trying to rush my cure time on bacon

laserdoc · Joined: 05 Dec 2013 Posts: 7

I have a 5 lb slab sitting in my cure now for 6 days. I was going to pull it and rinse it and let it air dry until tomorrow then cold smoke it . Unfortunalty I have to fly out of town on Sunday afternoon for work and won't be back until Tuesday night.. so I can't wait the regular 7 days for cure time. A thicker part of the bacon is still a bit squishy so I think it needs another day or two for that one corner to firm up. My question is if I pull it Sunday before I head out that will be (8 days cure time) and let it sit in the frig to air dry until Wed morning and smoke it then,,,, I should be good right? That gives it a air drying time of about 72 hours instead of the regular 24
Thanks guys!!!

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Nov 28 2014 Post subject:

extra cure time should not be a problem,
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Rinngrizz · Posted: Nov 30 2014 Post subject:

laserdoc · Joined: 05 Dec 2013 Posts: 7

all turned out great. Smoked it Wed and it set in the frig until this morning. sliced a sample and it turned out great. Time to slice and bag this batch. Going to start another one in the cure this weekend. I smoked this one for about 11 hours. I may cut the smoke time in half to see if I can tell a difference. Or should I increase the smoke time? What is the most common time to smoke them while cold smoking?? My temp hung around 75 degrees the whole time which was perfect. Think I will do the next one with the honey instead of the maple syrup

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Dec 07 2014 Post subject:

I try to get at least 24 hours of smoke, I prefer 36-48.

But I like a real smokey bacon, as do our customers.

Cold weather is definitely a plus for bacon, we're able to keep those temps down much easier.

I'm tempted to get a small walk-in cooler set up outside just for doing bacon in the summer months, I rarely have a chance in summer due to the workload of the Oyler, I can't seem to find any time that its empty to be able to get bacon in.
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laserdoc · Joined: 05 Dec 2013 Posts: 7

OK on the 24 hours. My amaze pellet tray will go 12 hours so I will load it up twice. I started at 6 am the last time so I will reload it and let it go all night on the second load.