"How It's Made" is a show that airs in the US on the Discovery & Science Channels. Each episode covers includes several products and shows how that product is made. Below is their clip showing how pre-cooked bacon for supermarkets is made.
Bacon: How It's Made
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SmokeyBaconBitch
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Premade is what's mostly available here LOL
That is depressing! Is the pre-made stuff what @BaconBitch calls "American cardboard" bacon? I would have figured that it'd be the other way around, that with being slightly more rural that you would have access to fresh bacon from butcher shops.
BirdOPrey5
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The only time I used pre-cook bacon was with my "egg mcmuffin" maker thing. There is a tray to heat up pre-cooked bacon or other meat.
It actually is usually pretty good.
It actually is usually pretty good.
Forsaken
Lord of all bacon
I rarely ever buy mass-produced bacon, just because it generally isn't good, and the flavoring is often added (Its lost in the manufacturing process).
Theres a great butcher near my stepdads I go too that does bacon (And will even do it to order if you ask in advance), and the taste is just like a billion times better (Literally meat candy). Funnily enough, its in the Jewish neighborhood.
I've also smoked and cured my own bacon, and that comes out way better than anything you'll buy from a store (Excluding amazing meat magician butchers).
Theres a great butcher near my stepdads I go too that does bacon (And will even do it to order if you ask in advance), and the taste is just like a billion times better (Literally meat candy). Funnily enough, its in the Jewish neighborhood
.I've also smoked and cured my own bacon, and that comes out way better than anything you'll buy from a store (Excluding amazing meat magician butchers).
Do you still use it? I've seen them on various sites but always figured they were more gimmick then functional.
Just the phrase "mass-produced bacon" sounds so.... wrong.
You know pics are in order
... there is a Bacon Recipes forum that would be perfect for posting details of your home smoking & curing. 
Brandon
New Member
I worked for a company back in High School that made a lot of meats, bacon was one of them.
I never "worked" on that line, but I was close and could see the process.
Here is their website along with a picture
http://www.fanestils.com/products/assorted-packages/bacon-sampler/
That place was amazing at some aspects, great flavors in the air depending on what side of that plant you're on..lol
I never "worked" on that line, but I was close and could see the process.
Here is their website along with a picture
http://www.fanestils.com/products/assorted-packages/bacon-sampler/
That place was amazing at some aspects, great flavors in the air depending on what side of that plant you're on..lol
Looks like shipping rates would kill me for shipping out here to PA; even for the bacon sampler it'd cost me more in shipping costs than the cost of the order.Here is their website along with a picture
http://www.fanestils.com/products/assorted-packages/bacon-sampler/
That place was amazing at some aspects, great flavors in the air depending on what side of that plant you're on..lol
BaconBitch
Administrator
Just out of curiosity. How much would that slab of bacon cost in the states, in the image?I worked for a company back in High School that made a lot of meats, bacon was one of them.
I never "worked" on that line, but I was close and could see the process.
Here is their website along with a picture
http://www.fanestils.com/products/assorted-packages/bacon-sampler/
That place was amazing at some aspects, great flavors in the air depending on what side of that plant you're on..lol
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SmokeyBaconBitch
Administrator
I was going to ask the same thing
Forsaken
Lord of all bacon
It is wrong, it's also why I barely buy bacon at a store and pay like 4x more for real bacon. The taste is literally meat candyJust the phrase "mass-produced bacon" sounds so.... wrong.
You know pics are in order
.I won't be able to do any smoking until I move into my new place (Unless my stepdad is willing to lend me his backyard for a while, which he might as it involves bacon). I'm planning on building a full smoker for BBQ and curing meats in my new place, so I'll have lots of pictures to share then lol.
Brandon
New Member
well the site says $30I was going to ask the same thing
not sure what it would cost to ship it
I'm 40 minutes away from that place
From the description it didn't sound like an actual slab is shipped.well the site says $30
not sure what it would cost to ship it
I'm 40 minutes away from that place
Brandon
New Member
ah, yes it looks like it's slicedFrom the description it didn't sound like an actual slab is shipped.
You may be able to call them to get a uncut slab
BaconBitch
Administrator
how much would you be paying for a slab of bacon that size?I buy the slabs
Forsaken
Lord of all bacon
Depends on the slab, and on the current market.
I usually pay about $50, which isn't too bad considering the quality, and that it's very well trimmed.