Prime rib bacon from The Hungry Farmer in North Branch. Soooo good, just lean enough, smokey/sweet enough. They also have good hamburger for grilling, I always look for the 80/20 stuff which can be hard to find at the butcher. Little place next to a gas station right off of 35.
Might need to take a road trip, will travel for bacon. 
Thielen meats Little Falls or Pierz best bacon hands down
Got a locker down the road from me the that has the best i’ve had.I always sample different places and Webers is still NO.1.
EP i will bring you some in Aug.to try.
Try Hungry Farmer first, enjoy your bacasm then try Weber-DO we need to organize a bacon bus tour?
Hard to beat the pepper bacon at Fresh Thyme.
I avoid these bacon companies selling bacon that is mostly lean meat !!!
I want the crisp FAT strips !!! 
Hungry farmer has lots of good selection and it changes daily. I live a few minutes from the store so I’m a frequent visitor
Thicken meats Little Falls or Pierz best bacon hands down
X2! Theilen
Left some Weber bacon for BK years back on a Pool 4 visit.
He messaged me after wondering if the pigs ate maple syrup down here in SW Sconny!
Bought 2 more lbs today, did not see you Bear (hiding?)Pepper bacon sounds good too.
Big fan of Lonsdale Country market. They have great bacon and the cottage bacon is the best on eggs benedict and BLTs.
Stewarts Restaurent in Greenview, Camdenton,Missouri area. A small place that smokes their own bacon. Its the best ever for me. Sad they are so far away.
Got a locker down the road from me the that has the best i’ve had.I always sample different places and Webers is still NO.1.
EP i will bring you some in Aug.to try.
Sounds good Chuck,
I’m looking forward to that weekend, my Liver – not so much. LOL
Its not bacon but mallard smoke breast meat for breakfast is very good also. Had it for breakfast as a kid living with my uncle on the farm near Faribault.
Hickory Nutz in Medford, WI. Venison bacon. There’s a reason that a group of us send 1500 lbs of venison cumulatively every year to have bacon made!
Be warned, you will lose all desire for boring normal bacon.
Don’t eat too much bacon anymore around the house w prices being so stupid high, can’t justify 7 bucks for bfast protein.
But typically spoil myself on fishing trips, usually stop on our way at a local shop, small town meat markets everytime is a freaking winner.
You can keep the cost of bacon down a little if you buy the whole pig. I normally get 30-35 lb of bacon from one pig.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Mark Steffes wrote:</div>
Thicken meats Little Falls or Pierz best bacon hands downX2! Theilen
x3 just went thru about 7 pounds of Thielens Bacon on our houseboat trip. Bacon and eggs, BLT’s and bacon wrapped venison 
. I have some family that was also raised on Thielen’s that swears RJ’s Meats in Hillman is as good or better, but I haven’t given it the taste test yet.
My all time favorite is Von Hanson but I’m willing to give them all a fair shake!
Theilens-both places too far to go for bacon, someone in my house just said. hmmmm
Do wanna try it….hmmmm
When pork shoulders [butts] go on sale, buy a few and save a couple to bone out and slice the meat sections into 2″ thick slabs. Cure it as you would regular bellies and smoke it up. Never know the difference. Whole, boned, cured and smoked pork shoulder is cottage bacon. Excellent eating and way cheaper than bellies.
You can keep the cost of bacon down a little if you buy the whole pig. I normally get 30-35 lb of bacon from one pig.
I was raised on a farm and when we had a hog processed it was 20 to 23 lbs of bacon from a 250 lb. hog.
I never understood the fascination with bacon??? 
. I eat it on BLT’s when my garden tomatoes come in but that’s it.
Please don’t ban me!! 
Sorry EP no liver on that trip,that nasty stuff is for catfish.
Glenn your walking a thin line there,your man card is at risk.
Sorry EP no liver on that trip,that nasty stuff is for catfish.
Glenn your walking a thin line there,your man card is at risk.
Bought 2 more lbs today, did not see you Bear (hiding?)Pepper bacon sounds good too.
No meat store visits for us over the weekend. We ate adged steaks I had adging for a couple weeks. And we have a ton of bacon from out hog. If you like ribeye they always have deals on tomahawks as well.
Rodwork wrote:
You can keep the cost of bacon down a little if you buy the whole pig. I normally get 30-35 lb of bacon from one pig.I was raised on a farm and when we had a hog processed it was 20 to 23 lbs of bacon from a 250 lb. hog.
The farmer I buy my pigs from likes to send them in around 280-290 lb. The bacon is a little fatter than what I would prefer. The extra fat on the other cuts makes up for it. I want to say the last 4 were 290 lb.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Rodwork wrote:</div>
You can keep the cost of bacon down a little if you buy the whole pig. I normally get 30-35 lb of bacon from one pig.I was raised on a farm and when we had a hog processed it was 20 to 23 lbs of bacon from a 250 lb. hog.
Growing up we butchered many hogs. I don’t think we ever got more then 20ish lbs of bacon. 15 to 20 was average for a hog maybe a few lbs over 20
I’ll have to see if Lauderdale allows pigs, if we had a pig my wife would name it, and the name would not be ‘Bacon’.
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