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How to Make the BEST Homemade Bacon | Cure Your Own Bacon at Home | Step-By-Step Easy for Beginners

1,658 views · Published 6 May 2013 · 10:29 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: Tennessee Gun · 2013 · Howto & Style

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Curing your own bacon is something I used to hold as some sort of mystery, but when I actually looked into what was needed, and tried it, I realized it is EASY. This, among all the other projects, is something that the wife says she wants me to repeat. Homemade bacon is easy, its tasty, and depending on where you get your pork from, it can be cheaper than store bought.
All you need is a whole pork belly, the curing mix (which we will show you how to make), and a smoker that works in the 150°-200°F degree range.
As with all cooking projects, but especially meat recipes, before you begin you need to clean your work area. You need lots of space and you want whatever your meat touches to be grime free.
The next thing you need to do is to make a dry cure mix. I make mine in large quantities because it stores indefinitely, and its easier to mix ahead of time.
Dry cure is a mix of non-iodized Salt, sugar, and pink salt. Pink salt is normal table salt that has had sodium nitrated added to it, along with a pink die to differentiate it from pure salt. The do this because sodium nitrate is poisonous. However, you MUST have pink salt to prevent the growth of botulism spores in the meat. The curing and smoking process is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria, and the nitrate keeps the bacteria from growing.
However, buy mixing the pink salt with other ingredients, we keep the nitrate levels as low as reasonably achievable and still get the benefit.

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