Smithfield Packing Company established in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter was sold to a Chinese firm in 2013 for nearly $5 billion. The quality of Smithfield products has suffered ever since.
I am fortunately from Lancaster, PA where we have Kunzlers bacon and hams made in Lancaster for over 100 years I believe it is still family owned and it is the only brand I will buy.
I always bought Smithfield, but the last couple of times has been disappointing. The quality has really gone down hill as the price has gone up. I no longer buy this brand.
Smithfield is Chinese made that's a fact and the Chinese don't have regulations on their food products so they can get anything any slop and it is all slap meet pretty bad
Smithfield was partially owned by Chinese for years. As of 2 years ago, China owns the whole lot. 1 year ago American Steele was sold to Japan. China has been buying up portions of land in the u.s. for the last 3 years. I wonder how they were able to do this??? 😂
It’s quality has decreased recently. I used to buy that brand religiously, but if you noticed they stop using the Ziploc on the packaging and also, more importantly, the bacon is clearly thinner than it used to be. Shrinkflation even hit Wright.
Wright is the only commercial brand I enjoy. The other two are at a local meat market and a local Wegmans where they slice it for you in their delis. Anytime I think of Smithfield, I think of the many times that they were busted by the EPA for dumping foamy waste water into Chesapeake Bay.
China bought 53% controlling interest in walmart-china-mart, we've gotten sick on all of their supposed Organic foods, even our puppies, ignorance is bliss. Trust Communists who want our country & all of us dead. Trust the vile smile of deception.
But if you spend extra money and buy a top shelf bacon you will see a vast difference. I know people want to save money but they get used to low quality products.
Ya' know, I'm glad they mentioned the Smithfield bacon, because I've noticed that Smithfield products don't seem to be good anymore. I guess it isn't just me that has noticed.
I'm glad some folks pass up Great Value bacon-saves more for me.Strangely,seems like everytime I go in Wally World the GV bacon is almost always sold out....
I like Sugardale , and Brookshire store brand , and then Great Value , I used to like Wrights but they got overpriced . I like thin and Crispy with a slight bite not crumbly or Chewy .
The BEST bacon, that will change your life, is bacon fron Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, TN. It is cured the old fashioned way for 28 days (IIRC) in salt and sugar, then smoked. Once the curing is complete, it needs no refrigeration. It's so good it is used as a feature ingredient by chefs across the country.
Stopped eating Smithfield when I found out, they are owned by the Chinese. I know someone who worked on a pasture for them, she send the pigs go to China for butchering, and there's no telling on what they do or add during a curing process. Then they come back over pre packaging and sent to stores. Best bacon, check out bearded butchers how to make at home bacon.
You're saying the company pays to constantly ship thousands of pigs from America to China just to butcher them, then ships them back? Yeah, no, that's not happening.
Agree with most of your reviews however disagree on Aldi's Appleton. I think it's very good. Not overly fatty. Cooks consistent and a reasonable price.
I remember many years ago there was a store brand at Winn-Dixie called _Hickory Sweet._ It was pretty good, but we haven't had a Winn-Dixie in our region in thirty years or more. I stick with Oscar-Meyer.
I am retired now, and shop 4-5 times a week, at many different stores. And I have never seen Wright bacon. I do buy the Hormel Center cut bacon. But like everything, the quality is not what it used to be.
I’ve had most of them, and I’ve been OK with them. There were a couple of brands on the list that I’ve never had, Applegate, and Wright, even though they’re available in my area. Some of those brands are from stores like Sam’s Club (Member’s Mark) and Aldi (Appleton Farms.) The only one on the list with a brand that I’m not familiar with is Greenfield, but at the same time, it’s probably been there at the store, but just haven’t seen it…
If the bacon doesn't shrink while cooking then you have better check if it really is bacon. Meat shrinks when cooking a lot of that has to do with water evaporation pretty much the only bacon that doesn't shrink is vegan bacon 😂 so yeah shrinking bacon is a thing.
I've traded bacon for sausage in my breakfast fare, More bang for the buck. But for BLTs and to dress up salads, especially German potato salad, its always been Oscar Mayer.
I’m quite surprised that Costco bacon didn’t make this list! It’s really good and you get a lot for your money. Rumor has it that Wright makes it but that is unconfirmed. It is similar in cut and flavor.
True…I can’t buy it as it’s too much for one person, but friends have served it to me and the maple kind is amazing! I also love Boar’s Head bacon (Safeway sells it).
I know all about Wright's good bacon, but for me the best quality/value is Kirkland thick cut. Perhaps a little too regional is Falls brand; very good bacon.
@@bkm2797 They are based in Twin Falls Idaho, and I BELIEVE my parents got it at Walmart in Yelm, WA. To my knowledge, it is no longer available there.
petepeterson5337, Not too far from me (San Francisco), Safeway probably has it, just never knew to look for that brand, I like Hobb's Applewood thick sliced, or Boars Head thick sliced. Thanks
I honestly don’t eat a lot bacon but when I do, I buy Wright brand. It is a little pricey but it’s worth it. Also, Wright just so happens to be my last name which is why I tried it in the first place. 🥓
I've tried all but one of the brands on this list and I agree with the results, but I would add Costco's Kirkland brand to the "Buy" list. Not only is it very good, but it's probably the best value for the money.
I actually love Hormel and Great Value Bacon. They are usually at good price points. I have wanted to try the Wrights thick Bacon. I stay away from Smithfield as it is China owned now.
Talked with a retired restaurant owner at a grocery store here in Texas. Of course in the bacon isle. He stated and I agree great value they always liked even though no clue what was on their plate. I tend to agree
Not sure I would spend an exorbitant amount of money on bacon that I'm going to cut up into little pieces and add to a dish as a "flavor enhancer" lol. I usually buy Farmland whenever I get bacon and it's really not that expensive. Also every bacon should shrink at least a little, especially depending how you cook whether it fry or bake. Since it's pork belly, it has a lot of fat and if you're not rendering that down, you're eating chewy bacon and I guess that's some people's taste. I personally save the bacon fat (or as some people call it "grease") for cooking later and you're missing out if you aren't. Soo good for frying up eggs, hash, or whatever for breakfast.
Around where I'm staying the big companies have raised the price that locally cured is the same price or less. Though that Kroger Brand in the deli meat case is very good
100% on the Members Mark Sams thin bacon. My wife grabbed some recently and it's horrible. Paper thin and, as they said, hard to separate when cooking.
HEB has a lot of store brands that are very good, especially their Central Market products. Of course, anyone outside of Texas will have no idea what we are talking about.
My favorite is Daily center cut honey cured bacon which can be hard to find in the grocery stores. It is available mostly to restaraunts but you can buy 15 lb boxes from likes of the chefs store. Of course that would require breaking it into smaller packages and freezing it.
Is "Mashed East Coast Based? have never seen a few of these brands. In Washington state "Hemplers" rules. They are correct about "Hormel's" Black Label, bought the Cherrywood smoked thick sliced and it was just 'okay'. As for Smithfield products, they are now Chinese owned and will not buy.
It’s available online from Wisconsin. Outstanding!!! Also available in the Chicago area and Naples, Florida in Fresh Market, but they don’t mention Nueskes. If you ask who makes their Applewood Smoked Bacon, they say Nueskes, at least that’s been my experience.
princeismypitbull5432, Patriarchal Religious Dogma, but I have to say that this is one time (due to hoof and mouth disease in pigs back in those days), was a big danger, so Mohammad said God said to never eat pork, same with Jews (which is just a mirror image of your beliefs). The world will be a better place once we rid ourselves of Patriarchal Religious Dogma.
Wrights is incredibly tasty. Try it in a grilled cheese, using kraft Deli sharp American, or Cooper Sharp American Cheese, or a BLT, I never buy Hormel. I'd rather purchase an uncured by Oscar Mayer. If I use a nitrate containing bacon, I bake it in the oven, on a slotted pan. Smithfield changed, dramatically, after the company was bought by a Chinese company.
I usually buy Wright, the hickory smoked. I avoid anything that maple flavored even though it’s good but because you end up smelling like maple all day.
I've never tried Wright's bacon, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. Going to have to try this one. Anybody try Boar's Head bacon? Any good?
Have recently been cooking up Kirkland (Costco Brand) bacon. Good flavor and smell. From a West Coast perspective I didn’t recognize some brands featured. 9:499:49
Farmer John used to have really good Bacon and other meats Until Smithfield acquired the company and proceeded to destroy the Brand and replace Farmer John products with its own lower quality and flavor.
Most of these bacons are so overly salty I can't eat them, a factor your review didn't even touch. Morrell's used to make a "Lower Sodium" bacon that I liked, but of course it doesn't seem to be available anymore.
I was told by a young fella never cook bacon in a skillet, it must be done in the microwave 😳😳I’m too old for this society and it’s hair brained ideas. When I was a much younger lad we bought our bacon by the slab and believe it or not, refrigerating was unnecessary.
@@KarenbutnotaKaren-k1j We had friends in Idaho years ago, near the town they lived was a smokehouse constructed on the side of a hill, smoked the best bacon, ham and other meats. We would purchase 30-40# of bacon and hammock... well guess what happened, the brain dead environmentalist under the Clinton administration put a Cease And Halt notice on that family owned business destroying it. Bacon is no longer adequately smoked it’s water injected , that’s the reason bacon doesn’t taste like bacon any longer.
There one bacon that they did not talk about. Fanestil bacon out of Emporia Kansas. I have worked in meat shops for over 50 years and have used them all. Fantastic is the best.
Oscar Meyer is everywhere, Wright is not, unfortunately. Oscar makes the porkiest tasting, crispiest bacon, if you like that sort of thing. Great for BLTs. For meaty and chewy I get Hemplers. Farmland is always a good middle of the road bet, and very economical, considering.
What is your favorite bacon brand?
Kirkland from Costco!!
Dietz & Watson
Belschners
Indiana Kitchen
Hormel, Black label is far better than Oscar Meyer
Smithfield Packing Company established in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter was sold to a Chinese firm in 2013 for nearly $5 billion. The quality of Smithfield products has suffered ever since.
This may be true, but the bacon is still top-notch.
Boycott anything that’s owned by the Chinese in this country
@@guitarcomet5 I wont buy it....company is managed by Communists
Same CCP company also owns Nathans hot dogs and Farmer John....I womnt buy their products
Once Smithfield was sold I stopped buying anything related to Smithfield. And now what Tyson did, I've stopped buying their products.
I am fortunately from Lancaster, PA where we have Kunzlers bacon and hams made in Lancaster for over 100 years I believe it is still family owned and it is the only brand I will buy.
I always bought Smithfield, but the last couple of times has been disappointing. The quality has really gone down hill as the price has gone up. I no longer buy this brand.
Smithfield bacon is a Chinese company-- Smithfield is not an American Company any more.
I learned about Smithfield being owned by the Chinese years ago and HAVE NOT PURCHASED ANY SMITHFIELD PRODUCTS SINCE!!!
Smithfield is Chinese made that's a fact and the Chinese don't have regulations on their food products so they can get anything any slop and it is all slap meet pretty bad
When China bought Smithfield, I guit buying it.
No more Smithfield for our household
Smithfield was partially owned by Chinese for years. As of 2 years ago, China owns the whole lot. 1 year ago American Steele was sold to Japan. China has been buying up portions of land in the u.s. for the last 3 years. I wonder how they were able to do this??? 😂
I used to be a Smithfield praiser...but lately not so much..inconsistent slices that aren't "thick" as the label advertises
Wright is the “wright” buy.
It’s quality has decreased recently. I used to buy that brand religiously, but if you noticed they stop using the Ziploc on the packaging and also, more importantly, the bacon is clearly thinner than it used to be. Shrinkflation even hit Wright.
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 bought some literally yesterday. Ziploc packaging is still there, as is the quality and thickness
I discovered Wright a couple years ago from RUclips comments. Only thing I’ll even consider buying now.
100 percent. I but it, everytime.
Wright is the only commercial brand I enjoy. The other two are at a local meat market and a local Wegmans where they slice it for you in their delis. Anytime I think of Smithfield, I think of the many times that they were busted by the EPA for dumping foamy waste water into Chesapeake Bay.
I've bought Great Value bacon many times and never had a problem with it!
China bought 53% controlling interest in walmart-china-mart, we've gotten sick on all of their supposed Organic foods, even our puppies, ignorance is bliss. Trust Communists who want our country & all of us dead. Trust the vile smile of deception.
But if you spend extra money and buy a top shelf bacon you will see a vast difference. I know people want to save money but they get used to low quality products.
Ya' know, I'm glad they mentioned the Smithfield bacon, because I've noticed that Smithfield products don't seem to be good anymore. I guess it isn't just me that has noticed.
owned by china totally disappeared recently
I like Smithfield's ham, but their bacon has a very odd taste to it. JMO.
I'm glad some folks pass up Great Value bacon-saves more for me.Strangely,seems like everytime I go in Wally World the GV bacon is almost always sold out....
I like Sugardale , and Brookshire store brand , and then Great Value , I used to like Wrights but they got overpriced . I like thin and Crispy with a slight bite not crumbly or Chewy .
The BEST bacon, that will change your life, is bacon fron Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, TN. It is cured the old fashioned way for 28 days (IIRC) in salt and sugar, then smoked. Once the curing is complete, it needs no refrigeration. It's so good it is used as a feature ingredient by chefs across the country.
Just looked at their website. The 24 month aged ham looks good.
@@wadegannaway9069 Too darn expensive
@@barrymargolis5369 understandable. We received our bacon and ham. hot dang is it good. It was pricey
@ $9.00 A pound
Stopped eating Smithfield when I found out, they are owned by the Chinese. I know someone who worked on a pasture for them, she send the pigs go to China for butchering, and there's no telling on what they do or add during a curing process. Then they come back over pre packaging and sent to stores. Best bacon, check out bearded butchers how to make at home bacon.
You're saying the company pays to constantly ship thousands of pigs from America to China just to butcher them, then ships them back? Yeah, no, that's not happening.
Agree with most of your reviews however disagree on Aldi's Appleton. I think it's very good. Not overly fatty. Cooks consistent and a reasonable price.
I remember many years ago there was a store brand at Winn-Dixie called _Hickory Sweet._
It was pretty good, but we haven't had a Winn-Dixie in our region in thirty years or more.
I stick with Oscar-Meyer.
I'll stick with Wright.
I know, wright!?!
I am retired now, and shop 4-5 times a week, at many different stores. And I have never seen Wright bacon. I do buy the Hormel Center cut bacon. But like everything, the quality is not what it used to be.
Wright Applewood. Really good. I wait for sales and date mark downs.
@@gzsprout I see what you did there
Wright, Farmland or Conecuh which is more local here. I have had John Morrel too and it was good
Hormel has always been good for me.
Black label thick or regular cut bacon is wonderful. Being from Minnesota I am proud of Hormel products.
Nueske's Cherry Wood Smoked bacon is amazing!
Wittenberg. Good stuff!
It is wonderful! If you ever get the chance go to their factory store. All sorts of yummy things.
Been consuming nothing but Neuske's since 1991. When living in WI, visited many times. There are simply none better. ❤
Half of these brands, I've never heard of. I'm willing to bet that there are local brands, that still make good bacon.
I’ve had most of them, and I’ve been OK with them. There were a couple of brands on the list that I’ve never had, Applegate, and Wright, even though they’re available in my area. Some of those brands are from stores like Sam’s Club (Member’s Mark) and Aldi (Appleton Farms.) The only one on the list with a brand that I’m not familiar with is Greenfield, but at the same time, it’s probably been there at the store, but just haven’t seen it…
Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon Whittenberg, Wisconsin
The best bacon I ever had.👍
We buy Hannaford thick cut and it's awesome every time. 16 ounces for $3.99
Great Value is really a great value. I don't agree with this list
Smithfield bacon 🥓 is owned by a Chinese company now...we get it in canada, quality has gone down 👇 unfortunately.
Indiana kitchen thick cut bacon 🥓 is really delicious 😋 kinda pricey but it’s well worth it ❤❤❤!!!!
Upper Midwest here ... Cloverdale. A little pricey, but it's great. I especially love the 3lb end pieces.
If the bacon doesn't shrink while cooking then you have better check if it really is bacon. Meat shrinks when cooking a lot of that has to do with water evaporation pretty much the only bacon that doesn't shrink is vegan bacon 😂 so yeah shrinking bacon is a thing.
It's not really as much to do with water evaporation as much as rendering the oil when it comes to bacon.
@MikeMPharmaCyclist Not really sure about it but makes sense
@@MikeMPharmaCyclist rendering fat* and that stuff is liquid gold.
Me not happy
For my taste, Daily's thick cut is one the best, hands down.
Petit Jean bacon and hams processed in Arkansas is our favorite. We do get Wright’s bacon too.
I've traded bacon for sausage in my breakfast fare, More bang for the buck. But for BLTs and to dress up salads, especially German potato salad, its always been Oscar Mayer.
I’m quite surprised that Costco bacon didn’t make this list! It’s really good and you get a lot for your money. Rumor has it that Wright makes it but that is unconfirmed. It is similar in cut and flavor.
True…I can’t buy it as it’s too much for one person, but friends have served it to me and the maple kind is amazing! I also love Boar’s Head bacon (Safeway sells it).
Hempler's bacon, from Bellingham WA is the leanest and tastiest bacon
Not from Bellingham. From Ferndale.
I would never eat any thing else. I love the European cut, and this is the only cut I buy.
I know all about Wright's good bacon, but for me the best quality/value is Kirkland thick cut.
Perhaps a little too regional is Falls brand; very good bacon.
What region?
@@bkm2797 They are based in Twin Falls Idaho, and I BELIEVE my parents got it at Walmart in Yelm, WA. To my knowledge, it is no longer available there.
petepeterson5337,
Not too far from me
(San Francisco), Safeway probably has it, just never knew to look for that brand, I like Hobb's Applewood thick sliced, or Boars Head thick sliced. Thanks
I honestly don’t eat a lot bacon but when I do, I buy Wright brand. It is a little pricey but it’s worth it. Also, Wright just so happens to be my last name which is why I tried it in the first place. 🥓
I buy my bacon by the pound in the meat market..and Wright brand is good...but with todays prices, whatever is on sale is the best....
I've tried all but one of the brands on this list and I agree with the results, but I would add Costco's Kirkland brand to the "Buy" list. Not only is it very good, but it's probably the best value for the money.
I have always had good luck with Oscar Meyer Center Cut. I like my bacon thin and this fits the bill.
I actually love Hormel and Great Value Bacon. They are usually at good price points. I have wanted to try the Wrights thick Bacon. I stay away from Smithfield as it is China owned now.
Great value is just fine.
Talked with a retired restaurant owner at a grocery store here in Texas. Of course in the bacon isle. He stated and I agree great value they always liked even though no clue what was on their plate. I tend to agree
I buy the Great Value Thick cut Hickory smoked bacon easily comes apart to fry or cook in the oven and price wise for 16 oz well worth it
No preservatives
Low sodium
Real smoke
Your thickness preference
😊 🤤
Kirkland?
I prefer Kirkland thick sliced.
Wright is the best bacon I've ever had! Though a little pricey it's worth every penny!
Jimmy Dean Bacon and Sausage is my fav.
Not sure I would spend an exorbitant amount of money on bacon that I'm going to cut up into little pieces and add to a dish as a "flavor enhancer" lol.
I usually buy Farmland whenever I get bacon and it's really not that expensive. Also every bacon should shrink at least a little, especially depending how you cook whether it fry or bake. Since it's pork belly, it has a lot of fat and if you're not rendering that down, you're eating chewy bacon and I guess that's some people's taste. I personally save the bacon fat (or as some people call it "grease") for cooking later and you're missing out if you aren't. Soo good for frying up eggs, hash, or whatever for breakfast.
Around where I'm staying the big companies have raised the price that locally cured is the same price or less. Though that Kroger Brand in the deli meat case is very good
WRIGHT brand bacon is the BEST I have ever found. It is the only brand I buy! :)
100% on the Members Mark Sams thin bacon. My wife grabbed some recently and it's horrible. Paper thin and, as they said, hard to separate when cooking.
Sometimes it is pretty good, but quality is not consistent.
I love Heb's Applewood bacon. It tastes so good, and it's reasonably price. Oscar Mayer's is a very close second.
HEB has a lot of store brands that are very good, especially their Central Market products. Of course, anyone outside of Texas will have no idea what we are talking about.
@@teddymartinii1979 exactly.
glennzanotti3346,
Yeah, thought they meant Hobb's Applewood Smoked bacon which we have here in San Francisco, never heard of Heb's.
My favorite is Daily center cut honey cured bacon which can be hard to find in the grocery stores. It is available mostly to restaraunts but you can buy 15 lb boxes from likes of the chefs store. Of course that would require breaking it into smaller packages and freezing it.
Is "Mashed East Coast Based? have never seen a few of these brands. In Washington state "Hemplers" rules. They are correct about "Hormel's" Black Label, bought the Cherrywood smoked thick sliced and it was just 'okay'. As for Smithfield products, they are now Chinese owned and will not buy.
Nueske's Applewood smoked
Is that brand on the east coast, I've never heard of it. Love applewood smoked bacon.
It’s available online from Wisconsin. Outstanding!!! Also available in the Chicago area and Naples, Florida in Fresh Market, but they don’t mention Nueskes. If you ask who makes their Applewood Smoked Bacon, they say Nueskes, at least that’s been my experience.
princeismypitbull5432,
Patriarchal Religious Dogma, but I have to say that this is one time (due to hoof and mouth disease in pigs back in those days), was a big danger, so Mohammad said God said to never eat pork, same with Jews (which is just a mirror image of your beliefs). The world will be a better place once we rid ourselves of Patriarchal Religious Dogma.
wgfarley
Thanks William, I will check it out!
@@princeismypitbull5432well, you convinced me to order extra bacon tomorrow morning, thanks & praise Jesus
I bought a couple lbs of that black lable bacon last month and you called that one right, it's awful.
ive told my wife who rarely does the grocery shopping to quit buying black label. ive never liked how it cooks or taste
I still like Smithfield. It's reasonably priced and fairly consistent.
HEB has some awesome bacon you didn't review! PS, growth hormones are illegal on pigs in the US.
Wrights is incredibly tasty. Try it in a grilled cheese, using kraft Deli sharp American, or Cooper Sharp American Cheese, or a BLT, I never buy Hormel. I'd rather purchase an uncured by Oscar Mayer. If I use a nitrate containing bacon, I bake it in the oven, on a slotted pan. Smithfield changed, dramatically, after the company was bought by a Chinese company.
I always buy the Great Value bacon , no problem opening the package , comes apart ok , and taste great ....I always get the thick .
You can usually tell if the strips will seperate good. The taste is usually great.
I usually buy Wright, the hickory smoked. I avoid anything that maple flavored even though it’s good but because you end up smelling like maple all day.
I stopped buying Oscar Mayer years ago. 1 peice was super thick and the next peice you could see through. Can't get it apart.
Great value isn't that bad. I will eat it. I do love wright bacon. It has to be my favorite.
Don’t buy Smithfield. Don’t like the flavor anyway but they are owned by China and there is no telling what they do to it.
Wright is the best! But it HAS to beThickcut Applewood Smoked.
In Canada avoid Presidents Choice . Maple Leaf is # 1 . 🏆🏅🇨🇦 ( Kirkland was non edible )
U crazy!! Kirkland bacon 🥓 good son!!!
I've never tried Wright's bacon, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. Going to have to try this one. Anybody try Boar's Head bacon? Any good?
Have recently been cooking up Kirkland (Costco Brand) bacon. Good flavor and smell. From a West Coast perspective I didn’t recognize some brands featured. 9:49 9:49
From the local butcher......
Any yes it's more expensive but well worth it.
you can also have them cut it as lean or fat as you want it.
Farmer John used to have really good Bacon and other meats Until Smithfield acquired the company and proceeded to destroy the Brand and replace Farmer John products with its own lower quality and flavor.
No mention of Bar-S on the avoid list?!
All of Bar-S meats taste disgusting 😝.
I'm in the camp that loves the Smithfield bacon. I buy the thick sliced bacon and cook it until it is crisp but still has some chew to it.
Smithfield is the same as Farmland bacon all made by Smothfield
Here to say Belschners bacon of Amherst Nebraska is the best!
Without a doubt, Nueske's Applewood Smoked Bacon cannot be beat. It is #1.
Wright's bacon is my favorite. It tastes like it was done by a person, not a factory. (A very SKILLED person, but.. it is good)
Smithfield ham is another item to avoid.
I always buy Wright's. It's the best.
Hormel black label is my go to bacon, so I can’t take this list seriously
I enjoy that brand, too
I don't buy Smithfield products , the company is owned by China 😮
Most of these bacons are so overly salty I can't eat them, a factor your review didn't even touch. Morrell's used to make a "Lower Sodium" bacon that I liked, but of course it doesn't seem to be available anymore.
Oscar Mayer is decent bacon.
Real Americans should boycott Smithfield brand products.
I’m sorry…but ALL bacon is best - PERIOD!
I try to buy the leanest Wright bacon. I like my bacon meaty not strips of fat. Not going to pay $9.00 a pound for fat.
Cavalier bacon out of
Huntington West Virginia is best I have used.
I was told by a young fella never cook bacon in a skillet, it must be done in the microwave 😳😳I’m too old for this society and it’s hair brained ideas. When I was a much younger lad we bought our bacon by the slab and believe it or not, refrigerating was unnecessary.
I do mine in the oven. Or skillet but never microwave. It doesn't taste the same.
@@KarenbutnotaKaren-k1j We had friends in Idaho years ago, near the town they lived was a smokehouse constructed on the side of a hill, smoked the best bacon, ham and other meats. We would purchase 30-40# of bacon and hammock... well guess what happened, the brain dead environmentalist under the Clinton administration put a Cease And Halt notice on that family owned business destroying it. Bacon is no longer adequately smoked it’s water injected , that’s the reason bacon doesn’t taste like bacon any longer.
Boars Head brand-Excellent
There one bacon that they did not talk about. Fanestil bacon out of Emporia Kansas. I have worked in meat shops for over 50 years and have used them all.
Fantastic is the best.
Oscar Meyer is everywhere, Wright is not, unfortunately. Oscar makes the porkiest tasting, crispiest bacon, if you like that sort of thing. Great for BLTs. For meaty and chewy I get Hemplers. Farmland is always a good middle of the road bet, and very economical, considering.
What about Williams bacon ? Anyone tried this bacon before?
You missed the Bar S brand! Im gonna say its one to avoid?
Homeless Black Label is terrific! This review site is messed up
Swifts Premium Bacon is by far the best I ever tried.
I prefer thinner bacon. I especially like Oscar Meyer center cut. I sometimes drive an hour from Canada to stock up.
Smithfield -- Chinese-owned company
Wrights, Hormel black label, Oscar Mayer, Kunzlers, Nueskes.
I love all bacon! Yummmmm
Ain't payin' no $7 for 12 oz of bacon.
I like my bacon chrispy
Crispy
Agree. Black label used to be good. Not now.
They are foreign owned but the plants and farms are in the US.