Our favorite Costco bacon to buy!
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So I’m not going to bore you with a full review on the Kirkland Signature Reduced Salt Premium Bacon because bacon usually tastes like… bacon. With that being said, I do want to point out three reasons why I prefer the Kirkland Signature bacon over other brands:
1. The flavor of the bacon – The Costco Kirkland Signature Bacon has a really nice smoked flavor, so if you like a little smokiness to your bacon, give it a try. Despite having reduced sodium, this bacon is super flavorful.
2. The price of the bacon – The price of this bacon fluctuates. I’ve found the four packs can cost anywhere from $14.99 Canadian to $21.99 Canadian. For that price, you get four separate 500 gram packages. Most other bacon packages I’ve noticed seen only have about 375 grams of bacon and can cost more per pack.
3. The quality of the bacon – The Costco Kirkland Signature Bacon never disappoints. You get nice thick, even strips of bacon that are usually quite lean compare to other brands (relative to other bacons I mean – we’re basically talking about strips of fat here!). With the reduced sodium bacon, two strips of bacon only has 150 miligrams of sodium, which really isn’t that much.
Now, onto my favorite bacon cooking tip. I used to try to cook bacon in a frying pan and it always ended in disaster. Lots of mess and unevenly cooked bacon. Some strips would be nearly burned and others would be raw. Now I cook my bacon on a cookie sheet in the oven and it has changed my life. That sounds like an exaggeration, but it really is that much better. This method pretty much eliminates dealing with the grease and mess of cooking bacon. If you’ve never tried it before, you have to! You’ll be pleasantly surprised.
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2. Place parchment paper over top of the aluminum foil.
3. Lay bacon flat on baking tray, trying not to overlap the strips. You can lay them quite close to one another.
4. Bake in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until you’ve reached your desired doneness. I like my bacon well done, nearly crispy. Pat the bacon with a paper towel to soak up any excess grease and place it on a paper towel-lined plate to remove more excess grease.
5. To clean up, simply pull each corner of aluminum foil up so you trap the grease and continue to fold it up into a little rectangular grease packet.
How do you cook your bacon? Have you ever tried baking it?
We usually buy this bacon as each pkg is 500g, meaning over 1lb per pkg and is well priced at $18.99. Yesterday, I went in to buy some and the price shot up to $26.99. I couldn’t believe the $8.00 jump in price. Just too expensive. Not sure what the reasoning is for that kind of increase. Needless to say, I will not be buying it again until the price comes down.
Hey Janet. Yes prices have gone up a lot! If you look back at my old reviews you’ll be shocked at the price differences between 2018 and now for some products.
Unfortunately is was not a gradual increase in price. It just jumped $8.00 within the last couple of weeks as per an employee there. Still not sure what warranted that large increase in a short period of time.
The KIrkland Signature bacon does not hold a candle to the Fletcher’s Alder Smoked Bacon. It has been available in Costco Winnipeg for many years. Although a product of the USA, it is the best,
We used to rave about Costco’s Hickory Smoked frozen bacon! But recently they’ve started slicing it so thin, it’s almost impossible to cook without destroying it. We’ll be looking elsewhere for good bacon. It’s really sad that one of my favorite Costco items has been ruined.
I’ve noticed that as well!
I’ve been baking bacon in the oven for years, but I don’t use the expensive parchment paper, but wax paper instead or just use a broiler pan. The downside of using an oven is that the bacon will often be much more crispier (and take longer to cook) than if you fried it. I also buy the thick bacon from Costco.
I’ve always used the frying pan. Will definitely try this hack soon.
I’m going to try cooking bacon this way next time. Thanks for the tip!
I cook mine between sheets of paper toweling on a plate in the microwave. your method sounds less messy. Thanks.