I’m excited to announce this evening that Nathan DiNiro (@unclenate on Twitter) will be joining the ranks of contributing authors to BaconGeek.com.

A born Bacon fanatic, Nate “UncleNate” DiNiro has a deep passion for the smokey, salty, sweet & meaty goodness that Bacon is! Know in his childhood as “Nathan Bacon & Eggs”, by day Nate is a Sr. Sales Engineer for a…
BACON RATINGS
The Bacon
- Brand: BaconFreak.com
- Name: Honey BBQ Bacon
- Cost per pound: $19.99
- Value per pound: Medium-High
- Where purchased: BaconFreak.com
- Packaging: 16 oz
- Cut: Thin
- Preservatives: Sugar, fructose, nitrates
The Prep and Score
- Cooking heat: Low Low
- Total cooking time: 12 min
- Pork Flavor: 4
- Smoke: 5
- Salt: 5
- Sugar: 5
- Fat: 5
- Texture: 3
- Shrinkage: 4
Ratings based on Bacon Rating System
As if the title didn’t say enough. ZOMG. This is good bacon folks. Its something out of…
BACON RATINGS
The Bacon
- Brand: BaconFreak.com
- Name: Country Pepper Bacon
- Cost per pound: $19.99
- Value per pound: Medium-High
- Where purchased: BaconFreak.com
- Packaging: 16 oz
- Cut: Thin
- Preservatives: Nitrates, yummy nitrates
The Prep and Score
I’m trying something new this week; a video review. Instead of all of the boring prose…
If there is one thing I love its other bacon lovers. I had a chance to talk with Jason Jackson, founder and proprietor of thepignextdoor.com. I’m BaconGeek (BG) and he’s ThePigNextDoor (TPND):

BG: Tell me a little about your bacon background.
TPND: I have no background in bacon besides loving to eat it. Haha.
BG: What gave you the idea to start a bacon club website?
TPND: My…
Let’s be honest. We all love URL shorteners like TinyURL and Is Good but for the bacon-lovers out there, we’ve had a gaping hole in our lives. Until today.
I’m pleased to announce (with an insane amount of help from the Rick Turoczy, the Silicon Florist) the launch of Bacn.me for all of your bacon-related URL-shortening needs. Yes, you can all breath a sigh of…
This is serious. I’m not kidding. Somebody actually went to the trouble to create this beast. Srsly.
Bacon iPhone cover – photo credit Gizmodo
The most surprising thing about this is how many people sent me a link to this sucker. No less than 20 people told me about this … now if I were faster I would have gotten this up…

Yeah, read that again ya perv. Its Master-bacon! A day for bacon lovers to get together and share their favorite bacon treats with each other and win prizes for best-in-show! Read more if you’re intrigued.
The inaugural event will be at Casa de Kveton on 1/17/2009 … hope to see you there!
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BACON RATINGS
The Bacon
- Brand: Tyson
- Name: Hickory Sliced Bacon
- Cost per pound: $3.29
- Where purchased: Albertson’s
- Packaging: 16 oz
- Cut: Thin
- Preservatives: Nitrates, lots of nitrates
The Prep and Score
- Cooking heat: Medium Low
- Total cooking time: 9 min
- Pork Flavor: 3
- Smoke: 5
- Salt: 3
- Sugar: 3
- Fat: 1
- Texture: 2
Ratings based on Bacon Rating System
Tyson Hickory Sliced bacon is an inexpensive bacon that’s best used in salads or other dishes where you need that “taste”…

Well, its not really bacon but its friggin’ hilarious nonetheless. Found randomly on the Internet but I *think* the original source is: woosk.com/.
I wish I was actually making this stuff up but I swear, I’m not … ha!