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Smoking.........curing and smoking bacon&hams #897893 09/23/08 08:01 PM 09/23/08 08:01 PM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey S Seaharvester OP trapper
Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	I bought a 35lb. pig, and raised it to over 350lb. this past summer. After butchering we ground the shoulders&trimmings to make about 40 lb.s of brats, and sausage. I got 8 beautiful racks of baby back ribs Rendering the fat we ended up with about 10lbs. of the worlds best pork rinds&6 2lb. coffee cans of lard Last edited by Buzzard; 02/04/09 04:20 PM.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897902 09/23/08 08:05 PM 09/23/08 08:05 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	I brewed up 18 gallons of brine, then injected it into the hams Placed hams&bacon into buckets and soaked in chilled brine. hams get 10 day soak, bacon 3 days in fridge kept at 38 degrees.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897908 09/23/08 08:06 PM 09/23/08 08:06 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	After soaking in brine we smoke the bacon and brats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgMxiA_g_E

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897909 09/23/08 08:07 PM 09/23/08 08:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,724 Lexington, Texas Ricky Cox trapper
Ricky Cox trapper Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,724 Lexington, Texas	Where's the picture of some of those brats cooking? Looks good and I know it a lot of work too. Ricky www.txtrappers.com

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897913 09/23/08 08:08 PM 09/23/08 08:08 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Fineshed product

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897919 09/23/08 08:10 PM 09/23/08 08:10 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Sliced the bacon on my slicer Ended up with about 38 lbs, of bacon

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897921 09/23/08 08:10 PM 09/23/08 08:10 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,724 Lexington, Texas Ricky Cox trapper
Ricky Cox trapper Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,724 Lexington, Texas	Oh great, now I'm hungry again! Last edited by Ricky Cox; 09/23/08 08:10 PM. Ricky www.txtrappers.com

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Ricky Cox] #897923 09/23/08 08:11 PM 09/23/08 08:11 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Originally Posted By: Ricky Cox Where's the picture of some of those brats cooking? Looks good and I know it a lot of work too.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897940 09/23/08 08:16 PM 09/23/08 08:16 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Now to really make you hungry! I also had two deer hams that I brined, and smoked! This was a 35lb Bambi that committed suicide when it ran into a chainlink fence. One ham I boned out the other I left whole This is the whole ham with a nice finishing glaze This is the boned out one that I sliced into lunch meat!It is wiith out doubt the best deer ham in the world! Last edited by Seaharvester; 09/23/08 08:24 PM.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897946 09/23/08 08:19 PM 09/23/08 08:19 PM
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Pasadena trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,637 Ohio, 55yrs old	That looks great.What kind of wood did use for the smoke?

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Seaharvester] #897948 09/23/08 08:20 PM 09/23/08 08:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,724 Lexington, Texas Ricky Cox trapper
Ricky Cox trapper Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,724 Lexington, Texas	Alright, I'm headed to the fridge now! Ricky www.txtrappers.com

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Ricky Cox] #897954 09/23/08 08:22 PM 09/23/08 08:22 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	This is the hog hams&hocks. One ham was left whole bone in, for the holidays. The other I boned out before smoking, and sliced into 1/4"ham steaks, and lunch meat.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Pasadena] #897956 09/23/08 08:23 PM 09/23/08 08:23 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Originally Posted By: Pasadena That looks great.What kind of wood did use for the smoke? Hickory, sugar maple, and apple.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Ricky Cox] #897957 09/23/08 08:24 PM 09/23/08 08:24 PM
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Flattailin trapper Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 13 Pa	Nice Job, no waste either . Im buying a pig now lol

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Flattailin] #897961 09/23/08 08:27 PM 09/23/08 08:27 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Originally Posted By: Flattailin Nice Job, no waste either . Im buying a pig now lol No waste, I even smoked the bones for my lil girl

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: ] #897964 09/23/08 08:28 PM 09/23/08 08:28 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Originally Posted By: minktrapper6099 You really are an artist with a pig. lol I wish you lived closer to me. I raise about 7,000 hogs a year. Oh the beautiful pictures we could make together. That would cut into my deer hunting time!

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: Flattailin] #897965 09/23/08 08:28 PM 09/23/08 08:28 PM
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,501 NE North Carolina V varmintshooter trapper
varmintshooter trapper V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,501 NE North Carolina	How about some pictures of your smoker. I have been wanting to build one and not sure where to start.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: varmintshooter] #897984 09/23/08 08:34 PM 09/23/08 08:34 PM
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timberchopper trapper T Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 246 ek, ks	CAn you discuss the brine in more detail? Did you inject the same brind as you soaked it in? or two different recipes? What was your brine made out of if you dont mind giving out the trade secrets.

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: timberchopper] #897990 09/23/08 08:37 PM 09/23/08 08:37 PM
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j morris trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,686 Clearwater, KS	Holy cow, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN TIMBER?????? Long time no hear from ya!!!!!! "I stop putting catchy phrases in my signature because too many of you morons keep stealing them to put on your facebook pages....." Jerry Morris

Re: Hog butchering, curing and smoking bacon&hams [Re: varmintshooter] #898000 09/23/08 08:39 PM 09/23/08 08:39 PM
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Seaharvester OP trapper S Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 381 South Jersey	Originally Posted By: David D How about some pictures of your smoker. I have been wanting to build one and not sure where to start. Here she is Click on my youtube vid for a good detail on it.

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