SiC ceramics with high thickness and high density are highly advantageous for armor protection, but it is difficult to produce bulk SiC ceramics with thicknesses more than 100 mm. This work was concentrated on the problems of easy cracking and non-densification in the thick SiC ceramic sintering, and degreasing products as well as pressure-incomplete degreasing process were investigated. In order to degrease thick ceramics, phenolic resin’s pyrolysis residue was examined using TG-MS. Formaldehyde and other small-molecule byproducts of breakdown were quickly eliminated, but macromolecule byproducts like dimethylphenol were easily retained in the core, leading to the noncompact sintering of thick ceramics. After degreasing optimization, the blank’s surface-core density is almost constant, ranging from 1.81 to 1.84 g/cm³. In contrast, the test group shows no cracking or deformation after sintering at 2150 ℃, and both surface and core of the large thickness ceramics obtain a density up to 3.14 g/cm³ with similar microstructure. The fracture strength of the core is (411±84) MPa, while the fracture strength of the surface is (433±48) MPa. According to the investigation, the ceramic core’s insufficient degreasing is the primary reason for the cracking and poor density.