Perfect Homemade Bacon Recipe from Scratch! | Chuds BBQ

Today I smoke up a homemade bacon recipe, and it turned out amazing. Making bacon at home is perfect for beginners and lets you change the flavor profile and thickness. Give this recipe a try!
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400g salt
200g sugar
60g pink salt
15g garlic
15g pepper
5g sage
5g pepper flakes
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[@SmokinJoesPitBBQ]

I hate bacon....said no man ever! Great job Brad!👍🏼

[@oh033]

More for us right?

[@mesiroy1234]

What about Jewish and arbs?

[@1Dizzeedon]

What are the measurements for the cure? I've looked all over

[@HVACRTECH-83]

Your rite, it's usually only woman who may say such ridiculous words. Or those vegan weirdos

[@daporter84]

Show me a man that says he hates bacon and I'll show you a liar

[@joeconklin1275]

Dude!!! You are an artist. I cook for 60 people at a crack every quarter at work and use a lot of your recipes. Everyone from the owners on down can’t believe how good the food turns out. I simply smile and say I learned from the best. I’m doing breakfast for around 100 in May and there’s going to be some serious THICK CUT home made bacon involved. Your loaded breakfast sausage is going to be involved in that as well.

[@the-apocalypse5555]

most underrated channel on youtube!! your content is freaking amazing brad!

[@djrtime1398]

I want to see “the perfect hashbrown potatoes”. No other this and that, just perfect golden not to crispy potatoes. I love your eggs. I cook for a group and pull my hair out when the time to lay the eggs comes. This slow method will be a blessing.

[@coltinrowbotham4191]

Team floppy bacon with a crisp exterior is the only answer

[@willow514]

I’d love to see a breakfast series from you. Really enjoy your content.

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[@danielblasco1071]

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[@andrewalba336]

Yes please to a whole breakfast series! Breakfast tacos, smoked breakfast sandwiches, bbq leftover breakfast ideas, it's endless!

[@SmokinYuma]

For Dutch / European viewers. In The Netherlands, Pink Salt (6%) and Leo salt (3%) are illegal because of it's high nitrate content. Instead we use Colorozo / Nitrietzout (Nitrate Salt) 0,6%, which contains only 0,6% nitrate. You can use 25 to 30 grams of Nitrietzout 0,6% for 1kg of meat dry brine, or 1kg of meat and fluids total wet brine. So let's say, 1kg of pork belly + 1L of liquid incl. spices needs 50 to 60 grams of Nitrietzout 0,6%. I'm no expert, didn't find this out myself, just wanted to share it for anyone wondering.

[@narbekalantarians6269]

Looks amazing. Agreed with when it's right for crispy/thin bacon.

[@screechssmokehousebbq6533]

I usually wet cure bacon but it’s a hassle and takes up so much room in the fridge. I’m definitely going to start doing it this way. I’ve made so many of your recipes Brad and I bs you not when I say you’re the man. Thanks for the content and keep it up.

[@stefanmarciuc7825]

Oh man, that bacon looks AMAZING !! My mouth is watering 🤤

[@coltinrowbotham4191]

Went to Leroy & Lewis last week and it blew me away! Keep up the good work boss I’m loving the content. Truly some of the best out there right now!

[@blakekopech2871]

Defiantly trying those eggs out this weekend. Perfection!

[@chitala383]

I've been making bacon for a few years now. Pastrami bacon is my go to and by far the most highly appraised from anyone who has ever had it or any of my bacon. Brined like you'd brine a corned beef, then seasoned and smoked like pastrami. It's out of this world. Also, I'm on team floppy bacon. I only make my bacon crispy if I'm chopping it up to add in a broth or soup or chili.

[@andrewflores3923]

Im a crispy bacon lover but i live watching your channel u have open my kind on cooking and appreciate you

[@rob5724]

You should totally do a breakfast series, some Dutch oven buttermilk biscuits, some pancakes and hash browns . Tex-Mex style of Chilaquiles, breakfast taco's, breakfast burritos, huevos rancheros with green or red Texas chili . Maybe a homage to Valentina's "real deal Holyfield." Possibly a traditional Irish or English breakfast with a Texas twist, boxty, black pudding, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, Irish soda bread. The list could go on. Whatever you do please keep putting out awesome content. You are such an inspiration. From you recipes, I have made Cornell chicken, beef tallow and tried the foil boat. I'm sure you have a lot going on in life, I just love, love love your content, and encourage you to please keep going.

[@elopez1369]

Please do a breakfast series! I love cooking and eating breakfast and would like to see what you got!

[@heatsmokefire6769]

This was an awesome video! I’ve never made my own bacon but with your instruction I think I’m gonna give it a shot!

[@keithatkinson7649]

I have wanted to make my own bacon for ages. That's superb Bradley.

[@frankieg9585]

Crispy! Awesome content Bradley. I really enjoy your enthusiasm for cooking and I'm learning a lot. 10-4!

[@davidnieto9295]

All for the breakfast series!!!

[@CatfishandCrappie]

Yep I love bacon and that looks FANTASTIC!!!

[@bwa20]

I just made this bacon and it's really good. I did a 10lb belly. Cured for 7 days. No spices in the cure. Black pepper on half and smoked at 200F until 150F internal on a pellet grill.

[@simfro2530]

Yeah for the breakfast series😍. Awesome Video.

[@krisbabic89]

I’ve been waiting for this! Seems right up your alley lol. I started making it 6 months ago. 2x12hr smoke sessions and I use Brown sugar instead of white and coat with 16 mesh before smoking.. so much better than the store stuff

[@DjurrenArt]

Thicc bacon is always a plus! And yes, I'd so watch a breakfast series!

[@paula.2422]

Fantastic info! I've been thinking of making bacon 🥓 🤔....can't wait to try this 😋

[@thattarantulacouple9740]

That is just beautiful art. Thank you.

[@Ritter874]

This is what I’m doing for Father’s Day thank!

[@tehcarey]

I don't even have a backyard let alone a BBQ but I've plowed through almost the entire catalog. Awesome channel

[@high5626]

Love thick, crispy and chewy bacon here! ❤️

[@HellYeahKimballsBBQ]

Bacon sammies are always a winner! Cheers to this killer results

[@joshstuhlsatz905]

Team in between floppy n crispy! I’ve been making bacon for about 2 years and all my friends hit me up constantly for more! Can’t beat homemade bacon, hard to go back to store bought after making it at home

[@bottlecapbryan7497]

Maybe one of your very best episodes. Thanks for sharing

[@MrWillowbeard]

Amazing, as always! Thanks!

[@KachPrettyLife]

Wow, it's mouth watering. It looks good. It's delicious. It's well prepared. Thanks for sharing the recipe. have a good day 🥰💕

[@BrianCooperpiece]

Hell yeah, more breakfast stuff!

[@rexholland691]

I love everything about ur breakfast

[@Wellssshhhhh]

Breakfast series, yes please!

[@carlfalk40]

I love bacon and I made my first batch last week and will continue to make it every other week

[@bmrg56]

Hi Bradley. Gave this recipe a go, turned out great! I've used other recipes for my bacon but always came out too salty. I really liked the science you put into your videos, the 3% salinity ratio was spot on. Love the content, looking froward to more!

[@RaceviceSmokehouse]

Did you do the 3%? He mentions 3% in the beginning but at the end he said it was 2%. Not sure to do 2 or 3%??

[@lydiamashcka4362]

I was thinking about trying this so thank you.

[@alandanniballe4687]

Old bay on bacon is amazing. Highly recommend trying it

[@skullspaws7607]

Yes please on a breakfast series

[@Stan_L]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@realpdm]

Nice looking bacon! I just smoked a whole pork belly worth of bacon yesterday. I ended up curing for 10 days because I got busy. Came out amazing. Going to make some of it into burnt ends like meat church covered a few weeks ago.

[@anthonymitchell9793]

Just pulled two slabs out of the cure, rinsed, and fried up a piece of each before smoking. One was exactly your recipe and the other I replaced the pepper flakes with ghost pepper flakes. Both were outstanding.

[@Smokin_chambersbbq]

I’ve been making bacon for years on a Traeger and it’s definitely awesome. Semi floppy is my likings

[@dwaynewladyka577]

You already had me at bacon. That bacon looks top notch. Cheers! 👍👍✌️🥓🥓

[@anthonynguyen9615]

Crispy bacon ftw! Nice vid mate.

[@logang865]

I second the breakfast series

[@stephenhulsey1232]

Team Crispy bacon!! Great video

[@_thisisdavid]

Glad to know that I have been making my bacon right 😂. Though I do cut off a chunk to fit on my small slicer. But then I have bacon slices and bacon chunk to do other things with.

[@TheJimcarrot]

I used this bacon cure a year ago on a full pork belly and I'm just about to fire up another belly with the exact same cure. It was SO GOOD and way better than any of the bacon you'd buy in store. Making this cure in bulk is the way to go. I think this time I'll reserve a chunk of pork belly for some Szechuan peppercorn bacon. Tingly! Numbing! Crispy! Smokey! Bacon!

[@gourdbox]

What’s the percentage of bacon weight to cure weight?

[@rogerornelas1]

Peppered thick cut floppy-er bacon is my go tooo!!!🤙🏽🤙🏽 bacon looked great.

[@TMac0925]

Team thin crispy bacon! Looks great

[@timbuchholtz3904]

Team Crispy Bacon all the way. If you haven't tried dredging thick cut bacon in seasoned flour and baking on a rack @ 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until desire level golden brown and delicious & flop to crispy ratio. Turns out amazing and has a chicken fried bacon vibe to it!

[@jakemagee6370]

Thanks for the inspiration and discount on pork belly! Got two pork bellies on order and gonna try hickory smoke for one and apple smoke on the other. Looking forward to the weight gain!

[@Averagejoethings]

A breakfast series would be awesome.

[@sprednxtnd]

A breakfast series is a great idea

[@fredberry1342]

I think you should forget the breakfast series and just do a BACON SERIES. Sounds Fantastic.

[@outnumberedbbq]

Looks good

[@jamesguest4873]

Floppy ftw! Love your show mate.

[@printingthepokedex2636]

Yes to breakfast series. Definitely have a lamb breakfast!

[@DARKINS1D3]

My fav thing about this channel, besides this macho man, how fast 7 days goes.

[@harrythehorsebbq]

I tried this recipe out Brad! It was killer! Made a video on it too. Content is top notch man 🤙🏻

[@Wvubrad]

Awesome video. Did my own about a year ago and it was WAY too salty. Gonna try this soon. And two thumbs up votes for a breakfast series.

[@KustomKid]

Great video as always.

[@Trumpetmaster77]

It’s all about that crispy bacon!

[@JPistols]

Wassupperz Chad… “there is a snake in your boot” 🤠 Great vids sir. Like your vibes. Keep on smoke’n!!

[@mikemontgomery8892]

Crispy, YES PLEASE !

[@nicg9599]

Great video as usual. Just wanted to say, Mad Scientist did a video on chicken thighs just a bit ago. I followed what he did on my BGE and put them directly over the coals. Then skin has never been so crisp. The point is, you should do more direct heat videos as well. I've been doing that over using the deflector and my food is getting better.

[@KaoV1983]

Your bacon and eggs looks amazing.

[@johnlee9573]

Instant Coffee??? All your talents and INSTANT COFFEE!!! Yes I’m gonna try some bacon now.

[@ttteg-tq8ln]

Breakfast series!!! Crispy bacon!

[@rhinostrong]

So hungry! Great work

[@davekragness269]

Team melt in my mouth bacon...not too floppy...not too crispy. Breakfast all day every day!

[@SmokingDadBBQ]

Looks awesome. You can soak after the brine in water and even add a potato to pull out the excess salt before smoking to reduce the salt content some if it’s too much

[@wkdavistx]

Crispy! Crispy! Crispy!

[@MoesSmokeStackGrill]

Yum! I’ll take some of that! 🔥

[@jelly2927]

I am team crispy bacon 🥓 for sure!!

[@ethanparr]

You should definitely do a breakfast series! #teamcrispybacon

[@michaeldruce4536]

Loven your bacon Brad 👍👍👍

[@BigT27295]

That is some goood lookin bacon Chud. Hats off brother...

[@safeschoolsofus]

Man, you kill me, I have a bacon anxious attack, searching for pork belly, rock on !!

[@Mattmo73]

Hey Chud, great content as usual! Would you mind doing a video of your knife edge maintenence?

[@rickf.9253]

Great looking bacon! I cold smoked a whole belly in my offset a month ago while the weather was still cool enough. If your weather is not too warm yet, I would love to see what you come up with for a cold smoking setup. I'm sure many subscribers out there would be interested in seeing both methods.

[@duanehenicke6602]

The time for cold smoking has passed for most if not all of Texas. It'll have to wait for next winter.

[@SNeal5966]

Crispy Bacon for the win!

[@dannybonessi]

I’m team crispy with a tiny bit of chew still. Also breakfast series sounds like an awesome idea

[@sadsadist]

Oh dang it would be so dope if you did a breakfast series

[@houlester]

I like crispy bacon thin or thick. And now I’m starving for bacon and eggs. Thank you.

[@rikmcrae]

I love home made bacon. Same ratio I use but generally I’ll use brown sugar instead of white.

[@KeithJDavies]

The pieces are long if you go with the full width. Because I'm most often making bacon for sandwiches and burgers (where I'll want half-length pieces anyway) I often cut at least some of them in half before smoking. Then they're a convenient width for storing and slicing.

[@MyGrowthRings]

I’m also on #TeamBoth when it comes to #Bacon. Great vid.

[@mackmckenzie8479]

Dude those eggs are spot on !! But that bacon !!! 😎

[@Chefbiggfluff]

Yep… Time for a full breakfast 🍳 series… Start next with breakfast burritos 🌯… peace & blessings…

[@StephensonRaceTech]

Floppy bacon for eatin alone, thick and crispy bacon for Burgers. :) Bradly you made me drool on my phone!!! But thank you for the tricks on the eggs. I always mess up sunny side and over easy eggs Bc I cook too hot. Thank you!

[@Prosecute-fauci]

I have made this bacon on 5 occasions now, and it’s always really good.

[@RaceviceSmokehouse]

Did you do the 3%? He mentions 3% in the beginning but at the end he said it was 2%. Not sure to do 2 or 3%??

[@Prosecute-fauci]

@@RaceviceSmokehouse 3%. I have made this recipe 8 times or so since this video dropped. It’s always turned out great.

[@RaceviceSmokehouse]

@@Prosecute-fauci Thank you! I’m going to start the process this evening. Cheers!

[@Prosecute-fauci]

@@RaceviceSmokehouse my number one tip is to slice it as thin as store bough bacon. Any thicker and it gets tough to chew.

[@RaceviceSmokehouse]

@@Prosecute-fauci Love the tip!! Thank you!

[@richardscholtz9023]

Love making some homemade bacon! I know I've requested this before, but what about doing mojellas (sweetbreads) on the mini chud box or the weber kettle?

[@philcaruana7152]

Turkey Wings !! ive made them a few times on the Webber kettle.Havent seen them done before.Love your chanel.Regards Phil from Gold Coast Australia