The Applewood Bacon is made exclusively from our Compart Durac Fresh Pork Belly making the most flavorful melt in your mouth Bacon you can buy. Slice count of 10-12 is going to be about 1/4 thick. Due to its thickness is a great item for Candied Bacon, Burger topper, Meaty BLT, and or that old school extra thick bacon and eggs. The term 10-12 bacon slice count means it will average 11 slices per lb. so you can figure your cost per slice for food cost purposes. It is packed layout meaning it is sliced and layered out on a sheet of parchment paper for easy panning if you are cooking in volume. The average case weight is 15 pounds.