Ain't been a bacon thread in a while...

[ChadAmberg]

So here's my question. Where can I get good bacon in a normal grocery store that isn't wet cured? I hate water injected bacon that's pretty much everywhere. I hate that it splatters all over the damn kitchen when making it, I hate that half the weight of what you pay for is H2O, and in general find the flavor better of dry cured.

I used to always be able to find at least one brand at any normal grocery store, but the last couple months none. King Soopers, Walmart, Costco, Safeway, etc., don't seem to carry a dry cured brand anymore that I've found.

I found one type at Trader Joes that's dry cured. It's good but not the biggest fan of that particular flavor. Looks like Whole Foods has some? Anyone tried theirs? I wonder if the type KS has in the meat counter is dry cured...

[wyome]

I dunno about grocery store bacon...I get my bacon from a guy in Parker who cures
& smokes his own brand.... found him on Facebook

[Not_A_Llama]

Pork belly from Costco + https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050IM4MY/

[DFBrews]

I don’t know if it is wet cured or not but the bacon at the meat counter at Kings is the best I have found even better than Wright

[Erni]

For commercial usable wet cured try Kings Private Selection reduced sodium bacon. It does not splatter much and is much nicer than Black Label etc...

For fancy bacon in Longmont try Your Butcher Frank.

[asystejs]

We buy bacon at Edwards Meats

http://www.edwards-meats.com/

[wctriumph]

Wow! Bacon Snobs!

Well, that's OK, I'm a Gun Snob and a Beer Snob and a ...

[fj605]

We just started curing our own. Our first batch wasn't the best I've ever had but I ate it. I know what I did wrong so the two batches in the fridge should be better. I'll know next weekend if they're going to be worth a turd.

[Circuits]

I did a thing the other day. Got Bacon Spam and sliced it super-thin, then cooked it up crispy and chewy like bacon.

It was damn tasty, but bacon's better. I've been getting the big packs of bacon from Costco.

[Irving]

Is someone who cures bacon referred to as a Bacon Shaman or Dr. bacon?