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Smokin' Good: The Best Mail-Order Bacons

There's a plethora of bacon options at any grocery store, but unless you happen to live near an artisanal curing facility, the best stuff you're likely to find will come to you via the good old fashioned United States Postal Service. (Or, okay, FedEx.) We fried up rashers of almost every mail-order bacon available; in this Five to Try, we're highlighting our favorites.

By Geoff Dougherty
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  1. Benton's Hickory-Smoked Bacon (423/442-5003; bentonscountryhams2.com) Tennessee's Allan Benton produces the grand-daddy of dry-cured bacon. You smell the hickory before you open the box.

  2. Dreymiller and Kray Beer Bacon (847/688-2271; dreymillerandkray.com) A pale ale brine, followed by applewood smoking, yields a nutty flavor and a sweet finish to this Illinois-made bacon.

  3. Nueske's Wild Cherry-Smoked Bacon (800/392-2266; nueskes.com) The Nueskes, smoking bacon in Wisconsin since 1882, skip the cure for this mellow bacon.

  4. Broadbent's Pepper Bacon (800/841-2202; broadbenthams.com) Dry-curing with black pepper makes for a distinctive, piquant bacon from this Kentucky producer.

  5. S. Wallace Edwards & Sons (800/222-4267; virginiatraditions.com) This Virginia family has been curing bacon for 85 years; experience shows in their balanced, hickory-smoked slab.

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Thanks, & I'll add my 2 bacon cents: Nueske's Applewood smoked bacon which was just delivered to my front door yesterday. LOL. Seriously, thanks for the other recommendations, though. We luuuuvvv bacon.
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Fried?? you FRIED it??

Did you consider oven baking it on a rack so the grease could drain freely instead of this fine bacon cooking in its own 'leavings'?

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