@snuffy Did you inject, brine or dry rub? I am assuming dry rub since it was dry rub with 7 days? Check out the “Pre Smoking Rinse” section of this https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/topic/800/cured-whole-muscle-meat-104-bacon-basics

@snuffy The nitrites will cover you for at least 9 days (sometimes longer) so if you are going to keep it longer than that you might want to consider reapplying some nitrites.