Buddy just dropped off 2 pork bellies and asked if id smoke them. Never done it before. Any help would be appreciated.
Kits or home recipes
Can i smoke them in a pellet grill?
The local cabelas has a kit but thats the only one i can get till Tuesday at this point

I use tender quick. 1 part tender quick and 4 parts water. About a 1/2 cup of brown sugar per gallon of brine. A raw egg will float in it if you get the mix right. Put the meat in and put a rock on it to hold it down. Leave it in the brine a week. Then rinse with fresh water and pat dry. smoke about 12 hours with the least amount of heat you can. Yes a pellet smoker works fine. Let the slabs hang in a cheese cloth wrap a day two before slicing. You can lay a slab on the kitchen counter and just slice some off as you want it also.

you can also use tender quick as a dry rub on them. rub them down with tender quick and put then in the fridge for roughly 2 weeks rinse and pat dry then smoke.

theres a little more to doing it dry. i lay the slabs on 3/4 x 3/4 slats cut from scrap lumber. put them in a tote or something as the meat will expel liquid. the slats let it drain good. after 24 hours scrape off the rub with a tablespoon. it doesn't need to be 100% off just a quick scrape then reapply. do that 2 more times. drain the tote and wipe it out then reapply the tenderquick and put it back on the slats. let it sit in the fridge till your ready to smoke it. IMO a week will be fine. scrape it off, rinse pat dry and smoke.

curing meat
This site will teach you all about the basics of curing meat. it's how I cute hams. As far as smoking, I have no clue, I don't own a smoker.

So i finished my bacon today
7 days in a wet brine using tender quick
Smoked for 2 hours at 140 then 2 hours at 180
Internal temp 155 to 160

Even did a maple brown sugar glaze on 1 piece

Man I could eat that whole thing right now!

Looks good

Looks good how does it taste?

I tasted it to check how salty it was before i smoked it and it waa good

Looks great. Let’s see some pics of it sliced.

Oh my gosh, me too! That last pic, oh my.....

Looking good. Be even better tomorrow

x2

Nice.

Looks great what time is lunch