Most e-juice falls into three familiar camps: tobacco, fruit, and custard or dessert. Blueberry, lemonade, strawberry and the like have held steady even as the number of vapers has climbed. The BBC put the figure at an estimated 55 million people by 2021, after growth of more than 400 percent from 2011.
Bacon vape juice sits well outside those camps. If you are the kind of person who puts bacon on everything, this one is aimed at you.
Bacon in a bottle
The bacon craze has reached nearly everything, and e-liquid is no exception. Makers have approached it in two ways.
- Bacon as one part of a blend. Firebrand’s “The Elvis” combines peanut butter, banana and bacon. Peanut butter and banana are an established pair, and bacon is a common partner for banana in cooking, so there is enough going on to tempt someone who is hesitant.
- Bacon on its own. For purists, Vapor God’s Bacon juice is salty, smoky meat with nothing added.
Bacon is not the only meat flavor either. Ham, roasted turkey and beef jerky e-juices exist too.
A quick primer on e-juice
If you are new to this: e-juice, also called juice or e-liquid, is what you actually vape. The mod supplies the power, and the tank holds the liquid that gets heated into vapor. It is usually made from a short list of ingredients:
- Vegetable glycerin
- Propylene glycol
- Flavoring (optional)
- Nicotine (optional)
Some people do vape plain vegetable glycerin, but anyone interested in flavor will want more than that.
Why people experiment
Some of the craziest vape flavors have appeared on the market, and they have put people in the mood to try things. For some that means pairing and mixing like a connoisseur. RY4, a tobacco and caramel blend, is often vaped alongside beer or whiskey. Others reach for a coffee e-juice after a big meal.
Trying something unfamiliar is a large part of the hobby’s appeal. Not every juice will suit every person. Still, if strawberry milkshake or churros day after day has worn thin, savory e-juice is a change of direction.
For the adventurous few
Fruity, custardy and dessert juices are hits for good reason, and we see plenty of them. Bacon vape juice is for the times you want something different and happen to love bacon. To look for other new and unusual e-juice, see our 60mL collections.