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GOURMET BACON YOU CREATE
Make bacon.
Make it yours.
Learn the craft of dry-curing bacon in a fun, hands-on class—or bring the complete Bacon King Experience into your own kitchen.
2½ lb pork bellyYour flavor profileNo experience needed
THE BACON KING EXPERIENCE
You don’t just learn about bacon.
You leave with bacon you created.
Led by Eric Godfrey—the Bacon King—each experience combines the science, history, and flavor of real dry-cured bacon with plenty of laughs. Choose your seasonings, calculate your cure, and take home the beginning of your own gourmet masterpiece.
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Upcoming Bacon King Experiences
Choose your experience and reserve your seat before it sells out. Each participant creates a custom flavor profile and takes home 2½ pounds of pork belly to finish curing.
REAL GUESTS. REAL BACON. REAL FUN.
Don’t just take the King’s word for it.
Guests consistently praise the Bacon King Experience for being entertaining, informative, hands-on—and unlike any class they have taken before.
★★★★★“Great class! Information and hands-on experience that leaves you with the confidence to know YOU can do it!”
— Misty McWhorter-Darley
★★★★★“Such a fun little date day. Very informative, intimate and friendly—and hello, you leave there with your own bacon!”
— Jody Shank
★★★★★“Eric explains not just how to cure bacon, but why it’s done and some of the history behind the craft.”
— Keith Hall
IN PERSON
The Live Bacon King Experience
A lively, interactive class at breweries, restaurants, private events, and special venues. Create your flavor profile and walk out with 2½ pounds of pork belly ready to finish curing at home.
- Hands-on instruction from the Bacon King
- All curing supplies included
- Perfect for date nights, friends, and gifts
ANY KITCHEN. ANY TIME.
The Online Bacon King Experience
Learn at your own pace with Eric’s complete step-by-step course. From cure calculations to flavor building and smoking, you’ll gain the confidence to create gourmet bacon again and again.
- Clear, practical video instruction
- Build flavors that are completely your own
- Use the skills for up to 12 pounds of bacon
FROM PORK BELLY TO YOUR SIGNATURE BACON
Four steps. Endless possibilities.
01
Learn
Understand dry curing, food safety, timing, and the “why” behind every step.
02
Flavor
Build a bespoke seasoning profile ranging from classic and peppered to sweet, smoky, or bold.
03
Cure
Take your pork belly home and let salt, spices, and time do what shortcuts cannot.
04
Sizzle
Finish, slice, and cook bacon that tastes unmistakably like your own creation.
REAL BACON. NO SHORTCUTS.
Salt. Spices. Smoke. Time.
Most mass-produced bacon is rushed with cure accelerants, water-retention additives, and artificial smoke flavor. Bacon King USA teaches and practices the slower craft: dry curing, natural hardwood smoke, and flavor created with intention.
Dry-cured for deep flavorHardwood smokedMade fresh—not warehoused for months
Meet the Bacon King
WANT THE BACON WITHOUT THE CLASS?
We still bring home the bacon.
Shop handcrafted bacon and Bacon King gear—all still easy to find, now in support of the Experience.
BREWERIES · RESTAURANTS · PRIVATE GROUPS
Bring the Bacon King Experience to your venue.
Eric brings the supplies, instruction, and entertainment. You provide the space and a screen with sound. Hosting is available with a 10-participant minimum.
Ask about hosting