What got me to open this thread is that I started curing my own bacon. The hardest part is finding someone that will sell you a pork belly. Once you get one, soak in a brine of a cup tender quick, cup brown sugar and 2 qt of water for about 5 days. Rinse and soak in cool water for an hour( if you don't it will be real salty). Smoke at 135* for a couple hours. Refrigerate overnight. Slice and you have bacon,you will never buy store bought again. For you deer hunters, do the same thing to a deer roast, double the soak time, smoke to a full 155* and you have deer that taste like ham.