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Smoking.........curing and smoking bacon&hams #897893
09/23/08 09:01 PM
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I bought a 35lb. pig, and raised it to over 350lb. this past summer.

After butchering we ground the shoulders&trimmings to make about 40 lb.s of brats, and sausage.

I got 8 beautiful racks of baby back ribs

Rendering the fat we ended up with about 10lbs. of the worlds best pork rinds&6 2lb. coffee cans of lard



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Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897902
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I brewed up 18 gallons of brine, then injected it into the hams

Placed hams&bacon into buckets and soaked in chilled brine. hams get 10 day soak, bacon 3 days in fridge kept at 38 degrees.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897908
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After soaking in brine we smoke the bacon and brats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgMxiA_g_E

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897909
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Where's the picture of some of those brats cooking? smile Looks good and I know it a lot of work too.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897913
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Fineshed product


Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897919
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Sliced the bacon on my slicer

Ended up with about 38 lbs, of bacon

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897921
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Oh great, now I'm hungry again! eek

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Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Ricky Cox] #897923
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Originally Posted By: Ricky Cox
Where's the picture of some of those brats cooking? smile Looks good and I know it a lot of work too.


Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897940
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Now to really make you hungry! I also had two deer hams that I brined, and smoked!
This was a 35lb Bambi that committed suicide when it ran into a chainlink fence.
One ham I boned out the other I left whole

This is the whole ham with a nice finishing glaze

This is the boned out one that I sliced into lunch meat!It is wiith out doubt the best deer ham in the world!


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Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897946
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That looks great.What kind of wood did use for the smoke?


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Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897948
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Alright, I'm headed to the fridge now!

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Ricky Cox] #897954
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This is the hog hams&hocks. One ham was left whole bone in, for the holidays. The other I boned out before smoking, and sliced into 1/4"ham steaks, and lunch meat.


Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Pasadena] #897956
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Originally Posted By: Pasadena
That looks great.What kind of wood did use for the smoke?

Hickory, sugar maple, and apple.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Ricky Cox] #897957
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Nice Job, no waste either . Im buying a pig now lol

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Flattailin] #897961
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Originally Posted By: Flattailin
Nice Job, no waste either . Im buying a pig now lol

No waste, I even smoked the bones for my lil girl

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: ] #897964
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Originally Posted By: minktrapper6099
You really are an artist with a pig. grin lol I wish you lived closer to me. I raise about 7,000 hogs a year. Oh the beautiful pictures we could make together. laugh
That would cut into my deer hunting time! laugh

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Flattailin] #897965
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How about some pictures of your smoker. I have been wanting to build one and not sure where to start.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: varmintshooter] #897984
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CAn you discuss the brine in more detail? Did you inject the same brind as you soaked it in? or two different recipes? What was your brine made out of if you dont mind giving out the trade secrets.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: timberchopper] #897990
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Holy cow, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN TIMBER??????

Long time no hear from ya!!!!!!


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Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: varmintshooter] #898000
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Originally Posted By: David D
How about some pictures of your smoker. I have been wanting to build one and not sure where to start.
Here she is Click on my youtube vid for a good detail on it.

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