Love bacon to death? Now you can be buried in it as first-ever bacon coffin hits the shelves (not recommended for vegetarians)

Those who love bacon to death can now be buried in it – for $2,999.99.



J&D Foods, a Seattle-based company that specialises in all things bacon – including bacon lip balm and bacon lubricant – claims to have launched a genuine bacon coffin.



The casket is allegedly made of 18-gauge gasketed steel with a ‘Premium Bacon Exterior/Interior'.

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Bizarre: J&D Foods, a Seattle-based company that specialises in all things bacon - including bacon lip balm and bacon lubricant - claims to have launched a genuine bacon coffin

It also includes a bacon air freshener 'for when you get that buried-underground, not-so-fresh feeling.'



The firm claims they are putting the ‘fun’ back into funerals by helping bacon-lovers live out their piggish fantasies into the afterlife.

'You ate bacon, you decorated your body with bacon, your car with bacon and your home with bacon. And now, you can peacefully rest wrapped in bacon,' the company said in a press release.

But with April Fools Day fast approaching, some cynics are questioning the authenticity of the bizarre invention.



Genuine: Company founders Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow are adamant the bacon coffin is not a hoax

Obsessed: 'You ate bacon, you decorated your body with bacon, your car with bacon and your home with bacon. And now, you can peacefully rest wrapped in bacon,' the company said

Company founders Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow, however, are adamant that the bacon coffin is not a hoax.

'Yes, this is really real,' the pair said in a press release.



'Bacon Coffins are finished with a painted Bacon and Pork shading and accented with gold stationary handles. The interior has an adjustable bed and mattress, a bacon memorial tube and is completed in ivory crepe coffin linens.'

Esch, who admitted the coffin was not made of real bacon, claims he has already sold one to someone in Iowa and is getting interest from all around the world, including funeral homes in Great Britain.



'Don't you judge us,' Esch and Lefkow posted on their company Facebook page.



'After baconlube we all knew it was just going to keep getting weirder. And yeah, you're right, we're probably going to hell for this one.'