Best BBQ Sauce Recipes
We love a good BBQ sauce.. It makes a great marinade, dipping sauce, glaze… The uses are endless. And we sell a few wonderful BBQ sauces, but the truth is, homemade BBQ sauce HANDS DOWN takes the cake… Homemade BBQ…
Pork Chops Are No Longer Pork Chops
You may be thinking huh? In the beginning of April, The National Pork and Beef Councils came out with a new campaign aimed towards helping customers more readily identify their cuts of meat as well as how to cook those…
Reporter Goes Undercover as USDA Meat Inspector
Last week, I came across this story put out by Harper Magazine by a reporter (Ted Conover) who was tasked with becoming a USDA inspector for the meat processing company, Cargill in small town rural Nebraska. Upon reading it, I…
A Look Inside Glass Walls of a Slaughterhouse… A Pork Plant
A while back I shared a video looking inside the walls of a beef slaughter plant. If you missed it, I highly suggest you check out that post! In the post I said, It’s no secret that customers of the…
Cinco De Mayo Recipes
Grab your sombrero and something cold to drink and try your hand at these Mexican recipes to celebrate Cinco De Mayo with your friends! Photos courtesy Martha Stewart, Kitchen Konfidence, She Knows Food & Recipe, and The Shiksa in the…
Finding Out Where Your Meat Comes From…
Today now more than ever customers and consumers are looking to find out WHERE their food comes from. But not just in a general sense, they want to know details. Locations, companies, who is handling their food and what they…
The Power of Social Media
Last week we were disheartened to realize we had been on the receiving end of a thief. All of you who have been to our business know that we have a loading dock in front of the majority of our building…
Our Favorite Burger Recipes
The weather here in California is warming up, the flowers are blooming, and it’s beginning to feel like summer so you know what that means…? Grilling season is here! And what better to grill than an All American Burger!? Tired…
The Challenges of Local Meat
We get quite a few people coming in on a weekly basis asking if we sell local meat. And the answer to that question is NO. But is it by choice? Absolutely not. You would think that it would be…
Where Does Steak Come From: Cutting Up A Beef
How much meat do you get off a beef? How many steaks do you get? Where does “insert cut of meat” come from? I am asked these questions constantly. I will preface this by saying this post is long, but…