Bacon Experiment Results

[leechlake]

I finished up my last of four separate batches of bacon last night. I was spot on that there would be some trial and error but I was going to have fun trying to figure it out. I cooked the first batch to 150 and that was too much, but it tasted good. Batch two I screwed up by soaking too long, not salty enough. Batch three I cooked to 130, soaked just enough so it retained the saltiness but it wasn't smokey enough for my taste. Batch four I finished last night and haven't tasted yet. I cooked to 130 but a few times took it out and raised temp of smoker so it smoked better, opened door let some heat out and put the bacon back in to bath in the smoke. I'm hoping this works, but in the future I'd probably use something other than my Masterbuilt which doesn't smoke much at 180 degrees. All in all a fun attempt, the texture of the bacon was always better than anything I've ever tried.

Buzz kill of the whole thing. My 15 year old son who we've called Bacon Boy for years never much cared for any of it and he's the one in the family who could eat bacon all day and not gain a pound. Too thick, not salty enough, it was okay…I've raised a freaking bacon snob! Couldn't be prouder!!!