The Original BACON Kit! - Make your own Bacon!

This was a fun idea, but ultimately not that successful. Maybe if I had a smoker it would have been more bacony, but as it was the meat never got that wonderful bacon flavor. For $22 for the kit (one time use) and $50 for 5 pounds of high quality pork belly, my money would have been better spent on the thick cut stuff from Whole Foods.

We bought the pork belly for about $40 at our local butcher. The process of curing it is super easy, takes seven days, flip it over every day.When that is over, you dry it off and bake it for about two hours. We didn't have time to actually cook any bacon that day, so we let it cool and put it back in the fridge. A couple days later I cut off about 1/2 a pound and fried it for a pasta dish.* It's super easy to cut, I was worried I would cut even pieces, but I did just with a basic butcher knife.* It fried up exactly like any other bacon I had made.* The smell wasn't as "bacony" as store bought bacon so I was slightly worried about the taste.* It ended up tasting great, more on the sweet side.You can either cook it in the oven or a smoker, but we don't have one of those. I would try the smoker if you have one, I wonder if it would give it that "bacony" smell that was missing. I'm sure the flavor would be very different as well.Overall, a great product, fun to make your own bacon. Now that I have made it once, I think I will continue to buy pork belly and make my own recipe for curing it. This would make an excellent and unique gift for any bacon lover.

I returned it!! I got it 2 months after my order!!It was for a Christmas gift..went and bought a Williams-Sonoma version!Not the Bacon people's fault!!

I highly recommend this kit, especially if you have a smoker and don't know how to make your own bacon. It includes everything you need (except the actual fresh pork belly). It is very simple and well explained. It requires very little effort. One week curing in the refrigerator, then smoking (opt.). I ended up with a delicious, salty, sugary slab of bacon. I had it sliced professionally. Simply beautiful. This kit was worth every penny because it taught me how easy it is to make my own bacon. I am already looking forward to my next batch. In case you're wondering, I used apple wood for smoking. The smoking process took a little more than two hours.A great gift for anyone who loves bacon and especially for those with access to a smoker! Seriously good job on this product. Thanks!

This was so easy to use. It turned out really flavorful. Would definitely recommend.

This kit is definitely not worth the money I paid for it. You are better off just buying the pink curing salt from Amazon and a large ziplock baggie or food grade plastic container.

it was a gift and he really liked it a lot.

My husband made his bacon this last week. Very easy directions, take about 1 week to cure and then 2-3 hours on the smoker. Followed exactly and the bacon was excellent!!