Excellent Smoked Meats and Sausages for All!

Craftsmanship and great flavor have earned us a fine reputation here in Vermont. As a result, many farmers bring us hams and bacons from their own hogs to be smoked. It is our mission and privilege to keep local, artisan meat processing available to all.

We also work to create markets for Vermont-grown meats by buying meats raised by Vermont farmers to make ‘damn fine’ meats that our customers love. Our hot dogs and other products sold under the name or our sister company, The Farmers Diner, are made with beef and pork grown in Vermont and New Hampshire.

We buy all of the pure Vermont Maple Syrup for our ham, bacon and sausages from Sweet Retreat, just 10 miles away. We will be offering more and more natural and Vermont-grown products as we're able.

Processing Services for Farmers
We make delicious smoked meats and fresh sausages from the hogs, turkeys and beef over 600 Vermont farmers bring us each year. From part-timers with one hog in the backyard to full-time farmers selling in farmers markets, to CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) customers and in stores, their meats all get the same ‘damn fine’ smoking.

Below are some of the farmers we smoke meats for under USDA inspection. Look for their products at their stores, at farmers’ markets, at area stores, or from their own CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program:

All Together Farm, Randolph Center, VT
Blue Ledge Farm, Salisbury, VT
Boardman Hill Farm, West Rutland, VT
Brotherly Farm, Brookfield, VT
Brown Boar Farm, Wells, VT
Clement Family Farm, Westmoreland, NH
Family Farm, Panton, VT
Fat Toad Farm, Brookfield, VT
Gaylord Farm, Waitsfield, VT
Graze and Gaze Farm, Barre, VT
Green Mountain Emu, Derby Line, VT
Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield, VT
Happy Hogs Farm, Springfield, VT
Highland Thistle Farm, Canterbury, CT
Jericho Settler’s Farm, Jericho, VT
Lake's End Cheeses, Alburgh, VT
Ledge Hill Farm, Weybridge, VT
Maple Wind Farm, Huntington, VT
The Mountain School, Fairlee, VT
Neill Farm, Waitsfield, VT
North Branch Farm & Gardens, Ripton, VT
North Hollow Farm, Rochester, VT
Ridge Meadow Farm, Randolph, VT
Rockville Market Farm, Starksboro, VT
Rocky Top Farm, Canaan, NH
Stonewood Farm, Orwell, VT
The Farmers Table, Panton, VT
Turkey Hill Farm, Randolph Center, VT
Vermont Heritage Grazers, Addison, VT

We're looking for Vermont grown hogs to purchase. We will use them for our upcoming "Vermont Grown" line of products that will be found in select Cooperatives, health food and independent stores in Vermont and nearby New Hampshire. Please give us a call if you're interested.

During 2008, we purchased about 30,000 lbs of Vermont grown pork, turkey and beef for our products. We work to significantly increase that number every year.

Custom Smoking Services
For farmers wishing to bring us meats for smoking on a custom (for home consumption and not for sale; made outside of USDA inspected hours, but using the same food safety protocols) basis, here are the basics:

• PLEASE NOTE: please call ahead to book an appointment during the busy fall season. An appointment will be required until further notice.

• Bring in your meat fresh or frozen, wrapped in butcher paper or in clear plastic (not black plastic, that isn’t healthy and the USDA forbids it), in a sturdy box. (If you don’t, we’ll have to charge you to do it after it arrives).

• We’re located in the back half of the D&D Smokehouse and Deli (aka the Shell Station (don’t laugh, remember that other Vermont food company that started out in a gas station (the ice cream guys)). Our door faces the gas pumps and says “Receiving” over the top of it. From I-89, Exit 6, 4.5 miles down the hill to the intersection of VT Routes 14 and 63. Shell station is on your right.

• We’re open from 8 to 5, Monday through Friday. Just stop in and ring the doorbell.

• We’ll call you the following Monday or Tuesday morning to let you know it is time to pick up your ham, bacon or other treats.

• Brining & Smoking fee is $1.00 per lb on the fresh weight. We offer bacon slicing and vacuum packing only for USDA-inspected processing.

• We use the same brine and smoke as our bacon and ham that you can buy in the stores!

• Please email or call with other questions.

USDA Inspected Processing Services
If you'd like us to smoke meats or make fresh sausages or other goodies under USDA inspection, so you have the option of selling them anywhere in the U.S.A, please email larry@vtsmokeandcure.com, or call (802) 476-4666.

Livestock Processors:
Below are lists of area livestock processors that can slaughter and butcher your hogs:

USDA Inspected and Custom Slaughter and Butchering:
Over The Hill Farm, Benson, (802) 537-2811
PT Farms, St. Johnsbury, (802) 748-8323
The Royal Butcher, Braintree, (802) 728-9901
Sharon Beef, Sharon, (802) 649-1859
Vermont Livestock Slaughter and Processing, Ferrisburg, (802) 877-3421

Sources for State Inspected or Custom Slaughter and Butchering:
(These may be state inspected. Not USDA inspected.):
Bryan Adams, Passumpsic, (802) 633-3031
Blayne Hill, Fairlee, (802) 333-4718
Buxton's, Orwell, (802) 948-2049
R and B Custom Cutting, Barton, (802) 525-4988
Rup's, Brandon, (802) 247-4570
Tim Ward, Vershire (802) 685-2109

How to Find Us
We're in South Barre, at the corner of Routes 14 and 63 (4+ miles down the hill from I-89 Exit 6), in the back half of the building with the Shell gas station and the Smokehouse Deli. Our front door faces the gas pumps. The Deli folks also offer many of our products for sale, in addition to serving 'damn fine' pizzas and sandwiches featuring our smoked meats.  We're sorry but we can't offer tours due to our tiny size, and we let the store in front handle all on-site retail sales.

You can raise a pig and have us smoke the bacons & hams for you!