My first fatty :>)

[eyeguy 54]

Dang good but I don't care much for the bacon. I used thick cut, maybe better with regular?? I used a pound of hot italian and a pound of sage sausage.

[chaffmj]

Looks great. How can you not love bacon.

[pushbutton]

Would like to see the avatar of you smoking that fatty! Was also wondering about thick vs thin cut bacon ......

[reinhard1]

i've never made one but maby the regular sliced bacon would be better. but it sure does look very tasty. good luck.

[eyeguy 54]

I LOVE bacon but it's hadly cooked so that's probably why. I took the roll up to 168.

[hockeybc69]

Deathwish 8

LOL...

What could be better than meat and more meat and bacon??? Interesting.

[chaffmj]

I see when you said you don't care much for bacon you meant the bacon on your fatty.

[eyeguy 54]

it's good mark but not close to the summer sausage made with venny.

[toughguy]

I'm going to give this a try during football season. I think I'll add some cheese - and maybe some jalapenos too.

[McGurk]

The bacon is a tricky part of it, and especially a thick cut bacon. Smoking bacon takes a long time to get "done." You could always finish it off in a pan or on a grill if need be. As I said, the trial and error part of smoking can be the best part. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I also like to let the fatty get hotter than 170 because at that point the fat is just starting to melt/convert to gelatin. It is done, but it just gets better if you give it more time. Looking back at my instructions, I should have said more like 3 hours or better for that. Sorry.

[eyeguy 54]

thx for the tips tips :>)

[SkunkedAgain]

Try finishing on the grill to get the bacon done right

[leech~~]

Yuuum! You can almost feel your vains closing! I'm going to send this to my wife and Doctor!

[LABS4ME]

I finish mine on a gas grill on low to crisp up the bacon a get the BBQ sauce to 'set-up'... about 30 mins or so...

I put my 'Bacon stuffed Bacon' recipe in the smoked app. thread. It totally changes the flavor. I'm also a big fan of using a high quality sausage. I buy mine fresh from the meat market.

Good Luck!

Ken

[eyeguy 54]

i fried a couple eggs for breakfast and thew a piece in the fry pan and browned it up. oh ya!

[Boar]

wow cant wait to try that with bear. nice job

[eyeguy 54]

well I ended up slicing it about 1/2 inch thick and frying a bit. Best breakfast sausage ever. :>)

[itchmesir]

my heart just skipped a few beats looking at the artery clogging loaf

[Jim Almquist]

my heart just skipped a few beats looking at the artery clogging loaf

Mine did as well but the growls from my stomach were so loud I did not even notice

[eyeguy 54]

well ya don't eat it all in one sitting silly boys.... LOL

[Sodagirl]

I would take a slice of that, and make the biggest man sandwich on french bread with marinara, fresh sliced mozzarella, and fresh basil. I love the Fatty. I'm gonna use your bacon rap idea and rap it around a fillet loin. MMM

[McGurk]

Welcome, Sodagirl! I've never seen a first post in here before, but I think it is awesome that you found us! Maybe all this cooking talk around here is getting brought up on recipe and food searches after all.

[eyeguy 54]

all gone, must make more!!!

[YurdChaser74]

I would cut a huge slice and put it on a toasted bun with onion, pickles, pepper jack cheese, and ranch. mmm