<![CDATA[First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt]]>I finished up my first dry rub bacon tonight. I used Walton’s dry rub bacon cure and followed the directions on the site. I gave mine one extra soak after reading some comments about being too salty. I did add some Walton’s course black pepper to about 2/3 of the belly before smoking. Everything turned out fantastic. I had to sample a little before vacuum packing and it was great. It is a little time consuming, but worth it.
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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/4217/first-dry-rub-bacon-attemptRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 22:59:16 GMTMon, 30 Aug 2021 04:30:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:41:10 GMT]]>Bob Stehlik - Thanks - I will be there tomorrow to take a look. Will probably get a couple and freeze, so I can look back at posts and research.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57244https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57244Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:55:35 GMT]]>YooperDog said in First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt:

PapaSop glad to see you made a great product. I usually make one covered in coarse cracked pepper. Sometimes an extra soak or two will help remove some extra salt. If you like it spicy try some jalapeno or red pepper in your rub.

Thanks for the info.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57160https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57160Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:55:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:58:26 GMT]]>lkrfletcher Went to COSTCO this morning and they had whole pork belly @$3.99 lb. A 9.57 lb. belly was $38.18 . I wanted to get one, but no freezer room at this time. Pork Belly @ COSTCO.jpg

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57159https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57159Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:58:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:38:03 GMT]]>mrobisr Brisket is good, but way too high here. When we moved to this area about 20 years ago now, we found that brisket was $2-$3 per pound vs the $1.25 per pound we were used to & much harder to get. It has crept up to $3.89 to $4.50 pre pound now. Funny thing is it had already crept to that level about a year or so ago & has not really gone up much more like other beef has, including chuck. Skirt or even Flank went from $.99 for skirt & more for flank for us & easy to get, to just about impossible to get & over $6 to as much as $9 per pound. Insanity is the word for it.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57070https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57070Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:38:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:26:38 GMT]]>calldoctoday I agree and beef prices have reached the level of insanity especially considering I know the on-hoof price. I am getting ready to make a few batch’s of sausage and have switched to briskets for my beef portion because it is considerably cheaper than chuck or any other cut.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57068https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57068Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:26:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:16:55 GMT]]>mrobisr I still cannot get the bellies & after the butts went back down to normal in price, they have now gone way up again. I don’t recall ever seeing swings like this. Everything else is up at least 10-20% or more & it seems & beef is higher than that. I don’t know where the politicians are getting that they are worried that inflation is up 4%.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57064https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57064Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:16:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:10:33 GMT]]>Apparently we ran out of bacon in the freezer, so I told the wife to pick up a pound at the grocery store for a new recipe I wanted to try. WOW, in our sheltered life of processing our own bacon and sausage we had not realized how much bacon had went up. Moral of the story do not run out of processed meat and check your freezer inventory today. Yes I currently have 3 half bellies curing now. What is really odd is that the pork bellies are still the same price as they have been for months and the boston butts have actually dropped in price.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57061https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57061Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:10:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:50:59 GMT]]>PapaSop glad to see you made a great product. I usually make one covered in coarse cracked pepper. Sometimes an extra soak or two will help remove some extra salt. If you like it spicy try some jalapeno or red pepper in your rub.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57054https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57054Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:50:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:40:50 GMT]]>lkrfletcher COSTCO has been the only place I have found them recently.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57053https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/57053Thu, 18 Nov 2021 02:40:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:25:21 GMT]]>GWG8541 Have always found Waltons has great customer service.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56860https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56860Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:25:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:59:33 GMT]]>wdaly Best assortment of fresh fish in town. I live close to the H-Mart @Yale & Havana. We go at least twice a month. They always have something different to try.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56777https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56777Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:27:11 GMT]]>lkrfletcher said in First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt:

PapaSop - Where do you guys find the pork bellies for bacon? I don’t recall seeing them in my local stores.

Found them a local Festival Foods. Local butcher shops all had them but higher priced.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56770https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56770Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:27:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:32:13 GMT]]>Warrenlc57 living in central Texas I could get a trap full of wild hogs any time i wanted, but from my experience I will only eat the 40-60lbs. I know people that will deal with the larger ones, but the smaller ones when smoked whole are truely delicious.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56767https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56767Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:32:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:33:30 GMT]]>Bob Stehlik I love the H Mart in Denver. Took my grandkids there. What an eye opener for them. Great place for Korean ingredients.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56735https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56735Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:33:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:25:38 GMT]]>lkrfletcher When we lived in Alaska, we got them at Three Bears, which are in the Western states. Here in Michigan, we buy a whole pig from a butcher about 3 hours from us.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56732https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56732Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:25:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:24:16 GMT]]>processhead thanks

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56731https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56731Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:24:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:24:05 GMT]]>Bob Stehlik - thanks

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56730https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56730Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:24:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:42:52 GMT]]>Check out the food markets in Little Saigon there in Denver. They will probably carry bellies and other tasty things you don’t find in regular G stores.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56716https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56716Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:39:40 GMT]]>lkrfletcher I saw some at COSTCO the other day and SAM’S Club had some yesterday. You can also find them at H-MART but in smaller pieces, just not whole bellies. There’s an H-MART up by you at about 90th & Sheridan.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56712https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56712Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:39:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:37:06 GMT]]>processhead - I go there all the time, I have never seen them. I will ask one of the butcher’s next time I am there.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56711https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56711Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:37:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:35:19 GMT]]>lkrfletcher said in First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt:

PapaSop - Where do you guys find the pork bellies for bacon? I don’t recall seeing them in my local stores.

Costco here carries them and presently at a reasonable price. Looks like you have a Costco near you in Thornton, but not sure what they carry there.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56707https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56707Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:35:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:01:26 GMT]]>PapaSop - Where do you guys find the pork bellies for bacon? I don’t recall seeing them in my local stores.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56700https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56700Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:01:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:05:04 GMT]]>PapaSop I love to hear those words. Thanks 😊

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56623https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/56623Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:05:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt on Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:25:37 GMT]]>PapaSop said in First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt:

cdavis said in First Dry Rub Bacon Attempt:

PapaSop well at least you had the kahunas to try it. I’m still sitting on the fence. Congrats to you sir. 👏

Go for it! Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Think I’ll still tweak for what works for me but, super easy. 👍undefined

Agree, bacon sounds daunting, but it could be one of the easier meat processes out there. If you have a slicer, you have the hardest part of making bacon whipped.

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