Meat & Curing Kits
Featured kit
Ultimate Meat Making Kit - Bacon, Jerky, Biltong & More
- Bacon, jerky, biltong and more in one kit
- Traditional cure and real seasoning blends included
- Our favourite gift for meat lovers
- Just add fresh meat from your butcher
£19.99£24.99
Cure and season your own meat at home, tastier than shop-bought and free from the water and additives. Our kits cover dry-cured bacon, beef jerky, South African biltong and takeaway-style kebabs, each with real seasonings and a simple booklet. A perfect gift for the meat lover who has everything.
Make your own bacon, jerky and biltong at home
Curing your own meat is one of the most satisfying things you can do in the kitchen, and the results beat the supermarket every time. Our Bacon Making Kit dry-cures proper streaky bacon that does not shrink in the pan. The Beef Jerky and Biltong kits turn lean beef into a moreish snack with no artificial preservatives, and the Kebab Making Kit recreates your takeaway favourites at home.
How it works
Each kit supplies the cures, seasonings and step-by-step booklet, you simply add fresh meat from your butcher. Jerky and biltong dry in a normal oven in a few hours, bacon cures in the fridge before air drying, and the kebab kit has dinner on the table the same day.
Which meat kit is right for you?
For the breakfast lover, it has to be bacon, dry-cured in three seasonings including juniper & fennel and pancetta. Snackers should go for jerky (American style, oven dried) or biltong (South African, cured with vinegar, coriander and pepper). The Kebab Making Kit makes doner, shish and kofta that feed 2 to 3 per recipe. Can't choose? The Ultimate Meat Making Kit combines several in one and is our favourite gift for meat lovers. Step-by-step help lives in the Help Hut.
Delivery and dispatch
Orders placed Monday to Friday before 2pm are dispatched the same day. Royal Mail standard delivery (2 to 3 working days) is £2.99 and free on orders over £25, or choose next day delivery for £4.99. Sending a gift? Just enter the recipient's address at checkout and we will send the kit straight to them.
Frequently asked questions
What meat do I need to buy?
It varies by kit: pork belly for bacon, lean beef for jerky and biltong, lamb for kebabs. Each product page lists exactly what to get.
Do the kits contain preservatives?
The jerky and biltong recipes use only the seasoning blends, no curing salts. The bacon recipes use a traditional dry cure which includes nitrites and nitrates (E250 and E251), the safest and most reliable way to cure bacon at home.
How much does each kit make?
The jerky and biltong kits each make two 500g batches, and each kebab recipe feeds 2 to 3 hungry people.
Is home curing safe?
Yes, when you follow the cure quantities and timings in the booklet, use fresh meat and cook bacon through before eating.
Are these a good gift for men?
They are a favourite for Father's Day, birthdays and foodie gifts. See gift kits and sets.