Dry brine bacon

Brine-Cured Canadian Bacon

After you've tried this smoking and curing technique for homemade bacon you will never want the store bought stuff again. You've been warned.

Specifically for bacon curing using an equilibrium method, here is a bacon equilibrium curing calculator.

Applewood smoked bacon is fantastic. Best of all, it’s available at most grocery stores, but have you considered making your own? Like most things, bacon is even better when you make it yourself. Homemade bacon is possible with pork belly, pink curing salt, a few spice rack staples, and a Z Grills pellet grill. Let’s get started!

Smoked pork belly is otherwise known as bacon. Curing and smoking pork belly is the best bacon one will ever eat! Check out Jack's recipe and process.

It produces equally tender and juicy results.

home-cured bacon made with salt, pepper and maple syrup. | Smoked bacon recipes, Smoked food recipes, Cured meat recipes

When the Firsthand Foods’ team began to get serious about making bacon, we decided, due to popular demand, to offer a “nitrate free” product. We came up with a bacon brine that utilizes celery juice powder as a natural preservative instead of sodium nitrite. The bacon that resulted is delicious! And left us wanting to... Read more »

Dry brining gets seasoning and flavor deep into your meat, while tenderizing and keeping it moist. Learn more in our easy-to-follow guide.

Applying a light coating of salt to ribs a few hours prior to smoking will tenderize, moisten and improve your ribs. Once you try this, you'll do it every time!