We live in an interconnected world: We can get almost anything we want delivered to our door in a matter of days or even hours, including delicious cuts of Meat. That's right, online butchers are a thing now, which means you have access to succulent cuts of beef, pork, lamb or poultry -- at competitive prices -- within a few clicks.
Even specialty and top-grade meats such as Wagyu beef and Berkshire pork can be found and ordered with ease. Trust me, if one online meat shop doesn't have it, another will. And for added convenience, a handy reoccurring meat subscription or box will save you from having to think about ordering your next grilling spread. But with so many options, the question is no longer, "Where's the beef?" but rather, where's the best beef? We're trimming the fat to bring you the best meat delivery service providers, with a focus on exceptional online butchers and meat markets in 2022. With our guidance, your next backyard barbecue is going to be epic.
Many of the best meat delivery services function as monthly box subscriptions, so you can set up several months' worth of premium meat magic -- think grass-fed beef, dry-aged beef, heritage pork, boneless pork chop, flank steak, sirloin steak, strip steak, cured meat, New York strip, ground meat, lean meat, humanely raised poultry, wild salmon and fresh seafood.
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So you're on board, but you don't know where to begin. We'll admit, you have a lot of options when looking for the best meat delivery. As with meal kit subscriptions and grocery delivery services, companies that deliver premium meat options and butcher subscriptions have proliferated in the past several years. This is a good thing -- because there are so many meat delivery service options, many online butchers have sought to fill a specific niche meat subscription subcategory of the market. Some specialize in grass-fed, pasture-raised, organic or Wagyu beef, while others focus on a wider range of fine meats and poultry, chicken cuts, sausage, cured meats or hard-to-find exotic meats (such as wild boar and venison) that may not be sold at your neighborhood butcher.
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We looked at some of the most popular online meat delivery services out there, taking into consideration the types of meats available, price, special services, shipping costs and more to help you choose the best one for all your online meat-market needs. We'll keep this up to date with new offers and services as we come across them and test them out.
So what are you waiting for? This best meat delivery list is like having your own personal meat market delivered straight to your door.
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Rastelli's
Rastelli's started out as a small butcher shop in New Jersey serving its local community, but it's always put a premium on the best meat possible and is driven by a love of good food. Today it ships beef, poultry and seafood across the US from farms that produce responsibly raised meats free of antibiotics, steroids and hormones. And it sources wild-caught and sustainably raised seafood like Faroe Island salmon.
Prices vary depending on which butcher box you choose -- and there are many options, including organic chicken breasts strips ($34), cowboy steak ($85), organic boneless skinless chicken thighs($29) or grass-fed filet mignon tips ($18). You can buy any box as a one-off meat delivery service purchase but will save 5% if you subscribe.
Porter Road
Based in Nashville, Porter Road offers a variety of cuts of prime beef, pork, lamb and chicken, sourced from Kentucky and Tennessee. Its beef is pasture-raised, grass-fed and grain-finished, but the company uses no added hormones or antibiotics and the animals are free to roam and graze. Like Snake River Farms, it uses corn-based foam insulation in its boxes, so you can use it to fire up your grill and cook the skirt steak that came in the same package. Most of the company's meat is shipped fresh, but depending on the cut, some pieces will be frozen. You can order a la carte (from more traditional options like pork chops, NY strip steaks, filet mignon, ribeye and ground beef, to less common cuts like Denver steak, lamb T-bones and andouille sausage made with fresh ingredients), or choose from several butcher box options, including all beef, pork and beef, or a "best of" assortment that arrives every two, four or eight weeks. You can add items onto your meat delivery subscription, too. ("Put a bird on it" if you're feeling like chicken next week.)
The basic box is $50 (or $4.69 per serving), but specialty selections like the Breakfast Box are also available -- and we look forward to the "Grill Master Box" ( it contains dry-aged steaks, dry-aged burger patties, and bratwurst sausage links for $70, with six pounds of meat total, or $6.56 per serving). In the meanwhile, it's put together a "Stay at Home" meat box bundle at $90 with dry-aged ground beef, ground pork, Italian sausage and breakfast sausage (11 pounds of meat total, or $3.07 per serving).
Since meat delivery service demand is particularly high at this time, expect shipping delays and limited selection when it comes to more exotic cuts.
Butcher Box
ButcherBox is a meat subscription service that offers three types of protein, but puts an emphasis on its 100% grass-fed and pasture-raised Australian beef. (Grass-fed beef is said to be higher in antioxidants, vitamins and healthy fatty acids, is often more environmentally friendly since it's pastured and its meat products not raised on feedlots, and has a purer beefy taste.) Australian beef is some of the best and most-regulated in the world.
The company also offers heritage breed pork from pigs with plentiful outdoor access and an all-vegetarian diet from forage and feed, and free-range, organic chicken that's humanely raised, with no antibiotics or added hormones. It makes a point of mentioning that it works with "the best possible meat processing facilities" and believes in fair labor practices too.
When you sign up with this online butcher, you can choose from all beef, beef and chicken, beef and pork, a mixed box or create a custom box. In any case, you select from two different box sizes depending on how many people you're feeding (or how big your freezer is). Prices vary, but plans start at $129 per month. If you like complete control, the Custom Box is $159 per month, and allows you to take your pick of over 20 different cuts like ground beef, top sirloin steaks, strip steaks, chuck roast, pork tenderloin, boneless pork chops, chicken breasts and drumsticks. All of the meat ships vacuum-packed and frozen, and shipping is free. As a bonus, the company is usually running some sort of promotion, like free bacon for the life of your subscription or 2 pounds of sockeye salmon.
Crowd Cow
Crowd Cow aims to "create an alternative to the current meat commodity system" by connecting consumers to high quality meat from a carefully curated selection of small farms and independent ranches around the world. The specific offerings range from grass-fed beef and both Japanese and American Wagyu to pork, chicken and American-raised lamb (bison will be added soon). There's even a grocery store selection of sustainable seafood for those craving surf and turf. You have the option to search by specific cut or type of meat, or by farm.
You can purchase items a la carte -- including a pasture raised whole chicken ($4 per pound), bone-in pork chops ($11 per pound) and perennial favorite ground beef ($7 per pound), which you can get in the following varieties: grain-finished ($8 per pound), 100% grass fed ($9 per pound) or Wagyu ($12 per pound). Or go with a curated subscription box like Steak Lovers ( Non-member price: $102.34/Member price: $97.20).
No matter what meat box and seafood selection you choose, your meat and seafood arrives frozen and packaged in 100% recyclable and compostable materials -- and includes information on which farm it came from, making this a perfect option for those seeking transparency in addition to delicious meat.
Cooks Venture
Cooks Venture founder and CEO Matt Wadiak's given goal is to improve the overall farming and feeding system that supports the massive poultry industry and bring it to scale. You can score G.A.P Animal Welfare Certified heirloom chickens, which are bred to be biologically sound, gut-healthy and tasty (speaking from experience), directly from Cooks Venture's website for $160 when you buy six items.
But it's not just birds available from the startup. Cooks Venture now offers pasture-raised beef. The Butcher's Classic Beef Box includes two 10-ounce strips, four 6-ounce skirt steaks, two pounds each of ground beef and stir-fry beef and a 2.5-pound brisket, all for $140. Free shipping included on all orders.
Snake River Farms
Snake River Farms meat delivery service (and its partner, Double R Ranch) offer something truly special: not only dry-aged, USDA Prime beef, but American Wagyu (Kobe-style) beef, known for its rich marbling, tender texture and fantastic flavor. All Snake River Farm cows are raised sustainably and humanely in the Northwest, and it offers heritage breed Kurobuta Berkshire pork from pigs raised on small family farms in Idaho and the Midwest. In addition to its exclusive (and accordingly expensive), chef-approved cuts of rare steak, it touts several sustainable ranching practices, from rotational grazing that promotes healthy rangelands to composting cattle waste and using beef tallow for fuel. Even the shipping foam in each butcher box can be dissolved and used as plant food, composted or used as a fire starter. In addition, the meat products company is a founding member of Beef Counts, which helps provide food to families in need.
But you're here for the Wagyu. While the company doesn't offer recurring meat delivery service subscriptions, you can buy all sorts of individual cuts like American wagyu black grade cap ($64), filet mignon ($61), porterhouse ($129) and ribeye, not to mention Wagyu burgers and hot dogs (and don't forget about its Kurobuta pork bacon ($29) and baby back ribs ($35). When it comes to Snake River Farms Wagyu, most products are offered in both Gold Grade (the highest quality -- and price -- available), and Black Grade (still special but slightly less devastating to the wallet).
As with most other meat delivery services, your cuts will come vacuum-sealed and frozen. Shipping cost varies, depending on how quickly you'd like to chow down.
FarmFoods Market
This online seller partners with farms and butchers from around the country to sell directly to you via a rather expansive online marketplace of meats, wild caught seafood, chicken and poultry. It has one of the best selections of any meat delivery service on the list and cuts go way beyond steak and chicken breast.
Based on the name and branding, I was expecting more transparency as to where each one comes from, but most product pages simply say "from multiple farms" and don't provide much information beyond that. That said, if it's a large variety including hard-to-find cuts of meat you're looking for, this is probably the place to go.
Despite the fuzziness around the producers, most of FarmFoods beef is grass-fed or grass-finished including tenderloin, ribeye (sold out), and specialty cuts like Osso Bucco ( $30) or brisket. They've also got steak bundles like this Premium steak pack - 12 steaks for $119 (currently unavailable), which appears to be a very good deal. But it's not just beef on the menu. The massive meat market also carries a bevy of poultry products and it's not just limited to chicken. Try the smoked duck sausage with apple brandy (sold out) for instance, or ground ostrich (sold out) for burgers. For pork, FarmFoods has just about everything you'd want from thick-cut pork belly and bacon to pork shoulder, pork ribs and a whole lot more.
Much of the meat can be purchased wholesale if you're running a small restaurant or have a big freezer. There's even a small seafood section if you want to add a little surf to your turf. Shipping on any order over $99 is free.
Holy Grail Steak Co.
If you're looking for the very best in beef and have a few extra pennies to spend on the good stuff, let us introduce you to Holy Grail Streak Co. The newcomer to the high-end meat delivery game sells the best American-raised Wagyu with a deep portfolio of top A5-grade Japanese Wagyu producers on the planet. This includes ultra-rare Hokkaido Snow Beef and beloved Kobe Beef. On the website, you can sift through "collections" such as Japanese Wagyu, American Wagyu, USDA Prime Black Angus, Akaushi, steak flights and Wagyu burgers.
Holy Grail does sport an impressive menu but it ain't cheap. Your best meat box bet here is buying in bulk, like this 12-pound pack of Wagyu burger ($199), for instance, versus purchasing in smaller quantities which is much pricier. You can order one-time boxes or custom orders for yourself or choose from carefully curated beef boxes to send as a gift or care package.
Enjoy free ground shipping when you spend more than $199 (not hard to do).
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