FOR the third year in a row, the Downtown Butcher shop on Proserpine's Main Street has won an award for producing some of the best bacon in the state.

This year, shop owner John Collins and his team took out second prize in the Australian Pork Mark Bacon Award.

Mr Collins said winning the award was good for business and he was happy to receive it.

"Because we have been producing the same bacon for the last three-and-a-half years, winning the award was just a good feeling," he said.

"Shane Little and myself have entered the comp in the last three years and it's really good knowing we are putting out a good product the whole time."

So what's the Downtown Butcher's secret?

Mr Collins says it is all in the way the bacon is cured, plus the triple smoking and fresh ingredients also play a role in the award-winning flavour.

The prize bacon is a very sought-after product and customers have come from as close as Bowen and as far away as Japan to sample the Proserpine produce.

"One bloke took some to Japan and there was another that came down and took five kilos back to Darwin," Mr Collins said.

When asked how the Downtown Butcher shop was going to go one better next year and take out the win for its bacon in the awards, Mr Collins said he would just keep on giving it a go until he got the ultimate win.