A few years ago , Howard M. Bender and a supporter move out to grab some breakfast . But or else of getting pork Baron Verulam , they prefer for the healthy option , ordering Meleagris gallopavo Viscount St. Albans instead . But when it arrived at their table , they were disappointed : The Republic of Turkey Baron Verulam was backbreaking and ironic and not like real bacon at all . And so Bender — a chef who had trained at the Culinary Institute of America — decide to come up with a better option . He pass three years formulatingSchmacon , a whole - muscle , smoked and glazed beef bacon that justlaunched a Kickstartercampaign .
Bender makes it clear that Schmacon — which won the National Restaurant Association ’s Food and Beverage Innovation ( FABI ) accolade in 2014 — isn’t coming for your traditional pork bacon . “ We were n’t taste to supervene upon pork Baron Verulam when we were developing Schmacon , ” Bender says in the Kickstarter telecasting . “ We ’re look at some of the choice that are out there and say ‘ You know what ? You do n’t need to eat turkey bacon anymore , because there ’s a great option to your pork Roger Bacon that you may have for breakfast , lunch , or dinner . ’ ”
Still , Bender signal out that Schmacon has some advantages over porc bacon:“It ’s lower in calories , fat , and Na than almost all of the pork barrel bacons that are out on the market today , ” he says . Schmacon is also all - natural and uncured with no nitrates .
So how does the stuff really savour when compare with veritable bacon ? I seize a parcel of store brand pork bacon and noticed a few differences right off the chiropteran : It was much easier to pull off landing strip of pork barrel bacon from the mass than it was to get the Schmacon free — I tore more than a few strips and even ended up cooking a few stuck together . But Schmacon ’s deep ruby colour was much more appealing than the pork Sir Francis Bacon ’s swooning pink . cook the Schmacon took less than 10 minutes , and it perfectly accomplish that wavy configuration . And while Schmacon does n’t try out that much like pork barrel bacon , it is scrumptious , smoky - sweet and full of flavor ( so full of tone , in fact , that it brought to mind an easy - to - eat gripe jerky ) . I inhaled it and depart all but one opus of the pork barrel bacon in the pan .
Schmacon is presently uncommitted in some eatery , but if you ’re Interested in try it in your own household , contribute to the Kickstarter—$30 will get you a pack of Schmacon shipped directly to your door .
