Why Is It Called Buckboard Bacon?

All you need is meat, curing salts, seasonings, time and a smoker. Typically pork belly is used for bacon but when pork butt or pork loin is used for bacon it is called Buckboard bacon. Buckboard bacon is nothing new, the pioneers made it often because nothing on a pig ever went to waste.

What is buckboard bacon made from?

Which brings us to Buckboard bacon. Also sometimes called Cottage bacon. This is made from the pork shoulder (aka butt), which is the same cut that is traditionally used for pulled pork.

What is a buckboard ham?

When butchering time rolled around this fall, I intended on making all the hams into fresh roasts, instead of curing and smoking them. ... Buckboard bacon uses other cuts of the hog, but is cured and smoked just like bacon.