ButcherBox Promo (click for details)

[AustinBR]

Hi y'all!

My wife and I have been purchasing meat from ButcherBox for about a year now and have been very satisfied with the meat and their customer service. They are running a promo right now where current subscribers can refer friends where we each get $50 off an order (you get $50 and I get $50).

Click here for the referral/affiliate link to get the deal, or paste the below into your browser:

ButcherBox: Meat Delivery Subscription

Better meat for a better you. 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef. Free-range organic chicken. Heritage-breed pork. No antibiotics or added hormones ever.

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Here is my most recent box that was delivered yesterday:

A few notable points that they don't make very clear on their website:
1) You aren't locked in and can cancel the subscription at any time.
2) You can move when you want boxes delivered. We travel a good bit, so I am constantly changing when the next box delivers.
3) They run "member deals" all the time (and send you a ton of emails about them - I recommend making a filter where they don't hit your inbox as they get annoying) - you definitely should check them as sometimes they're really good.

All in all, the meat is fairly reasonably priced, especially for the quality. I'm a fan that almost everything you get from them is either wild caught, organic, or fed healthy ingredients. Our most ordered item is probably the ground bison, which goes well in chili.

Happy to answer any questions!

 

[themcfarland]

thanks for this.

 

[3fifty7]

Would you share how much the box you posted cost?

 

[thperez1972]

Here's a review where they talk about the pros and cons. They also mention various prices. I'm sure there are other reviews out there. This is just the first one I saw when I put "ButcherBox cost" into google.

ButcherBox Review (2022): Is ButcherBox Worth It? - Eat the Gains

A full ButcherBox Review! Everything you need to know - what it is, how it works, cost, is it worth it, an honest review, & a promo to try it.

eatthegains.com

 

[3fifty7]

Some of those websites example prices aren’t bad, I estimate Austin’s box to cost $175 at my local grocery store probably $200-$225 if you chose grass fed / organic options.

 

[AustinBR]

Would you share how much the box you posted cost?

Some of those websites example prices aren’t bad, I estimate Austin’s box to cost $175 at my local grocery store probably $200-$225 if you chose grass fed / organic options.

$306, shipped.

I've priced it out repeatedly at my local stores and they usually come in higher than BB, depending on what I've got in the shipment. Also included and not pictured in the $306 were two 10oz ribeyes and a pack of Italian sausage.

Maybe with sales at a local store you could get the contents a hair cheaper, but a big benefit to me is the convenience on having a regular resupply of different meats. We add things to the box that we wouldn't normally snag at a store (cod, scallops, bison, etc) regularly which forces us to eat different healthy things.

Finally, the grassfed/grass finished and organic options are pretty limited at the majority of my local stores. This just makes it easy.

Oh, and one other perk: A lot of the meat comes frozen in individual vacuum sealed bags that I can just throw directly into a sous vide straight from the freezer, with minimal effort - so I can be effectively lazy lol!

 

[noob]

$306, shipped.

I've priced it out repeatedly at my local stores and they usually come in higher than BB, depending on what I've got in the shipment. Also included and not pictured in the $306 were two 10oz ribeyes and a pack of Italian sausage.

Maybe with sales at a local store you could get the contents a hair cheaper, but a big benefit to me is the convenience on having a regular resupply of different meats. We add things to the box that we wouldn't normally snag at a store (cod, scallops, bison, etc) regularly which forces us to eat different healthy things.

Finally, the grassfed/grass finished and organic options are pretty limited at the majority of my local stores. This just makes it easy.

Oh, and one other perk: A lot of the meat comes frozen in individual vacuum sealed bags that I can just throw directly into a sous vide straight from the freezer, with minimal effort - so I can be effectively lazy lol!

Added benefit is grass-fed beef is know to cause less inflammation, so for those with arthritis or IBS/IBD it can interfere with it less.

 

[hotbiggun]

You be eating good this month!

Anyone buy like half a beef locally?

 

[AustinBR]

You be eating good this month!

Anyone buy like half a beef locally?

I have looked into it, but then I'd literally be eating beef everyday and my wife wouldn't like that LOL.

This is like the happy sweet spot of "Austin gets to get 8 ribeyes delivered each month" and "wifey is happy because scallops also get delivered"

 

[3fifty7]

You be eating good this month!

Anyone buy like half a beef locally?

Yes, there is a rancher I know a few miles up the road from me. My brother, 2 cousins, and myself split 3 steers a year. All in cost after paying the rancher and slaughter house, having the meat cut, packed and frozen we come in right around $6.50lb. We have slots at the slaughter house setup well in advance.

 

[AustinBR]

Yes, there is a rancher I know a few miles up the road from me. My brother, 2 cousins, and myself split 3 steers a year. All in cost after paying the rancher and slaughter house, having the meat cut, packed and frozen we come in right around $6.50lb. We have slots at the slaughter house setup well in advance.

How many deep freezers did that fill up?!

 

[3fifty7]

We will typically get 2 in the spring at the same time and 1 in the fall. It’s all split 4 ways between my brother, 2 cousins and myself so it not too much at one time. But yeah deep freezers for the win, a must have for a half a steer and a couple whitetail.

 

[AustinBR]

Whole30 approved breakfast sausage today!

 

[AustinBR]

Bison Chili!

 

[340six]

Added benefit is grass-fed beef is know to cause less inflammation, so for those with arthritis or IBS/IBD it can interfere with it less.

I was getting a,side of beef and a whole hog cut and wrapped at Verdun farms in Raceland on hwy 1.
One of my good friends had a home and shop close by. So was convienaint since I was there in Raceland a lot.
Down side was had to repackage some in food saver bags, as was butcher paper wrapped.

 

[vr1967]

Yes, there is a rancher I know a few miles up the road from me. My brother, 2 cousins, and myself split 3 steers a year. All in cost after paying the rancher and slaughter house, having the meat cut, packed and frozen we come in right around $6.50lb. We have slots at the slaughter house setup well in advance.

I bought a side this year from a local farmer and was all in for $4.10lb, hopefully it will still be less if I raise them, but I need to get my new fences up. Overall it is much cheaper than buying daily/weekly, plus you know what you are getting.

Can’t beat the taste of fresh beef

 

[AustinBR]

I bought a side this year from a local farmer and was all in for $4.10lb, hopefully it will still be less if I raise them, but I need to get my new fences up. Overall it is much cheaper than buying daily/weekly, plus you know what you are getting.

Can’t beat the taste of fresh beef

Wow, now that's a deal! Did it come pre-cut and individually vacuum sealed or did you have to break everything down yourself?

 

[vr1967]

Wow, now that's a deal! Did it come pre-cut and individually vacuum sealed or did you have to break everything down yourself?

It was cut, wrapped, portioned as requested, labelled & everything. Even got the bones back at no charge for my wife to make bone broth.