Best Bacon of the Month Clubs

Best Overall: Goldbelly

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Price: $59
Delivery: Monthly, with a 3-month commitment
No. of Plans: 1

Why We Chose It: Each month you receive rotating varieties of top-quality bacon from award-winning producers around the country.

Pros
Bacon from different sources
Award-winning bacon producers

Cons
Unknown what will be in each shipment
Varying amounts of bacon

Goldbelly’s monthly bacon subscription is for those who truly want to explore the world of bacon with the opportunity to try some of the best products out there. If you want the promise of top quality with an element of surprise, this club is the right pick.

Each month you’ll receive approximately 2 to 5 pounds of bacon. While the amount varies, you will always receive enough to feed at least six people. Past shipments have included bacon from Indiana-based, James Beard award-winning Smoking Goose Meatery and celebrity chef favorite Snake River Farms Kurobuta heritage breed thick-cut bacon. Small batch, double-smoked, thick-cut, samplers, and collections are all a possibility with this club.

You won’t know what’s coming in each box or have information on the producer it's coming from, but given the track record of past shipments, which can be found on the Goldbelly website, you can expect high-quality bacon that’s well respected in the culinary world.

You have the option to choose a three- or six-month subscription; the price is $59 per month, including shipping.

Best Value: North Country Smokehouse

Price: $46.50
Delivery: Monthly with a 6-month minimum order
No. of Plans: 1

Why We Chose It: Select from four different varieties of bacon to customize your 4-pound delivery each month, all for less than $50.

Pros
Free shipping
Classic styles

Cons
Website ordering not easy to navigate

North Country Smokehouse's Bacon of the Month Club is by far the best value for those who want to keep their supply of high-quality bacon well stocked. It’s a club that classic bacon lovers who aren’t into all the trendy flavors.

Each month you’ll receive 4 pounds of thick-cut bacon and you can choose any combination of four types. The smokehouse offers applewood smoked, applewood smoked peppered, fruitwood smoked uncured, and cob smoked. This will arrive at your door for $46.50 per month, which amounts to less than $12 per pound. It’s a steal even before you consider the fact that this third-generation artisanal meat company sources only all-natural, certified humane, and certified organic pork that comes from a network of over 200 family farms.

You’ll need to commit to either a six-month subscription for $279 or a 12-month subscription for $539; shipping is included. The online ordering system seems to have some glitches, so you might find that a phone call to the company is easier.

It’s also important to note that to avoid shipping during hot weather, July and August shipments are combined with June shipments—so be sure to have freezer space available.

Best for Savory Bacon: Pig of the Month BBQ

Price: $43
Delivery: Monthly, with a 3-month commitment
No. of Plans: 1

Why We Chose It: You’ll discover savory bacon flavors that you never knew existed in each of your monthly shipments.

Pros
You know what flavors you’ll get
Substitutions allowed

Cons
No bimonthly or other shipping frequency options
Six-month commitment to get free shipping

If you are looking for a way to try new flavors of bacon every month, this membership is the one for you. With this Bacon of the Month Club, 1 pound each of two flavored kinds of bacon is delivered to your door in each shipment. It’s an especially good pick if you enjoy savory flavored bacon. Some of the inventive flavors include Cool Ranch, Bloody Mary, White Truffle Sea Salt, Garden Herb, and Jalapeno Lime.

One of the best things about this club is that you’ll know exactly what you are getting each month. Pig of the Month BBQ keeps an updated calendar on its website that lists the flavors you can expect for the entire calendar year. If there is one you aren’t interested in, you can swap it for a different flavor when you sign up.

The company, which sells all types of pork products and BBQ, started in response to a bad experience with low-quality, overpriced mail order ribs. It sources grass-fed, free-range, and humanely raised meats and takes its time to cook them low and slow for the best quality. It stands behind its products and offers a 100 percent money-back guarantee if you aren’t satisfied with your purchase.

The club starts at $43 a month, plus shipping, and you’ll need to commit to three months. If you commit to six months, shipping is free and anything beyond that receives a tiered discount on the membership cost. If you want to try it out before you subscribe, there is a Bacon of the Month Sample Box, in which you’ll get that month’s bacon for a one-time purchase of $22, plus shipping.

Best for Sweet Bacon: Bacon Swinery

Price: $37
Delivery: Monthly or every 2 months
No. of Plans: 4

Why We Chose It: Those who enjoy the combination of savory and sweet together are going to love these creative bacon flavors.

Pros
Free shipping
Sweet-only or a mix of flavors

Cons
Pre-frozen before arrival

Bacon Swinery earns the nod for most creative flavors. Even better, for those who want their bacon with a touch of sweetness, you can customize your bacon of the month shipment to only include sweet varieties. If you’d rather have a mix of sweet and savory, that’s an option, too.

These sweet flavors go way beyond your everyday maple bacon. Apple pie, cocoa mocha, orange marmalade, and pumpkin pie bacon are a few examples. Bacon Swinery also combines booze with sweet flavors for the Port Wine & Cherries Bacon, Manhattan Bacon, and Old Fashioned Bacon. Note that the company does not disclose information about its sourcing, pig breeds, and preparation techniques online.

With the Artisan Bacon of the Month Club, you can select to receive only sweet bacon, savory bacon, spicy bacon, or Swinery Choice, in which you will get a mix. You can opt to receive shipments every month or every two months, and your box will contain four, 10-ounce packs of different flavors of bacon. It’s frozen before shipment and you can thaw and use or put it in your own freezer until you are ready to eat it. The club costs $37 per shipment and shipping is free.

If you decide that’s a little too much sweet bacon for you, many of the company's sweet varieties of sliced bacon allow a subscription for a single pack. If you find a flavor you like, you can subscribe and continue to have that flavor delivered regularly every month, two months, or three months.

Best for All-Natural Bacon: The Baconer

Price: Starting at $66
Delivery: Monthly or every 2, 3, or 4 months
No. of Plans: 4

Why We Chose It: You can choose only uncured and sugar-free bacon, which is ideal for those who follow a keto, paleo, or low-sugar lifestyle.

Pros
Multiple styles and cuts in each box
Heritage breed pork

Cons
No mixing with other varieties
Can’t customize cuts

The Uncured & Sugar-Free bacon of the month box from The Baconer is ideal if you're looking for all-natural bacon. This is the kind of product that will help you stick to your keto, paleo, and Whole30 eating plans.

Along with the all-natural bacon option, this bacon subscription stands out for the variety of products you’ll receive in each shipment. Not only do you get a 12-ounce pack of sliced, small-batch bacon, you’ll also receive a 20-ounce pack of thick-cut bacon steaks, 8 ounces of smoked lardons, and 8 ounces of ground bacon.

The Baconer's bacon and bacon products are all made from heritage breed Duroc pork that's responsibly sourced from small family farms. The uncured bacon is lightly seasoned with salt and thyme with hints of applewood smoke intended to enhance the rich flavor of the heritage breed pork.

The Baconer website makes it easy to order and set up your subscription. And its informative product descriptions tell you exactly what you are getting and how it's shipped for ultimate quality. A one-time purchase of the Uncured & Sugar-Free Box costs $66, but when you subscribe for either monthly or every two, three, or four-month shipments, the first box is discounted 20 percent, and all boxes after are discounted 10 percent. This makes your first box about $53, plus shipping.

Best Variety: The Baconarium

Price: Starting at $28
Delivery: Monthly or every 2 or 3 months
No. of Plans: 5 

Why We Chose It: In addition to pasture-raised and heritage breed pork bacon, Baconarium also offers Angus beef, bison, and wild boar bacon.

Pros
Types of bacon you can’t find elsewhere
Humanely raised meats from family farms

Cons
Slabs not available for subscriptions
Limited flavors

If you are ready to explore a wider world of bacon, this subscription will help you do it. The Baconarium creates bacon from pasture-raised pork, both heritage and non-heritage breeds, as well as from pastured-raised Angus beef, American bison, and wild boar. All the bacon is sourced from family farms that use humane practices. The Russian Razorback wild boar bacon is harvested in Texas and Canada.

The Baconarium's self-described ultra-premium gourmet bacon is dry-rubbed and slow-cured with no added chemicals, and is then cold-smoked and delivered fresh. Sliced bacon is sold by the pound and while the box of the month club is only available in thick-cut slices, it does sell all varieties of bacon by the slab as well. There are flavor options for each variety of bacon and the shop rotates them throughout the year. Examples include maple black pepper, maple bourbon, and chipotle ranch.

The store's website can be a little confusing because all products are listed as Bacon of the Month. Recurring subscriptions are only available for the Box of the Month options, which are all sliced bacon, and you can choose to get a delivery every month, every two months, or every three months.

For the box of the month, you’ll need to select one variety of bacon: heritage breed pork, pasture-raised pork, beef, bison, or wild boar. You’ll then receive approximately three, 1-pound packs of bacon in the current flavors that are available for each shipment. Prices range from $28 per month for pasture-raised pork up to $58 for the bison, plus $12 for shipping.