There is Wright Bacon and there’s the rest of them. Wright Brand Bacon is the Rolex, Mercedes and Stradivarius of the bacon world. What makes Wright so good, and so pricey?
For starters, a 90-year old recipe which involves curing hand selected pork bellies and slow smoking over real wood chips for a consistent and delicious flavor. This hickory smoked bacon is naturally smoked and cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrite.
With other bacons, the quality and taste can vary from package to package, but not Wright. It‘s on the money every time. Wright Brand Bacon is made only in the Vernon, Texas plant of Tyson’s Foods. Has been for over 90 years. But is Wright really worth the extra cost?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but all bacon has increased in price recently. A pound usually costs $5 or more for the common brands. Wright Bacon can cost up to $10 a pound. But I found a real deal recently at Sam’s Club. We needed a lot of bacon for company and Sam’s offered a 2-pack (4 lbs. total) for $18.88. That breaks down to less than $5 a pound for the best bacon there is. Bacon freezes very well, so you can put one of the 2-lb. packages in the freezer to enjoy later. You could even freeze a portion of the 2-lb. package if you don’t eat a lot of bacon. But this is the best buy on the best bacon of all. Wright Brand Bacon is produced in five distinctive flavors and is available at more than 53 retailers throughout the country. Stock up.