Smoking lengths with Cure?
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 04:52
Good Evening Smokers.
First post with a question and thank you in advance for your help!!
I want to learn to smoke bacon and sausage and I have been doing a bunch of reading on the topic before I jump in. For the most part I think I understand the need to use cure when smoking (to prevent food borne illness) but I noticed there are two opinions on length of smoking bacon and sausage: either cold or hot.
My question is not which is better, but how long can you smoke bacon or sausage that uses cure?? Some places say to stay under 4 hours (just to be safe (regardless of cure) others indicate that you can smoke for days.....
If using cure (and I intend to, once I can find some), can you really smoke for days (cold) or 8 + hours (warm/hot) ??? My parents did a good job of impressing me to be careful when cooking at low temps...
From what I have read here on this website, the answer is emphatically YES, when cured you can smoke for 12-36 hours (cold) or more than 8 hours (hot - about 130F - 170F).
Apologies as I am sure this question has been asked numerous times....
First post with a question and thank you in advance for your help!!
I want to learn to smoke bacon and sausage and I have been doing a bunch of reading on the topic before I jump in. For the most part I think I understand the need to use cure when smoking (to prevent food borne illness) but I noticed there are two opinions on length of smoking bacon and sausage: either cold or hot.
My question is not which is better, but how long can you smoke bacon or sausage that uses cure?? Some places say to stay under 4 hours (just to be safe (regardless of cure) others indicate that you can smoke for days.....
If using cure (and I intend to, once I can find some), can you really smoke for days (cold) or 8 + hours (warm/hot) ??? My parents did a good job of impressing me to be careful when cooking at low temps...
From what I have read here on this website, the answer is emphatically YES, when cured you can smoke for 12-36 hours (cold) or more than 8 hours (hot - about 130F - 170F).
Apologies as I am sure this question has been asked numerous times....