Tasting Expert Reviews Artisanal Bacon

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Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Bridget Lancaster to a taste test of artisanal bacon.
Read the full taste test: cooks.io/3b64wIw
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@IAmThankfulToday 3 года назад

She's always good. Her comedic timing is perfect and here she's at her very, very best. Bacon tends to bring out the best in people.

@sunset6010 3 года назад

I love her

@wildkeith 3 года назад

Much better than the other one who gives me a bad vibe like she might be a mean person when the cameras aren’t around.

@Sbannmarie 3 года назад

Agreed

@thomasbonse 3 года назад

It brings out the best in hogs too. 🥓😍

@debstawecki6843 3 года назад

Jack Bishop has a smile that lights up a room.

@kaloren7268 3 года назад

When she said, “my favorite would be these four” I burst out laughing thank you for this wonderfull video

@Shelsight 3 года назад

Ok, Bridget just looks like she's in heaven during this segment... she's hoovering that bacon up :)

@wildkeith 3 года назад

I wish she would hoover me up

@johnle3389 3 года назад

@@wildkeith BRUHHHH

@76jmlaw 3 года назад

I wish they had included Wright's bacon - it sits somewhere between "regular" supermarket bacon and artisenal. Damned good, very affordable, and easily found. After discovering it, I could not understand why any other supermarket bacon exists,

@melodybrookeboyett175 3 года назад

I absolutely agree. That is the brand I buy as well. Love it.

@bloodgain 3 года назад

100%. It's my go-to when I have to buy basic supermarket brands. The Kiolbassa dry cured stuff is great, but much more expensive.

@lvsweetie1357 3 года назад

I agree. I was expecting Wright's to be mentioned.

@76jmlaw 3 года назад

@@lvsweetie1357 yeah - and it is less than $7/lb! basically the same price as most other brands

@HardwareLust 3 года назад

Yeah, I don't see how Oscar Meyer anything beats Wright's for supermarket bacon.

@gchsbus 3 года назад

I wish they had a weekly show together, these two, just talking about and tasting bacon. I would watch it until they retired. He's great. She's great. They are both great.

@vsimpson9832 3 года назад

Born and raised on BENTON’S BACON!! It’s the ONLY brand I buy! I’ve know the Benton’s all my life. They’re 100% genuine people who are down home country folk!

@LC-le9ew 3 года назад

I vote for Bentons! I love it and Mr Benton is lovely!

@nicofernandez89able 3 года назад

"You can keep talking all you want as long as I can keep eating all of this bacon. And while you're talking, prepare some more."

@david_reynolds3660 3 года назад

For $29 a pound, I’ll dry cure my own bacon!

@kathleenwilson7710 3 года назад

I cure and smoke my own bacon! I get 10 pound slabs of pork belly from Costco and go from there.

@sbarry21 3 года назад

You should. It is very, very easy to do.

@O2life 3 года назад

The price has basically halved since this review, but you have to buy six 12oz packages as a minimum order. Shipping is free.

@csnide6702 Месяц назад

and raise my own pig !

@kazutokirigaya6597 3 года назад

“One 🥓 to rule them all, One 🥓 to find them, One 🥓 to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”

@sebeckley 3 года назад

I used to date someone who made his own bacon. Such a loss.

@Sbannmarie 3 года назад

lol love it

@Sbannmarie 3 года назад

@@sebeckley when what you miss is his bacon. Pun intended

@gancarzpl 3 года назад

Bacon @$29 Lb and I thought that $7.99Lb for the bacon is expensive.

@AlternateKek 3 года назад

Worth it for very good bacon

@ellenhofer3343 3 года назад

In my house that would only be served when we had company

@BCandSL62309 3 года назад

@@Layput "fake" artificial smoke is still real smoke. They just have the smoke from the fire condense via a cold pot/still at the end. It's literally exactly the same, you just don't get the same level of penetration or a smoke ring.

@borbetomagus 3 года назад

Benton's offers a 'Hickory Smoke Country Bacon' four pack that (with shipping costs) rounds out to around $13.90 per pound. I can attest that it is VERY smoky and unlike the majority of bacon you've ever had. (It might even smell up your kitchen!) You can see how it's made here -- /watch?v=nVNSNGXzmO4 Though, I'd like to try Smoking Goose 'Jowl Bacon', which some bacon fanatics have rated as the best bacon they've ever had.

@weege001 3 года назад

im making homemade bacon right now.. a nice 5 pound slab that i had brined for 4 days, then dry aged with a rub for 24 hours.. yum

@AirrowRocket 3 года назад

no you're not.

@jjsmith3302 3 года назад

@@AirrowRocket get a job

@shanek6582 3 года назад

What kind of rub are you using? I’ve been getting closer to really good bacon but I’m still missing something and I can’t figure it out. I’m going to add some maple syrup next but idk. Thanks.

@AirrowRocket 3 года назад

@@jjsmith3302 I don't need one.

@malcolmxxx86 3 года назад

@@MichaelTheophilus906 syrup or for that matter any sugar sounds weird on oysters or most shellfish

@uppercut70 3 года назад

Wright hickory smoked bacon is our go-to

@Becausing 3 года назад

Ugh, Bridget is so cool! Such an excellent host.

@joseorjuela6897 2 года назад

I just re-watch this over and over to make me feel good! Did you watch the "Make Your OWN Bacon" video? My brain almost popped out my ears.

@BCandSL62309 3 года назад

$29 a pound?!?!?! I love bacon but not so much as to put a lean on my house in order to afford some. Good lord.

@callum3271 3 года назад

It's $13 a pound on their website, don't know why theirs was so expensive

@borbetomagus 3 года назад

It's not clear how ATK came up with a $29 (shipped) package cost. Currently the most expensive Vande Rose Farms bacon (per pound) is their 'Dry Cured Applewood Smoked Bacon' that averages $14.44 per pound (shipped), but you have to buy it in a 4.5 lbs pack (which contains six 12 ounce packages).

@ackman3981 3 года назад

@@borbetomagus - Hope that you really like it. Otherwise you are stuck with expensive bacon that you do not want to eat. But either have to to use it up or give it away or throw it away. Mail order places need to let people buy one package and then see if they like it and then order more. A waste of money if you pay all that, then wait for shipping, and then end up not liking it. Just because she likes it and their "expert" panel does, is no way going to mean that the person buying it will. Or likening it, even if you really do not, because they say it is the alleged best.

@kenwoodburn5244 2 года назад

My bacon is 2.99 a pound on sale at the grocery store and it’s the best

@bonniepwtf 3 года назад

Bridget was the perfect choice for this taste test. She is shown sneaking a piece of bacon in the intros.

@grmmjhnsn2 Месяц назад

Love a review where every contender wins! No bad choices!!

@frankyoung3626 3 года назад

I’ve been ordering Benton’s bacon for several years-after receiving some in my Xmas stocking from my youngest daughter as a semi-joke. It’s not something you can eat every day because it is very smoky and salty, but it’s fantastic as for an occasional BLT or even rare BL and fried green T. It’s only $32 for 4 lbs (shipping is extra)..

@knifesharpeningnorway 3 года назад

This would litteraly be my dream Job tasting bacon this and carlsberg beer 😁😁😁

@rozferrell1838 3 года назад

You guys helped me through the pandemic. Thank you for cooking on

@DiarraHarris 3 года назад

Bridget in the thumbnail is looking like this is the most important decision in the world.

@andreac.6164 3 года назад

Come up to the Northeast Kingdom and Northern NH and you'll find some aaaammmaaazing artisanal bacon!

@larryjones4167 2 года назад

My Go to now for the past 5 years have been Burger's smoke House Steak Cut Apple Wood Bacon but today I got a delivery of six packs of the winner and going to give it a try this Sunday Morning for Breakfast. Love all Y'all Do! glad to be a member of CC ATK and CI

@jamesbarron1202 3 года назад

Watching this while I’m cooking bacon. Also one of my 5 favorite foods.

@GrayStoneAngel 2 года назад

love her personality … she must be a very cool/wacky/and oh so funny mum ☺️

@JoseGarcia-hl8th 3 года назад

Funky, fruity, nutty? 🤣😂 Sweaty socks come to mind when hearing funky.

@jerrilynernsting903 2 года назад

Love the pots a recipes a your helpers cookers to help get ready for holiday cooking..

@edschultheis6767 3 года назад

"My favorites would be these four." I chuckled at that one! 😄

@lydiamlopez86 2 года назад

Bridget you had me at bacon! "Speaking of dreamy Jack" I love these two!

@az89garcia 3 года назад

Love watching them at .5x speed when I am drinking. It feels like they are drinking along side with me and they are a hoot

@revmd621 3 года назад

“Oh my gosh!” Baaacccconnnn!!! 🥓🥓🥓😋🤤 I choose them all!!!👏👏👏😝😂🤣😂

@edjones5610 3 года назад

Usinger's applewood smoked bacon - exceptionally good. I get it for about $10 per pound at Findlay Market in Cincinnati.

@canonbal11 3 года назад

Great job as always. I’d love to see a video about how to find locally sourced bacon for those of us living in metropolitan areas. I’m sure the artisanal is great but local farm raised pigs are supreme.

@glbernini0 3 года назад

Love the tasting speed shown here! I'd do the same!

@JoaBea4 3 года назад

Love it!!!!! 🥓 🥓 🥓 🥓 🥓 You guys are great! 😊

@borbetomagus 3 года назад

I wonder where Smoking Goose 'Jowl Bacon' would have landed in this taste test. It is said to be a bacon that tastes richer and is 'dry rub cured under a hearty dose of cracked black peppercorns and coriander, then smoked over apple wood'. Some bacon fanatics have rated it as the best bacon they've ever had.

@brianszymanski2971 3 года назад

My favorite food group.

@sgupta4 3 года назад

I knew it would be good as soon as I saw Bridget's face and the word "bacon" in the title.

@hoilst265 3 года назад

I have honestly never seen Bridget happier.

@Scott_Atlanta 3 года назад

Artisanal Bacon and Lan - the makings of a good video.

@adamodeo9320 3 года назад

Bridget and Julia are the best hosts of all cooking shows - I'm a vegetarian - yet - I still love to watch these 2 charming and warm ladies - no matter what they are cooking.

@7ajhubbell 3 года назад

Thank you.

@Leguminator 3 года назад

I love bacon, back in my college days I worked morning room service at a hotel and would eat a small pile of bacon every morning. But I'm the rare freak, as my friends say, that will take a good chunk of ham over bacon just about any day.

@KC-dw2bp 3 года назад

Burgers Smoked Bacon is my favorite and my go too, no other for me.

@josefv1154 3 года назад

This review made me laugh so much that it almost replaced all the joy I had from Bon Appetit before June of 2020

@loniivanovskis1239 3 года назад

North Country Smokehouse is the best bacon I've ever had. Maybe to regional for consideration?

@larrylawson5172 3 года назад

Try Jones Dairy Farm Bacon from Ft. Atkinson, WI. Cherrywood smoked. Really good heaven on a plate.

@jimcherry685 3 года назад

I have some Benton's bacon in my freezer now. Soon, back in MN and get some Thielen's bacon.

@puretoronto 3 года назад

$29 per pound? Holy $hit.

@AlternateKek 3 года назад

Im so hungry now

@rhsab1 3 года назад

Hey Bridget, Bacon#1 and sticky buns #2? LOL

@AntMixFilms 3 года назад

I want her to try Beef Bacon next! I see those at Whole Foods and tempted to get some

@wolfetom10 3 года назад

$29 a pound! Holy cow! (or Holy pig!) -- Oscar Meyer is $9 a pound and frequently on sale for $7. I guess for a treat I might be willing to spend 3X as much for artisinal bacon, but I don't see myself going down this road when Oscar Meyer is so good.

@janeforever 3 года назад

So many of these tests I've never heard of the brand being tested because they're not in my part of the country. At least I can get Oscar Meyer👏👏👏.

@Marss13z 3 года назад

Dear Bridget, lots of us really really like you.

@fullyvictorious 3 года назад

Yum

@LoebRules 3 года назад

The one bacon to rule them all!

@DarDarBinks1986 3 года назад

My spironolactone-induced salt cravings are raging right now. I want some of that bacon!

@davidyoder6174 3 года назад

Spiro... may increase your blood potassium possibly to danger levels! Beware!!

@DarDarBinks1986 3 года назад

@@davidyoder6174 I've been on spiro and estradiol for almost ten months now and haven't felt any bad side effects. Told my hormone doctor about this this afternoon. She didn't change my dosage and wants to see what happens. I follow up with her in July.

@easy10 3 года назад

local grocery started stocking large quantities of pork belly. A new trend, eh?

@asuniqueasthespellingofmyn1124 3 года назад

She mowed that bacon down...dude was like 😲then played it off like this😏😅

@carrdoug99 3 года назад

I'm all in for the local market offering. Can't tell you many times I've preferred the local/small market bacon, great taste and none of that stuff many high end national brands use that makes your pan all gooey.

@jamesbarron1202 3 года назад

It would be nice if they put the prices they paid for each of them, in the description. I’d take the smoky bacon over the others. Can’t get too much smoke for me.

@davidpoto9856 3 года назад

been buying Benton for years. way more smoke than others. shipping a little high but exemplary stuff

@jamesbarron1202 3 года назад

@@sandrah7512 easier if they'd put them in the description. That will be a deciding factor in making a choice instead of everyone having to look up each brand.

@Traderjoe 3 года назад

I could have sworn she said the Oscar Meyer was her favorite.

@stardroplet9499 3 года назад

Oh goodness 😋

@katrinaassoumou6400 3 года назад

Have you tested Beef Bacon by Arnold yet? Thank you.

@debbytomlinson9970 3 года назад

I was really hoping for beef bacon!!!

@davidyoung8875 3 года назад

I could just Look at her all day.

@christianoliver3572 3 года назад

Bentons baby!!

@ckalnicki 3 года назад

Ahh, for $29.00 a LB? It better wash my car as well.

@berguidf 3 года назад

I liked this video just because of the intro. 😂

@gwenp3450 3 года назад

Where was I on taste testing day?

@judiralston6638 3 года назад

Hello!

@IanJudge 3 года назад

This woman is a goddess!

@jadwigacwiok5924 3 года назад

Yes, bacon 🥓😋all the way 😋❤

@organicgrandpaw8016 3 года назад

Fabulous💞💞💞

@par4par72 3 года назад

this guy was saying .."...DIDN'T I WOULD NEED MY SAFETY GLASSES..."!!!

@csnide6702 Месяц назад

Bridget ! 😍

@kathyowens9901 3 года назад

Love bacon!

@lvsweetie1357 3 года назад

$29/lb?! Too much for me!!

@loisr-c9663 3 года назад

$29 a pound! Who knew any bacon could cost that much!

@ericclark1958 3 года назад

I've been considering attempting to cure and smoke some bacon for myself. If it costs $29/lb. for the Vande Rose, I'm much more likely to make some!

@USA__2023 2 года назад

You should do it. I just started making my own bacon and it's really good. Very easy to do. Just be CAREFUL on the cure. Use Cure # 1 @ 0.25% of the weight of the pork belly. Common percentages for dry curing bacon are salt 2% sugar 1% cure#1 0,25%.

@magicemperor2420 3 года назад

I tried to make a bacon pun after watching this video, but I couldn't think of a single bit.

@pinkcats6129 3 года назад

She is eating all of 🥓 👍🥓🥓🥓

@marcstika7637 3 года назад

I view her and bacon in the same light.

@LuisSantos-zt4dg 6 месяцев назад

I really really like you I enjoy cooking. I trust test kitchen instead of FDA. Continue the work and have a Happy 42024 my phone is screwed up but you understand.

@KenS1267 3 года назад

$30 a pound for bacon. It comes from heritage breed hogs. You can almost certainly find bacon made the same way from a local producer from less rare hogs for a much lower cost. Check your local farmer's markets when those become a thing again.

@NotContinuum 3 года назад

One bacon to rule them all and in the darkness feed them.

@williamriley2528 3 года назад

Aldi's Applewood Thick Sliced Bacon...!

@GrandMa-hm5mb 3 года назад

I can't believe they left out Oscar's Smoke House from Warren County, NY.

@bolotabr12 3 года назад

Quick question: does anyone know the best way to cook bacon?

@nml5536 3 года назад

use a Bic lighter

@Yafama 3 года назад

Oven on a wire rack or just pan fry it if you want less clean up work

@Leroywaggle 3 года назад

On a sheet pan in the oven

@brythonderoos6562 3 года назад

A quick way is a layer of water in a pan and put your bacon in and turn the heat on med-high evaporate the water melting the fat and fry it crispy

@johannesgutenburg9837 3 года назад

it depends on how you like it. If you want it to be a bit more chewy and flexible, cook it on medium-high heat in a pan that you have pre-heated. if you want it to be crispy and crunchy, start it out on medium heat in a cold pan. I have even seen some people who like their bacon extremely crispy add some water to the pan, which helps keep the pan cooler longer which lets more fat melt out, making it crispier