The FatBack Story

In 2013 FatBack was formed by a group of like-minded professionals, all of whom shared one particular passion and goal: to break free from the chains of industrial pork production and provide a solution that focused on small farmers, humane processing, and quality production. As chefs and restauranteurs who understood the value of locally and responsibly grown ingredients, FatBack sought to create a specialty niche in the pork industry: nothing too fancy or fussy, just hard-working folks focused on processing pork with care, tradition, and excellence.

Since then, we have set out on a mission:

FatBack is dedicated to providing farmers with quality services for processing, curing, smoking and elevating their pork products overall. Additionally, we’re committed to building and maintaining a network of restaurants and markets, large and small, in which these products can be distributed.

As our slogan states, we Respect The Pig in every single stage. That means we do as much as possible by hand: from butchering and curing to hand-rubbing and hand-linking. The best ways are usually the simplest, most time-tested. 

Today, FatBack works with a network of farms in Alabama and throughout the South to provide a steady stream of premium pork to chefs and retailers. Our products are produced in our FatBack Abattoir in Eva, Alabama adhering to the most stringent quality and safety standards.

Abattoir

Located in Eva, Alabama the FatBack Abattoir is a top-of-the-line slaughterhouse and processing facility fully equipped to process hogs however a customer may desire.

From our state-of-the-art cornerless Livestock System holding pens, which ensure the animals won’t harm or injure themselves while in holding, to our fully-equipped hog scalder, which allows us the opportunity to process hogs with the skin on. 

After the animals are killed and cleaned, they undergo a five point inspection, meaning the best and healthiest product is what we deliver every single time. And with our hands-on approach to to processing hogs, farmers and chefs alike can be sure that the product they receive is exactly what they want. 

In addition to our processing and butchering services, FatBack also offers value-added products like sausages, bacon, and other items. We’re proud of our tried-and-true recipes and methods used make our signature FatBack brand bacons and sausages, but we can also create custom products as well. We also offer co-packing for top restaurants and chefs across the country, using their recipes to create specialty smoked sausages, raw sausages, and bacon built specifically for each particular brand.