Boss Hog Style Bacon

You didn't think we ordered JUST jerky from Baconfreak.com did you? Of course not, we went with the Boss Hog Style Bacon - Hickory Smoked Brown Sugar Cured bacon because it just sounded so damn good. Turns out we picked a popular one, as I was writing this I noticed over on baconfreak that this very bacon is featured in the latest edition of Maxim magazine. Congrats to them for getting the attention they deserve.

If you take a look at the picture you will see this is some meaty bacon. It smells fantastic from the time you open the package and after you cook it up. My house smelled like someone was cooking bacon over a campfire once I was done cooking this up. The downside of that is the scent lingered well after I had eaten all the bacon, and was making me hungry for more. This is a great wake to the smell of bacon type of bacon, if you are lucky enough to have someone cook this for you to wake you up, you are in for a great day indeed. This bacon did not suffer from the usual shrinkage you get from average bacon, it will never shout "I was in the pool!"

This is the first of the many bacons available at baconfreak.com, and if this is any indication of what the other bacons are like, I am going to LOVE reviewing each and every one they have. This was full of flavor, very meaty, and a great stand alone bacon. Not too salty, and a great sweet smokey flavor make this one of the best bacons we have tried so far here at LoB. We noticed from the packaging that it was shipped from Moorpark, CA. This is literally around the corner from where Bacon Jason and I live, I wonder if they have like a factory store where you can walk up and get bacon, that would be awesome. In any case it means a very fast turn around on shipping, so that is a bonus.

Boss Hog receives the first of what I expect to be many great reviews, four and a half strips!

7 Millennia, FINALLY... Bacon Jerky!

Rocco "Boss Hog" Loosbrock a.k.a. the "Bacon is Meat Candy Guy" is truly helping bring the world closer to baconlightenment. If you have not been to his website or perused his blog, we highly recommend you do so, although I cannot imagine if you are on the Internet, and you like bacon, you have not already been there.

Pigs were domesticated 7,000 years ago. Depending on your flavor of religion, that is close to the dawn of all time, or at a minimum a really, really, long time ago, and we have been enjoying bacon ever since. So why is it that it hasn't been until recently I have had the option of "bacon" when it comes to my jerky needs?

I love jerky, ever since I was a kid, it has been one of my favorite snacks. Beef jerky, venison jerky, I have even enjoyed some Ahi tuna jerky. I have thought about it many times and never acted on it, but always wondered why I couldn't have bacon jerky. Sure I could get a dehydrator and some bacon and try to figure something out, but lets face it I am lazy errr.. busy, yes too busy for all that. Well baconfreak.com to the rescue. They not only have bacon jerky but five flavors of bacon jerky. Bacon Jason and I ordered up some of the Honey BBQ Rubbed Bacon Jerky, and proceeded to salivate until it arrived. A couple days and some soggy shirts later we had our bounty.

We opened the package and first took a whiff, it wasn't exactly smoky bacony goodness, but it was intriguing. I am not sure what I was expecting exactly, but reaching in, it wasn't this. I guess I am used to beef jerky which is pretty dry and lean. The bacon jerky was very moist from the inherit fat content. On the plus side it makes the fingers, "finger licking good". The strips were like little miniaturized strips of bacon, I felt like a giant. Imagine if you will all the flavor of a strip of bacon, compressed and shrunk down to a miniature size, that's what this is like, also of note, all the saltiness of a strip of bacon, these babies are salty. Despite it being different than ordinary jerky, it is good, and like a good jerky, it didn't last long. Bacon jerky isn't cheap, when you look at the cost per ounce it is a pricey treat. But it is tasty, and addictive. We can't wait to try the other four flavors. I am asking Santa to stuff my stocking full of bacon jerky this year. If you have been wondering whether or not to try some, definitely DO try some. If you love bacon, and you love jerky, this is a no brainer.