Best Bacon According to Food and Wine Magazine

[Oak Smoke]

We just use Wrights and have for years. My FIL used to buy it by the case from a friend who owned a restaurant.

[Michael_in_TX]

I felt bad when my thought was, "I hope this article was AI generated."

[PGH_RAM]

After homemade, Costco's thick cut applewood bacon is the best I can get around here.

[acorgihouse]

it's my fav

[Murdy]

I don't mind a publication monetizing their product by selling more advertising--I get it, they are in business to make money. But selling out the substantive articles diminishes the product to the point where the product itself lacks value.

[jfmorris]

I used to make my own bacon, but my wife does not like it, as it doesn't get quite as crispy as store bought - likely due to the hot versus cold smoking process we follow here on AR. But the kids and I liked it. Since I let Costco lapse, I don't have a source for pork belly unless I go to one of the Asian markets. With the kids all gone, I just satisfy my bacon craving with a pound or 2 of Wright's or Nueske (from Fresh Market) on occasion.

[klflowers]

Nueske is the best. Better than Wrights IMO

[jfmorris]

klflowers it is very good, but I don't get it often. Last time I did it was years ago when Fresh Market had it on BOGO. Have not seen a sale on it there in many moons, or even know if they still carry it. I get their daily special emails, and check them every morning...

[Huskee]

I get so overly tired of any "Best _" article. At best it's purely subjective, at worst it's who paid who to mention their name. Hogwash. There is no "best" anything, there are simply ones we each prefer for reasons.

Get off my lawn. Darn kids.

[Donw]

Unfortunately the word best in a title on the web almost always leads to an article with affiliate links to a site like Amazon or an article where the site has received something of value to mention the product. In other words most best articles are actually commercials or ads, just in a different format.

[Panhead John]

“There is no "best" anything, there are simply ones we each prefer for reasons.” So there’s no best BBQ website?…….😳

[Huskee]

Panhead John Just when I removed you from the "must ban very soon" list....

[yakima]

I believe that I have posted this before. Here in the western USA, Hill's Meats, family owned in Pendleton, Oregon, has excellent Duroc based bacon. I read somewhere that they process 5,000 hogs a day. That is a lot of pig.