Bacon jerky

Bacon jerky is an American snack made out of smoked, thick cut bacon.

[1] It is often flavored with maple syrup, barbecue sauce or sriracha.

Traditional jerky is marinated and dried, bacon jerky is just smoked or dehydrated.

[4] Bacon jerky was invented by accident when a meat processing team in Iowa was trying to create a thicker type of precooked bacon.

[5] A few years before this, it was independently invented by Rocco Loosbrock.