Making Bacon At Home

A project in Berkeley, CA by Will Glennon
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One taste of homemade bacon and you will never buy commercial bacon again.
Backers: 97
Average Pledge Per Backer: $106

Funded: $10,264 of $10,000
Dates: Jan 21st -> Feb 20th (30 days)
Project By: Will Glennon
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Latest News

Everything has shipped

April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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Finally...and finally,

April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
I have been buried in shipping...half have already gone out and the rest will head out today. Thank you all for your unbelievable patience through this painful learning curve Will.  (Read More)

Made in the USA

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I got a question that I should have answered before ...yes the entire kit with one painful exception is made in the USA. The exception is the 12" slicing knife which comes from a US company but is made in China. There appears to be only one US... (Read More)

Errrr!

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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Almost ready to ship

March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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Gearing up to Start Shipping

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Those who are getting only bacon can look forward to seeing it in their mailboxes next week. Dry cured bacon has tremendous shelf life but just to make sure you can parcel it out slowly and savor each piece (assuming you have the self control to keep... (Read More)

It feels so good.....

February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
...to have backers who are as enthusiastic about good bacon as I am. It is especially heartening to open up an email and find messages from bacon lovers all over the world. When I started this project it was partly because I could not understand how... (Read More)

Bacon as Health Food

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I received a few inquiries about the “health” issues surrounding bacon. I go into great detail about this in the booklet but the bottom line is bacon is not bad for you and if your pork belly came from a grass fed pig it is loaded with Vitamin D... (Read More)

Opps

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Sorry about that "poirk" in the update above typing too fast and they won;t let me clean it up.  (Read More)

The Process of Making your Own Bacon

January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Curing pork belly is actually really simple once you have the right ingredients, and getting the rind off the belly and getting clean even slices of bacon without mutilating the slab of bacon is now also very easy with the bacon slicing guide in my... (Read More)

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