With the past year’s disruption in the food supply chain, many families have looked to order their meat directly from the source. There are many different meat delivery options out there and we gathered up a few of our favorites to share with you. Order up a box and get ready to get grilling!
Beck & Bulow
Beck & Bulow offers pasture-raised buffalo, beef, elk, wild boar, lamb, heritage pork, poultry, wild-caught seafood and more. Check out their butcher shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico or place an order for nationwide delivery. With meat boxes available at all different price points, you can try out your usual favorites along with some new options. Boxes are available for individual orders as well as on a subscription basis if desired. Don't forget to pre-order your Thanksgiving turkey!
Superior Farms
When you are looking for the highest quality lamb for your dinner table, Superior Farms is the spot. Lambs are set to pasture across vast grasslands, sustaining on the natural vegetation as they have for centuries. This employee-owned company takes pride in bringing a sustainable, delicious, nutritious change of pace to the table. Now available via Amazon Fresh, you can order up Lamb Loin Chops, perfect for end-of-summer dishes like these chops with Mango Salsa from the American Lamb Board.
Harry & David Fine Meats™
Harry & David Fine Meats™ provides shoppers with around-the-clock access to the same fresh selection and quality that they’d find at their local butcher shop—delivered right to their doorstep. You can also find recipes, how-to guides and more to provide inspiration for creating memorable summer gatherings.
We tried out their grilling collection and it was perfect for a family with 4 Rastelli’s™ Antibiotic-Free Filets of Top Sirloin, 4 Rastelli’s™ Pork Ribeye Steaks and 8 Rastelli’s™ Antibiotic-Free Black Angus Beef Triple Blended Burgers. Available options go beyond beef with chicken, pork and seafood also available. Add on some marinades to make tonight's dinner a no-brainer. They're all available via two-day shipping and are a perfect option for a last-minute gift.
Find all the available options here.
Pasturebird
Pasturebird, a pasture-raised chicken company, is on a mission to revolutionize agriculture by applying modern technology to ancient farming methods and to make pasture-raised more accessible for everyone. Pasturebird believes in the regenerative power of pasture-raised chicken for land, animal and community. Its goal is to improve the standard for raising animals and revolutionize farming from a man-made system of depletion back to a natural ecosystem of perpetual regeneration and replenishment.
Pasturebird’s chickens live outside in a natural habitat—on grass, in the fresh air and sunshine with plenty of space to roam and forage—and are rotated to a new pasture every single day in a "floorless coop." The company offers a variety of chicken products, from whole and spatchock chickens to chicken wings, drumsticks and breasts available direct-to-consumer nationwide.
Lewis Barbecue
You don't have to travel to Charleston to enjoy a meal from one of the best BBQ joints in the country. Lewis Barbecue ships its award-winning smoked meats, including whole brisket, pulled pork, and sausage, all across the country. Lewis also offers a tasty lineup of their signature all-purpose sauces perfect for elevating any summer dish. Your backyard barbecues will never be the same!
Mental note for the holidays: Lewis offers a delectable smoked brisket + turkey combo that your family will love.
KC Cattle Company
KC Cattle Company is a veteran-owned company that sells hormone-free Wagyu beef raised on its own farms. It employs and mentors veterans and donates proceeds from sales to many veterans' foundations. All their cows are raised in a stress-free environment, so the beef is more tender and the cows are happy. No hormones or antibiotics and more omega-3 and omega-6 because of higher marbling and good fat.
They have two amazing gift packages for Father’s Day including:
Pa’s Pick Bundle—This pick is perfect for dad to enjoy a delicious Wagyu KC Strip Steak dinner with plenty of World Famous Gourmet Wagyu Beef Hot Dogs and Wagyu Beef and Bacon Cheeseburger Bratwurst to share with everyone there to celebrate him!
The Backyard Dad Bundle—If the father in your life enjoys spending his free time in the backyard tending to the grill while telling copious amounts of "dad jokes" then this bundle will certainly please! Just remind him, it's no joking matter when preparing Wagyu Ribeye Steaks. Or maybe you let him tell those "cheesy" jokes, that way he just might share!
Flannery Beef
We know you'll love the father-daughter duo behind Flannery Beef just as much as we do. San Francisco native Bryan Flannery, Jr., learned the meat business from his father, Bryan Sr., who founded beloved Bryans Quality Meats in San Francisco in 1963. And now Bryan Jr. and his daughter, Katie, are the proud team behind Flannery Beef specializing in high quality, USDA Prime Holstein Beef. The duo has worked tirelessly to source, cut and dry age the finest quality beef products available anywhere—and the effort has paid off.
Previously available only to chefs, Flannery Beef pivoted during COVID to get their beef, pork and lamb into the hands of consumers. Their gift boxes are the perfect thank you gift for a neighbor and we love the burger blends to keep on hand during the grilling months. Remember them for holidays as their rack of lamb is a stunner.
Porter Road
Porter Road began in 2010 as a way to get quality beef to consumers without the middleman. They've been shipping their hand-cut meat since 2017 and you can order beef, pork, lamb and chicken to be delivered to your door.
We especially love the BYOBun Kit as it is the perfect option for weekend grilling, or to take with you on your next camping trip. You provide the buns, Porter Road provides the pasture-raised bratwurst and hot dogs, and Cleveland Kitchen provides the Classic Caraway Kraut and Roasted Garlic Kraut. It's pretty much a match made in grilling heaven.
ButcherBox
ButcherBox is a mainstay in the meat subscription box market and it's for a good reason. They source wild-caught seafood, pasture-raised pork, grass-fed beef and more, and deliver it right to you. Their plans are super flexible with the custom box being a family favorite. Order what you what, when you want it and change up your order with every delivery if you'd like.
Right now they're offering a free BBQ bundle with your order: two strip steaks, six burgers, and 5 lbs. of drumsticks for FREE in your first box. Exp. 5/31
DoorDash + Beyond Meat
For a meatless BBQ option, check this out. DoorDash has partnered with Beyond Meat®, a leader in plant-based meat, to offer limited-edition, July 4th grilling kits to help customers host the ultimate BBQ featuring this summer’s hottest grilling essential: the sizzling new Beyond Burger®. The kits are available exclusively on DoorDash for on-demand delivery from DashMart, a new type of convenience store owned, operated, and curated by DoorDash. In addition to the Beyond Burger®, the grilling kits offer a custom grilling mit, apron, grilling tools, a bottle opener and a recipe card with custom dishes.
To order the kits, open up your DoorDash app and visit the DashMart store page.
Snake River Farms
If Waygu beef is your jam, you need to get hooked up with some deliveries from Snake River Farms. They first bred Wagyu with high quality cattle in the late 1980s and loved its deep flavor and sublime marbling. You'll feel good knowing that they control their entire supply chain, from the ranches where the cattle are raised to the humane processing facility to their in-house customer care team.
Stock your freezer with a slew of steaks and burgers to be ready for all that summer grilling. The monthly subscription box is a great way to try out different products.
—Kate Loweth
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