In a large pot, heat your water to a low simmer. Add your cure #1, salt, brown sugar, and honey. Simmer until everything is dissolved. Once your solution is dissolved, place the pot in an ice bath and ...

STATEN ISLAND N.Y. -- Ahh, bacon. How we love thee. In this country the average American consumes approximately 18 pounds of the stuff per year. We have hashtags dedicated to bacon; we have ...

Often relegated to the status of breakfast staple, bacon is a food that is good nearly any time of day — whether it is with an egg and toast for breakfast, on a sandwich between two slices of bread ...

Michigan chef Brian Polcyn, a professional chef since 1980, said that it took approximately 150 trial runs working with pork belly before his maple smoked bacon recipe was perfected. The recipe was a ...

This cure rub is a great baseline for a bacon recipe. It actually contains less salt than other bacon curing rubs but this is done on purpose - so that you can leave the rub on before smoking and it ...

In my humble estimation, one of the few objects of sustenance possibly more pleasurable than a thirst-slaking beer is bacon. Cue angels singing and bright beams of light suddenly glowing down from the ...