Our Buckboard (Cottage) Bacon is made the old-fashioned way — cut from the well-marbled pork shoulder of pigs that roam freely on lush pastures and eat a wholesome non-GMO grain diet. We keep the cure honest and minimal: just Baja sea salt and time. No sugar, no nitrates, no shortcuts. Each slab is hand-rubbed and then slow-smoked over real hardwood for hours until it develops a deep, rich, savory character that lets the natural pork flavor and clean smoke shine through. Leaner and meatier than belly bacon, with beautiful marbling that renders into pure, delicious fat when cooked. Perfect for breakfast, BLTs, hearty soups, baked beans, or anywhere you want real bacon flavor without added sweetness. From pasture to plate, this is bacon you can feel good about — simple ingredients, transparent farming, and uncompromising traditional smoking.