I agree with the bake your bacon enthusiasts. Also if you want nice even lardons go the same route. I like to do the diced bacon on a perforated pan with a regular pan below and "roast" them as the fat drains thru to the lower pan.

I basically did the recipe from Bertollis cooking by hand, although with less of all the spices, I find he's a little heavy handed on spice for my tastes.

This turned out really delicious, as long as I stopped telling people it was "head" cheese

OK I'm all excited about learning how to put up pictures so heres my recently made smoker, its a little sanford and sons, but its worked fantastically, especially the first time I used it when it was 40 degrees out! And hats off to all of you here for posting so many great ideas about DIY stuff and ...

Thanks for the video!! Easier than I expected!! Heres the pepperoni, a bit fuzzy but hey... I warned you

Thanks Chuckwagon, I may take you up on that help! AS for the pepperoni I really liked the result, nice and meaty. I have a few pics on my phone of what I've been up to... I'll try to post some tonight. And thanks to all of you on this forum. I haven't participated alot but it has proved to be an am...

I did a similar version recently but didn't want a smoked flavor so I did the fermentation stage, then poached them to be fully cooked. Basically the recipe from marianski but poached not smoked. I wish I was more picture savvy since you all on this site seem to have a knack for photography!!!

I feel like 550 ppm less bureaucracy will make my bacon taste better.

I was actually looking at the cement board today though I was more curious about using it as a bottom for the fire pit. Interested idea to use it as the walls. Then when I get ambitious I can put a tile mosaic of a pig on the outside (That'll never happen!)

Thanks for the reply! I just bought the Smokehouse book online and was basing my question just on what I've read online so I look forward to making through all the content!!

Hello to all and heres my first question to this great forum!! I am going to be building a smokehouse in the near future and I have read on here several posts and seen several peoples designs. I am trying to be as cost effective as possible and was looking at the price of plywood for my walls. Then ...

Thanks alot! I've already read so much interesting stuff on this site and I can't wait to join in the conversations!