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    Randy Nelson
    BPL Member

    @rlnunix

    Locale: Rockies

    Can't have a bacon thread without a link to Jim Gaffigan's bacon routine:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drqUfOAenwQ

    #1906054
    Heather Hohnholz
    BPL Member

    @hawke

    When I did mine, I did it at "meat" temp on my Excalibur, which is listed as 155. As I recall, it took somewhere around 12 hours. I could be misremembering. I remember that it took way longer than I wanted it to & I had to smell delicious bacon the whole time. I also remember that the rendered fat made a huge mess in the bottom of the dehydrator. I recommend putting some kind of drip tray in the bottom.

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    Mina Loomis
    BPL Member

    @elmvine

    Locale: Central Texas

    Well! We are back from our trip. I'll post a trip report later, no time now. On the bacon. I ended up using what I had already, the fresh bacon. Dredged each strip in salt, packed meal portions (3 people at the beginning of the trip, a planned 5 people for the latter part) along with bags of dried eggs, for some of the breakfasts. Heavy because the bacon wasn't dehydrated. In camp, a hassle because I had to rinse the extra salt off the bacon before cooking, and then there was bacon-fatty-salty rinse water to dispose of in bear country. Not ideal. But the bacon, after cooking, was perfectly fresh tasting, if a little saltier than usual, delicious, and a welcome treat after a few days on the trail. By the time we ate the last batch, it had been out of refrigeration for about 3 weeks.

    Mina

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    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades
    #1937297
    Eric Blumensaadt
    BPL Member

    @danepacker

    Locale: Mojave Desert

    I microwave turkey bacon (Oscar Meyer) and pat grease off it with a paper towel.

    Then I put it in a freezer bag to keep critters from getting a stron whiff of it at night. Bacon like this keeps for a week W/O a 'fridge and is great mixed with freeze dried omlettes.

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