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Originally posted by lleechef

Anybody ever smoke their own bacon? I got this hair-brained idea last year…..let’s buy some fresh pork side and smoke our own! In December. In Alaska. Right. So we set the Little Chief Smoker up in the fireplace. Worked very nicely. Smelled great. Kept feeding the pan more applewood chips. Yummy.
So I say to SO, "Hon, I think it’s done, can you pull the smoker out of the fireplace for me?"
"Sure!" says he. It was a tsunami of pork fat, over the fireplace, the living room floor, it was everywhere. Um, next time I’ll try it in the summer…….outside!

A while back on one of the BBQ threads the pro smokers suggested using sand in the pan to catch the grease instead of water. They said it didn’t make any difference in the taste of the product smoked but sure made for an easier cleanup at competitions when they couldn’t always dispose of the water easily .