into the brine bucket. Mixed up a batch of canadian bacon brine in the bucket and put the loins inside. I have a dedicated brine bucket so it doesnt get scratched up. A gallon of brine covered all four pieces completely so put the lid on it and into the fridge to cure. I usually try to let them cure for 10 days (or follow the 1/4" rule) but life got in the way so they went 14 days this time. Gotta use real maple syrup for this. Good deal at Costco.

After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.

Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.

Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.

Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last long.

Canadian Bacon Brine
1 c Maple Syrup (real)
1/2 c Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Cure #1
4 bay leaves
3 cloves crushed garlic
1 Tbsp Crushed Peppercorns
1 c Sea Salt
1 gal Cold Water

Combine all ingrediants in a food safe bucket and stir until dissolved.

 

[smokerjim]

Looks good

 

[SmokinEdge]

Nice work. Looks great.

 

[Saintsslav]

I haven't posted any of my cooks in ages so thought I would create one. I made some canadian bacon a couple of months ago but the kids ate it all in about 3 weeks. Decided to do two loins this go round so it would last longer and also have family in town for Turkey Day. Bought a couple of whole loins from Costco. Trimmed them up to remove the little bit of fat and membrane that was present. I cut them each in half so they would fit into the brine bucket. Mixed up a batch of canadian bacon brine in the bucket and put the loins inside. I have a dedicated brine bucket so it doesnt get scratched up. A gallon of brine covered all four pieces completely so put the lid on it and into the fridge to cure. I usually try to let them cure for 10 days (or follow the 1/4" rule) but life got in the way so they went 14 days this time. Gotta use real maple syrup for this. Good deal at Costco.

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After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.
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Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.
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Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.
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Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last long.

Lovely

 

[mr_whipple]

Nice! I just did a batch a few weeks ago.

 

[ConrodM]

Maannn!!! That looks AMAZING!! Thanks for the well documented & great pictures. Might have to find a brine bucket and try myself

 

[jcam222]

I'm over due for this and some buckboard. Yours looks great! Do you use Pops brine ?

 

[Redicans]

Wow that looks Amazing!! I want to try that sometime!

 

[02ebz06]

Looks like a nice batch!!! I make mine just for pizza.

 

[Texas Cookin']

Awesome looking Canadian bacon! Thanks for the detailed process as well.

Fred

 

[Schwarzwald Metzger]

I haven't posted any of my cooks in ages so thought I would create one. I made some canadian bacon a couple of months ago but the kids ate it all in about 3 weeks. Decided to do two loins this go round so it would last longer and also have family in town for Turkey Day. Bought a couple of whole loins from Costco. Trimmed them up to remove the little bit of fat and membrane that was present. I cut them each in half so they would fit into the brine bucket. Mixed up a batch of canadian bacon brine in the bucket and put the loins inside. I have a dedicated brine bucket so it doesnt get scratched up. A gallon of brine covered all four pieces completely so put the lid on it and into the fridge to cure. I usually try to let them cure for 10 days (or follow the 1/4" rule) but life got in the way so they went 14 days this time. Gotta use real maple syrup for this. Good deal at Costco.

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After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.
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Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.
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Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.
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Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last lo

I haven't posted any of my cooks in ages so thought I would create one. I made some canadian bacon a couple of months ago but the kids ate it all in about 3 weeks. Decided to do two loins this go round so it would last longer and also have family in town for Turkey Day. Bought a couple of whole loins from Costco. Trimmed them up to remove the little bit of fat and membrane that was present. I cut them each in half so they would fit into the brine bucket. Mixed up a batch of canadian bacon brine in the bucket and put the loins inside. I have a dedicated brine bucket so it doesnt get scratched up. A gallon of brine covered all four pieces completely so put the lid on it and into the fridge to cure. I usually try to let them cure for 10 days (or follow the 1/4" rule) but life got in the way so they went 14 days this time. Gotta use real maple syrup for this. Good deal at Costco.

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After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.
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Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.
View attachment 679210View attachment 679211

Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.
View attachment 679212View attachment 679213

Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last long.

That looks amazing!

 

[indaswamp]

I'm in the same boat with Jeff...I need to make some soon....almost out.

 

[Steve H]

Looks very good! I need to make some again too.

 

[Rusty Zipper]

Looks very good! I need to make some again too.

This looks like something I have wanted to try for years. I have to gather up the short bucket and figure out the set up on my Auber1510. Isn't going well. And I allowed myself to get frustrated. Be Well Brothers, Rusty.

 

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. The brine is a combination of several that evolved over the years. I am sure it is probably similar to Pop's since it needs to be a certain concentration of cure, salt and water with the sugar, etc added for different flavors. I can post my recipe if anyone would like it.

 

[Rusty Zipper]

Please give us your recipe for brine. Thanks and Be Well, RZ.

 

[ifitsdeadsmokeit]

I edited the post to add in the recipe for the brine.

 

[scott in kansas]

I haven't posted any of my cooks in ages so thought I would create one. I made some canadian bacon a couple of months ago but the kids ate it all in about 3 weeks. Decided to do two loins this go round so it would last longer and also have family in town for Turkey Day. Bought a couple of whole loins from Costco. Trimmed them up to remove the little bit of fat and membrane that was present. I cut them each in half so they would fit into the brine bucket. Mixed up a batch of canadian bacon brine in the bucket and put the loins inside. I have a dedicated brine bucket so it doesnt get scratched up. A gallon of brine covered all four pieces completely so put the lid on it and into the fridge to cure. I usually try to let them cure for 10 days (or follow the 1/4" rule) but life got in the way so they went 14 days this time. Gotta use real maple syrup for this. Good deal at Costco.

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After cure, rinse and pat dry, coated with maple syrup and brown sugar, let it sit on racks in the fridge overnight. I made an tinfoil boat to catch the drippings and make cleanup a whole lot easier.
View attachment 679208View attachment 679209

Onto the smoker at 225° til hit IT 150°, took about 4 hours. Let sit in the fridge overnight to cool down and didnt have time to slice. Beautiful color on these.
View attachment 679210View attachment 679211

Broke out the old slicer which made easy work of these. Sliced into 1/8" thick pieces.
View attachment 679212View attachment 679213

Packaged into 1 lb packages with the vacuum sealer and into the freezer. Gave a couple packages to our neighbor who used one on some pizza for the Chiefs game Sunday. I didnt take a pic of the packages. I ended up with 12 packages. It tasted fantastic and won't last long.

Canadian Bacon Brine
1 c Maple Syrup (real)
1/2 c Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Cure #1
4 bay leaves
3 cloves crushed garlic
1 Tbsp Crushed Peppercorns
1 c Sea Salt
1 gal Cold Water

Combine all ingrediants in a food safe bucket and stir until dissolved.

Thank you for the recipe! Turned out great!