Our gourmet, artisan thick-cut bacon is made from organic, ethically raised heritage breed pork, wild boar, or pasture raised non-heritage breed pork. We craft each batch of bacon by hand, dry cure and smoke it using only the finest spices, herbs, and hardwoods, and ship it to you uncooked and fresh, never frozen. Because it is dry cured, it can be unrefrigerated for up to 5 days. We create 9 different varieties of bacon throughout the year, many of which you can't find anywhere else. You can taste the difference!

At The Baconarium, we believe that if you're going to make bacon, you should make it right.

Here's how we do that!

1. All of our pasture raised Angus beef, American Bison, and pork and pasture raised heritage breed pork is sourced from family farms across the US that commit to ethically and humanely raise and care for their cattle, bison, and heritage (in our case, Berkshire and Duroc) breed pigs. We also source wild boar (Russian Razorback) from Texas and Canada. No added chemicals, no miserable living conditions for the animals, just the best quality of life that the farms can provide--100% organic, vegetarian diets, outdoor space to roam around in, no antibiotics, growth hormones, or animal byproducts. They process the meat, slice the skin off, and ship 'em to us. Side note--your run of the mill grocery store doesn't sell heritage breed or wild boar bacon, but sells chemically stuffed bacon made from factory raised pigs.
2. As soon as we receive a shipment of meat from our suppliers, we begin making the bacon!
3. We create either a dry rub or semi-dry rub using our proprietary mixes of ingredients, coat the pork belly with it, and let it cure in the refrigerator for anywhere from 7-14 days (variations in the cure ingredients and curing time based on which particular variety of bacon we're making).
4. After the curing process is complete, we cold smoke the bacon with hardwood at a temperature of <100° for anywhere from 8 to 24 hours, depending on the particular variety.
5. Once the smoking is complete, we let the bacon sit in the refrigerator for 24 hours to let the smoke even out through the meat and firm up the consistency.
6. After the meat has firmed up, we slice it! We use a deli slicer and slice all of our 1 lb packs of sliced bacon thick in short, sandwich length slices.
7. Once it's sliced, we package it up, put it in the refrigerator overnight, and ship it the next day.