What's your next Meat Project?
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We butchered 4 hogs this past summer & saved the bellies for bacon of course. I started with 72 lbs green weight on friday night & wet brined them with maple bacon cure & taste booster. I fit them all in 2 smokers on Saturday & when they were finished I had 64.5 lb left. Sliced them all up with my berkel 909 slicer today. Most was thin sliced & the rest was a little thicker. Turned out great. My wife was impressed which was the most important thing. Took a few pics, sorry they didn’t turn out the best.
IVERYAN Nice looking bacon.
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We butchered 4 hogs this past summer & saved the bellies for bacon of course. I started with 72 lbs green weight on friday night & wet brined them with maple bacon cure & taste booster. I fit them all in 2 smokers on Saturday & when they were finished I had 64.5 lb left. Sliced them all up with my berkel 909 slicer today. Most was thin sliced & the rest was a little thicker. Turned out great. My wife was impressed which was the most important thing. Took a few pics, sorry they didn’t turn out the best.
IVERYAN
Great job on the bacon. That ought to last you for a meal or two.
I can see that making nice gifts this time of year as well. -
We butchered 4 hogs this past summer & saved the bellies for bacon of course. I started with 72 lbs green weight on friday night & wet brined them with maple bacon cure & taste booster. I fit them all in 2 smokers on Saturday & when they were finished I had 64.5 lb left. Sliced them all up with my berkel 909 slicer today. Most was thin sliced & the rest was a little thicker. Turned out great. My wife was impressed which was the most important thing. Took a few pics, sorry they didn’t turn out the best.
IVERYAN looks good. Did you home process or take them hogs to the butcher?
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US Foods/Chiefs store has inside rounds on sale for $2.99 lb. may have to pick up a primal for the freezer for future jerky project. They also have pork bellies for $3.45 lb., they looked pretty good last week. I still have 20 lbs. of bellies in the freezer so I pass on them for now.
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IVERYAN looks good. Did you home process or take them hogs to the butcher?
Ridley Acres Both…We had the butcher quarter them & cut the bellies out. We processed the rest ourselves. We normally do the whole process ourselves, but it was summer & they averaged about 330 live.
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Ridley Acres Both…We had the butcher quarter them & cut the bellies out. We processed the rest ourselves. We normally do the whole process ourselves, but it was summer & they averaged about 330 live.
IVERYAN Yeah not something you wanna tackle in the summer without a cooler to hang them in.
We’ll likely have some that need butchered next summer so I’m very curious about your process. After your butcher quartered them, did they store them until you were ready or did you get cool or frozen quarters back?
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Finally WINCO had pork shoulders on sale for .99 /lb.
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I don’t even know which pork thread to put this on, there are so many, buy my local grocer has pork butts $0.88/lb! That is great for me, I just so happen to plan on making 25lbs breakfast sausage and 25lbs of chorizo next week.
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I don’t even know which pork thread to put this on, there are so many, buy my local grocer has pork butts $0.88/lb! That is great for me, I just so happen to plan on making 25lbs breakfast sausage and 25lbs of chorizo next week.
HerbcoFood man that is a great price
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HerbcoFood man that is a great price
cdavis That was the normal sales price for the most part, back before the world turned on it’s side into this tailspin.
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cdavis That was the normal sales price for the most part, back before the world turned on it’s side into this tailspin.
HerbcoFood That’s a great price, I am happy when I find them at $0.97 a pound. I am going to pick up two briskets today at $1.47 a pound. My wife saw the ad and told me to go early to get them.
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HerbcoFood That’s a great price, I am happy when I find them at $0.97 a pound. I am going to pick up two briskets today at $1.47 a pound. My wife saw the ad and told me to go early to get them.
bocephus That is super cheap!
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I don’t even know which pork thread to put this on, there are so many, buy my local grocer has pork butts $0.88/lb! That is great for me, I just so happen to plan on making 25lbs breakfast sausage and 25lbs of chorizo next week.
HerbcoFood Thanks for the heads up just looked at the 2 heb closest to me and one was 1.49, but the other one east of me was .88 and the ribeye roast are looking good too.
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HerbcoFood Thanks for the heads up just looked at the 2 heb closest to me and one was 1.49, but the other one east of me was .88 and the ribeye roast are looking good too.
mrobisr I could have sworn in years past HEB had the Prime1 ribeye roasts for $9.99/lb.
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mrobisr I could have sworn in years past HEB had the Prime1 ribeye roasts for $9.99/lb.
HerbcoFood couldn’t say i have to make a special trip to shop there, so i don’t keep up with the prices very much, but that would make sense. Last time I was there I looked and they were 24.99, so this price looks good for now.
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mrobisr I could have sworn in years past HEB had the Prime1 ribeye roasts for $9.99/lb.
HerbcoFood going to try dry aging the rib roast in my fridge.
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HerbcoFood going to try dry aging the rib roast in my fridge.
mrobisr I did it with NY strip, totally worth the time.
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mrobisr I did it with NY strip, totally worth the time.
HerbcoFood said in What's your next Meat Project?:
mrobisr I did it with NY strip, totally worth the time.
I keep reading that 30 days are the best, how long did you age?
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HerbcoFood said in What's your next Meat Project?:
mrobisr I did it with NY strip, totally worth the time.
I keep reading that 30 days are the best, how long did you age?
mrobisr I did 45 days, 30 days to me is too short of time.
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mrobisr I did 45 days, 30 days to me is too short of time.
HerbcoFood well now with that being said I might have to try 2 or if I can find one big enough to cut in half to experiment, thanks.
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