Our house-cured cherry wood smoked craft bacon has garnered quite the reputation in Chicagoland and beyond. This isn’t your run of the mill, mass produced, paper thin bacon that you buy at the grocery store. This is thick cut, small batch gourmet bacon crafted with love and care. Once you try it, you’ll never go back because it’s that good.
Skeptical? The results speak for themselves. Just scroll down to read the reviews from customers who have tried our craft bacon.
*Please note all of our bacon is available locally only. We cannot ship at this time.
IN STOCK CRAFT BACON
Experimental Series
OUT OF STOCK BACON FLAVORS
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Pastrami Bacon$15.00 -
Cheerwine Candied Signature Bacon$18.00 -
Cherry Wood Smoked Bacon – Adobo Honey$11.00 -
Chocolate Covered Signature Bacon$18.00 -
Cherry Wood Smoked Bacon – Down With the Swine$11.00 -
Cherry Wood Smoked Bacon – Hatch Green Chile$13.00 -
Cherry Wood Smoked Bacon – Holiday Spice$13.00 -
Cherry Wood Smoked Bacon – Highlander Grogg$10.00
Our Signature Bacon helped us capture 3rd place People’s Choice and Top 5 Judge’s Choice out of 36 contestants at The Ohio Eggfest in 2019. On Christmas Eve 2019, we delivered 100 pounds across DuPage County. In 2020, we sold 192 pounds during our Saving Santa’s Bacon sale! We’ve also hand-delivered to customers in Dayton, Columbus, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Louisville, Washington DC, and Orlando.
Why does it take so long to make?
As the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait. None of our bacon is mass produced, which means you get fresh bacon every time you order. The whole process, from sourcing the pork belly to curing to smoking to packaging takes two weeks, so we take orders once a month and on special occasions, such as our annual Christmas bacon sale and our Valentine’s Day chocolate covered bacon sale.
Why are some flavors out of stock?
Signature is our best-seller, so it is available year-round. Like mad scientists, we’re always tinkering with ideas and developing new flavors. From time to time, those develop to the point that we want to release them to our customers, so we do in a limited run because these require more time and extra ingredients.
For example, on Valentine’s Day 2021, we offered a chocolate covered version of our Signature Bacon for the very first time, using 38% cacao milk chocolate from Four Brothers Chocolates. Have you tried it? Leave us a review!
“We devoured 3 pounds of Justin’s bacon Christmas morning. It was DELICIOUS!! Everyone agreed — BEST BACON EVER!! — and Partains LOVE bacon. Thanks for making our Christmas morning special!”
– Wendy Gieser Partain
“It’s the best bacon I’ve ever had, hands down. Nothing comes close. Other bacon is thin like cigarette paper and flavorless compared to yours.”
– Brian Sass
“We loved the holiday spice bacon! The flavor was perfect for Xmas morning (though I would eat it year round) and the house smelled so good while it was cooking.“
– Katheryn Patton
“My 17 y/o LOVED the bacon! He said it was the BEST bacon he’s ever had and wished we had more than 1 pound. He said he would buy that bacon with his own paycheck and he wants to put in on his burgers like he gets when we dine out. Our family enjoyed it with our breakfast for dinner. Thanks Pasatiempo Barbecue! We will be ordering more!”
– Sarah Groveau
Order now to see for yourself!
Our craft bacon is only available for pick-up in Chicagoland only at this time, so shipping not available. Periodically, when we travel we will open up orders to those at our destination or along the way, so follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
All of our bacon is cured and made to order to ensure quality and freshness, so please allow a 2-week lead time.