"Everything should taste like bacon"

**EBasil** · 08-02-2007 12:20 PM

How's that for a theme you could get behind? "Everything Should Taste Like Bacon."

These guys are stoked and hilarious. Check it out.

We're Justin and Dave, the two guys behind Bacon Salt™ and this is our improbable bacon-flavored story. Who are we? We’re just two regular guys who love grilling and football on Sunday afternoons, eating until we can’t get off the couch and of course, the taste of great bacon. And it’s our dream to make everything taste like bacon.

Up until several months ago, we worked together in a little technology company. While on a business trip together, we had the chance to sit down for dinner and eventually, the conversation turned to our mutual love of bacon. It was then that Justin told Dave and another coworker named Kara about his idea for Bacon Salt™. Kara, who is a vegetarian, loved the idea. Dave, a card-carrying carnivore and Midwesterner, loved it even more. Even the waiter at the fancy restaurant loved it.

And from that point forward, a partnership was struck to turn this bacon-flavored dream into a reality. We asked friends, colleagues and family members if we were completely nuts, but at each turn we got encouragement and more importantly, people who just couldn't wait to eat it. We learned that people were unsatisfied by the bacon flavored products on the market: too smokey, too crunchy and none of it tasted like real, savory, delicious bacon, they said. We smelled a big opportunity (which, ironically, smelled exactly like bacon frying on a Sunday morning).

In early 2007, we and a few of our close friends tasted the first three flavors of Bacon Salt, Original Smokey, Hickory and (ick) Maple on Porterhouse steaks, mashed potatoes, eggs, corn and tomato soup - literally everything Dave could find to eat in his house. One enthusiastic person even tried bacon-flavored ice cream, which we don’t really advise doing, but to each his own. With the one exception of Maple (RIP), everything was absolutely delicious - we were all just licking our plates. Word spread among our friends as we hosted barbecues, dinner parties, and tastings with lots of other people to get feedback and input into the original recipe. We wouldn't be satisfied unless it really tasted like real bacon, and as many of our early guests described, "that's unbelievable!" Another guest said, “I’ll put this on everything. This is the new seasoning salt.”

And now we bring our invention to fellow bacon lovers everywhere. We've just launched our flagship products, Original Smokey, Hickory, and Peppered Bacon Salt. There will be more variations to come, we promise, but we think you'll really love what we've started with on a variety of everyday food items. Whether you're a regular griller or a gourmet chef, are counting calories or are a vegetarian who craves mouth-watering bacon taste without the bacon guilt, this is what you've been waiting for.

We hope you love it like we do. Please drop us a line to tell us what you think, share your own recipes for Bacon Salt, or buy some of our bacon-themed merchandise (coming soon) to help spread the word.

Enjoy the bacon,

Justin and Dave, Bacontrepreneurs
BACONSALT.com
passthebacon@baconsalt.com
www.baconsaltblog.com

**bombsies** · 08-02-2007 12:42 PM

I support their vision

**Mile_High_Mark** · 08-02-2007 12:47 PM

**woohoobaloogapoo** · 08-02-2007 12:51 PM

Dude f*ckin... yes.

**Joe & Nick** · 08-02-2007 12:53 PM

We solicited them as sponsor for The Farm.

**EBasil** · 08-02-2007 02:12 PM

I want to try it on watermelon.

**Momona Boe** · 08-02-2007 02:14 PM

I own all three flavors

I'll bring 'em along, Joe

**worldwide** · 08-02-2007 02:27 PM

peanut butter and bacon

**Colton** · 08-02-2007 02:35 PM

captain crunch and bacon.

**SpeedFiend** · 08-02-2007 03:12 PM

Today at work we were eating over ripe honey dew with salt. bacon would have been great.

**revzack** · 08-02-2007 03:58 PM

Chocolate and Bacon, just sounds good to me. I ordered some.

**EBasil** · 08-02-2007 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by worldwide

peanut butter and bacon

When on hot, toasted bread that melts the PB...this is dirty heaven

**ocian** · 08-02-2007 04:41 PM

wasnt that the man thing peanut butter was used for back in the day? I saw a special on the history channel or A&E about when peanut butter became popular and one of the more popular sandwiches of the time was peanut butter and bacon.

When my dad saw it he said "No... way" so he made a sandwich and eats it all the time

**JBH** · 08-02-2007 05:19 PM

Sorry, couldn't resist.

**Mister Surly** · 08-02-2007 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by JBH

Sorry, couldn't resist.

JBH, when i saw this picture on your photo site months ago, i sent it to practically everyone i know. this is genious!

**JBH** · 08-02-2007 05:26 PM

I agree. Cleverest graffiti ever. Simply brilliant.

(Edit to remove double photo post.)

**EBasil** · 08-07-2007 02:00 PM

Ever the supporter of stoked internet merchants, I sported for the 3-pak of this stuff. Last night, we had aspargus with rosemary, butter and bacon salt. It's good.

Then, our usual summer dessert: watermelon. The bacon flavor really comes through on melon!

**HerBDerb** · 08-07-2007 02:05 PM

**EBasil** · 08-07-2007 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by ocian

wasnt that the man thing peanut butter was used for back in the day? I saw a special on the history channel or A&E about when peanut butter became popular and one of the more popular sandwiches of the time was peanut butter and bacon.

Hmm, makes sense. I got my pb & bacon jones from my Dad and his Dad. My grandpa viewed a fresh pb & bacon sandwich with cold milk like a gastronomic nirvana. He had vision.