How does bacon from the grocery store compare to all the expensive “gourmet bacon” that we sell online? Good question! Since I began reviewing bacon three years ago, I had yet to run some of the most popular grocery store brands on the market through our gauntlet of tests. Well, that day finally came and …
Eickman’s has been in the business of processing meat for a long time, since 1953, and has also won numerous awards for their meat creations. The store is very clean and has a table with great literature about meat and the meat industry. You can find almost any cut of pork and beef inside of …
Wenneman Meat Co. has won numerous awards for their bacon (including 2014 Reserve Grand Champion) and boasts of producing more than 10,000 pounds of bacon each week. Located just less than an hour Southeast of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, in Southern Illinois, Wenneman Meat Co. is seemingly a big deal tucked away in a tiny …
Thrushwood Farms Quality Meats, Inc. is one of a small handful of Illinois meat markets who routinely win awards for their bacon year after year. Located on the edge of Galesburg, Illinois Thrushwood Farms has been in business since 1978 owned and operated by the skilled butchers of the Hankes family. Inside the building, there …
On the edge of town, in Waukon, Iowa, is a tiny meat market called Jet’s Meat Processing. Jet’s has won a number of awards, including several state awards just weeks before I dropped in for some bacon.
Ed Woods, owner of Woods Smoked Meats in Bowling Green, Missouri has an incredible legacy in the meat industry having won more than 600 state, national, and international awards for his meat creations, and in 1995 he was inducted into the American Cured Meats Hall of Fame (yes, this really exists). So I was honored when …
Minnesota is home to several great meat markets and we were pleased to make a stop in Foley, Minnesota on a recent weekend to check out Grand Champion Meats, also known as Foley Locker. Grand Champion Meats is a very clean and well-organized meat market with an exceptional stock of meats and variety of many …
I had been dying to get to Nolechek’s Meats in Thorp, Wisconsin for more than a year. I make occasional trips on Highway 29 in Northern Wisconsin and the Nolechek’s billboard is like a beacon crying out to me. The trouble is that they are usually closed when I am passing through, but not this time!
Scouting for bacon isn’t as glamorous as it sounds, but alas it is a sacrifice we at Bacon Scouts are willing to make just for you. On a beautiful Saturday morning recently we pulled into an empty parking lot at Ledebuhr Meat Processing in Winona, Minnesota. A quaint and classic looking meat market, it was …
I had heard about Steve’s Meat Market in Ellendale, Minnesota from a friend so I decided to take a trip to find out if it lives up to its billing. On the drive into Ellendale, I saw a large yellow sign welcoming visitors to the town with “Home of Steve’s Meat Market” dominating the town welcome …
