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Can you freeze bacon?

Yes, you can freeze bacon

Best quality within 1 month, depending on the kind.

Bacon

Up to 1 month

fully cooked

No freezer guideline

uncured

Up to 3 to 4 weeks

What the freezer time means

Freezer times from USDA FoodKeeper are about quality, not safety. Food kept frozen at 0 F (-18 C) stays safe indefinitely; what changes over the months is texture, moisture and flavour. Wrap bacon tightly, press out air, and label the pack with the date so the window above is easy to track.

Thaw in the fridge, not on the counter. Anything that thawed in the fridge can be refrozen, with some further loss of quality; anything left at room temperature for more than 2 hours should not go back in.

Storage habits that make the difference

Refrigerate opened bacon, ham, sausage and hot dogs in their original packaging or a sealed container, and use within about a week. Freeze anything you will not use in time; vacuum-sealed cuts freeze especially well. Keep these products toward the back of the fridge, where the temperature is steadiest.

Can you freeze other meat: smoked or processed?

Source: USDA FSIS FoodKeeper dataset (public domain). How we decode the data.