Importance of smoking bacon to 150°?

[va_rider]

What's the importance of smoking bacon to 150? Last time I did this, it took 4+ hours.  The bacon was quite over smoked when it came off.  Why not just smoke for an hour or so then remove? The bacon will already be cured, so it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[allmann]

I was wondering the samething as I was reading through all these post getting ready to do my first belly bacon

 

[NDKoze]

I usually cold smoke my bacon for 12-36 hours with my A-MAZE-N cold smoker, 12 hours at a time with a rest in the fridge between cold smokes. This gives a light steady smoke versus a really heavy short smoke.

Then I let the bacon rest on the fridge for 3-4 days uncovered before slicing. No matter whether you hand or electric slice your bacon, you will definitely want to throw the slabs in the freezer for an hour before slicing.