Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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From a single pig to eight delicious creations–butcher John Ratliff of Ends Meat joins Bon Appétit to demonstrate the full transformation of pork through nose-to-tail butchery. Watch as one pig becomes bacon, hot dogs, dry-aged pork chops, ham, coppa, guanciale, salami, and terrine, through centuries-old techniques of curing, smoking, and fermentation.

00:00 Intro
00:40 Hot Dogs
04:04 Bacon
05:51 Coppa
09:24 Dry Aged Pork Chop
11:13 Salami Piccante
15:45 Ham
17:39 Guanciale
19:48 Terrine


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