Favorite Bacon

Cliffslosinit
Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
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What are some of your favorite brands, etc.?
I know it can be made differently everywhere.

You can only get certain brands locally or order via the internet, etc.
There are a lot of small producers out there.

So what are some of the best brands, types you have ever tried in your area?

For me I love Apple-wood smoked bacon or sugar cured bacon.

Post pics if possible...(hopefully filters won't block at work)

PS
I will be searching and ordering online like an addict!!
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  • UnitedBoy83
    UnitedBoy83 Posts: 888 Member
    I love all the bacons equally and totally, with a soft spot for smoked! :love:
  • Iceberg_Simpson
    Iceberg_Simpson Posts: 737 Member
    My favorite comes from a meat counter at the West Side Market. http://www.westsidemarket.org/

    Its Apple-wood smoked and peppered. Nice and thick too.


    God, I'm hungry.
  • AprilMae1975
    AprilMae1975 Posts: 726
    Bacon is the thing I miss the most since becoming vegetarian. My favorite brand was just plain and simple, Hormel Black Label. Cooked in the oven until crispy....wow, I miss bacon!!
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    Petit Jean bacon....locally....but, I love them all!!!

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  • dewgirl321
    dewgirl321 Posts: 296 Member
    I recently bought half a pig from a local butcher shop, which included about 10 pounds of bacon. It was cured and cut to medium thickness, and it is amazing! My suggestion is to find a local butcher shop, or take a road trip to Idaho! :smile:
  • beernpizza2
    beernpizza2 Posts: 553 Member
    In for all the bacon pics!!

    We buy a pig once a year and have it butchered and processed locally, so its not a brand name, but it's my favorite!
  • smarionette
    smarionette Posts: 260 Member
    I love it when I smoke my own bacon, but that is time consuming and I don't have a lot of time to consume. So the bacon we keep on hand is Whole Foods Black Forest Dry Rub Bacon. Sooo good.
  • wjstoj
    wjstoj Posts: 884 Member
    Smithfield thick-cut cherrywood smoked....ooooohhh....I think it just moved
  • bloominheck
    bloominheck Posts: 869 Member
    Coooked for me and free. Thats my favorite!:smokin:
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Center cut and made in the oven. But really, whatever it is, you can't go wrong with bacon. Unless you cook it to a crisp, that's just a waste of good meat candy.
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    I tried Niman Ranch bacon at a friend's house and it was SO GOOD. Pricey though: http://store.nimanranch.com/p-75-niman-ranch-uncured-applewood-smoked-bacon.aspx

    I usually buy Hormel's uncured bacon.
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    Indiana Kitchen
  • IronCakes
    IronCakes Posts: 317 Member
    As long as it's REAL bacon I love it. I don't do that "turkey bacon" crap.
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    In for all the bacon pics!!

    We buy a pig once a year and have it butchered and processed locally, so its not a brand name, but it's my favorite!

    I'm driving up to get some next time you do that!!!!

    And I'm with IronCakes. As long as it's real, I'm in.
  • BlazeJay83
    BlazeJay83 Posts: 23 Member
    In for all the bacon pics!!

    We buy a pig once a year and have it butchered and processed locally, so its not a brand name, but it's my favorite!
    Do you name the pig?
  • Alliwan
    Alliwan Posts: 1,245 Member
    In for all the bacon pics!!

    We buy a pig once a year and have it butchered and processed locally, so its not a brand name, but it's my favorite!
    Do you name the pig?

    we do the same! altho we do like 3 or 4 pigs at a time and share the meat with family and friends. This year we only had one because we got her late in the year, so her name was miss piggy, but everyday i go out to feed her, i tell her what great bacon she'll be while im petting her. she loves it. she goes into the processors today, so we'll have fresh bacon in a week.
  • tedrickp
    tedrickp Posts: 1,229 Member
    Recently tried:

    http://www.bacn.com/

    They deliver to Canada, which is not always the case especially with food items.

    I tried the hickory and applewood...both awesome.

    For the more adventurous they have other flavors as well:

    Apple Cinnamon
    Sun Dried Tomato
    Honey BBQ
    Cajun
    Buffalo (flavor not meat)

    As well as some no nitrate varieties.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    theres only one.
    CANADIAN, of course!
  • InForBacon
    InForBacon Posts: 1,508 Member
    theres only one.
    CANADIAN, of course!
    Trollololol
  • Julzanne72
    Julzanne72 Posts: 468 Member
    Bacon is the thing I miss the most since becoming vegetarian. My favorite brand was just plain and simple, Hormel Black Label. Cooked in the oven until crispy....wow, I miss bacon!!
    ^^^^^THIS!!! tHE BEST EVER!!^^^^^
  • penguinlally
    penguinlally Posts: 331 Member
    mmm BACON!!!! Love me some bacon - really like apple wood smoked and whole paycheck's black forest bacon....

    this is on the menu this weekend

    http://foodbeast.com/2012/08/29/bacon-weave-pizza-because-your-crust-doesnt-have-enough-fat-or-protein-in-it/
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Keep them coming...this is great!
    I'm saving the links in my faves to order later!
  • walkinthedogs
    walkinthedogs Posts: 238 Member
    I've never met a bacon I don't love, but Canadian bacon is YUM and not so greasy! Not that I'm against grease per se, but that's what makes Canadian Bacon one of my favs, no greasy mess.
  • Rosplosion
    Rosplosion Posts: 739 Member
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    They also make an apple smoked bacon.....
  • KeViN_v2pt0
    KeViN_v2pt0 Posts: 375 Member
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  • tomwatso
    tomwatso Posts: 1,304 Member
    Try Neese's bacon. I live in NC and its a great local brand.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    As long as it's REAL bacon I love it. I don't do that "turkey bacon" crap.

    That shouldn't even be allowed to be called bacon.

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  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    Costco carries a brand of applewood smoked that I like (Farmer's somethingorother?). But I finally made it back to the nearby butcher shop and got a couple pounds of old-fashioned slab bacon for $3.99/lb and it's very good too. Not a fan of the typical thin wet slimy stuff in the grocery store. :sick:
  • askeates
    askeates Posts: 1,490 Member
    My favorite brand is Hormel... it cooks perfectly every time, even when the kids cook it :wink:
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    I've never met a bacon I don't love, but Canadian bacon is YUM and not so greasy! Not that I'm against grease per se, but that's what makes Canadian Bacon one of my favs, no greasy mess.

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