My honest Butcher Box review is everything you need to know about this popular meat delivery service!
Hungry Dads would choose Butcher Box! 🤤
Butcher Box meat delivery is a convenient way to stock the freezer with high-quality organic meat and seafood without leaving the house, so you can spend more time and energy cooking fresh, homemade meals instead of grocery shopping.
If you’ve been thinking about trying ButcherBox meat delivery (or grabbing a subscription for Dad this Father’s Day 😉), this post is for you! Butcher Box sent me a variety box of their products so that I could share my honest Butcher Box review with all of you.
Join ButcherBox and get $70 off AND 2 pounds of grass-fed ground beef for FREE in every shipment for a year!
*Note that you’ll score $35 off your first TWO boxes for a total discount of $70 – only available for a limited time.
Here’s an idea of how much you’ll save on your first Butcherbox meat delivery:
Get mixed meats chosen for you:
Butcherbox Curated Plan- Classic Box $149
Less automatic $35 off discount on your 1st box
FREE Carbon Neutral shipping
Final cost $111 shipped for 8.5 to 11 pounds of meat!
OR pick your own meats (including seafood):
Butcherbox Custom Plan – Classic Box $169
Less automatic $35 off discount on your 1st box
FREE Carbon Neutral shipping
Final cost $134 shipped for 9 to 14 pounds of meat!
If you’re a fan of high-quality, humanely-raised meat, you will especially be interested in this meat delivery service! Keep reading to see my honest review!
ButcherBox works with meat processing facilities with the highest standards for quality. They want to work with partners that believe in fair labor practices and seek partners who treat their employees as part of a team.
If sustainably raised meat is important to your family, ButcherBox could be a convenient option to consider!
Everything comes nicely delivered in individually wrapped packaging boxed together on dry ice so it’s super frozen and cold! I simply transferred everything to our deep freezer outside so I could pull from it during the week to cook homemade meals.
Hip Tip: Curious about upright freezers vs. chest freezers? Check out this helpful post about the best freezers!
I tried the “Custom Box” which is a monthly subscription box priced at $149 after the introductory savings and comes with 9-14 lbs of meat/seafood delivered. This box is recommended for individuals and small families.
They also offer a “Big Box” for mid to large-size families with 18-26 lbs of meat for $286 delivered post discount (regularly $306).
You can actually pick from 6 of over 40 different types of meat and seafood to customize your order each month and you can skip a month of meat delivery or choose every other month if desired.
Hip Tip: Watch for a pop-up at checkout offering a free pack of uncured bacon for your 1st box to sweeten this deal!
Hip2Save Sidekick, Sara gave ButcherBox a try too! Check out her thoughts…
“I wanted to try Butcher Box simply because of the high standards they hold with meats and I couldn’t be happier! I often get meat locally from our market but the hours and days they’re open aren’t super convenient with my schedule. I love that I can get the same quality at a great price for my family shipping right to my door. You simply can’t beat the convenience and I think this would also make a GREAT gift idea for the holidays.”
Now for the yummy part! Let’s talk about the delicious & easy meals I made using my Butcher Box! I’ll be sharing the cuts of meat I personally tasted and how I prepared them.
1.) ButcherBox Pork Spareribs
We loved these pork ribs! There was very little fat, yet they came out tender and juicy. You could tell they were super high-quality and tasted great.
BBQ ribs are one of the easiest weeknight meals EVER! I just throw defrosted ribs into the Crockpot using some BBQ seasoning and a little broth. After about 6 hours, they are so tender and I can throw them in the oven with some BBQ sauce to get caramelized and YUMMY.
2.) ButcherBox Ribeye Steaks
Steak is a favorite in my house, and these did not disappoint! They turned out super tender and had a great overall taste and texture. 🥩
I prepared them using my favorite cast iron method where you heat up a cast-iron skillet super hot, sear the steaks, and then finish them in the broiler. It gives steak such a mouthwatering crust on the outside while keeping it nice and tender on the inside. Go to Hip2Keto for all the details on cast iron steaks!
By the way, leftover steak with eggs is the best! Such a filling breakfast or even lunch idea, and super easy to throw together.
3.) ButcherBox Uncured Bacon
This uncured applewood smoked bacon cooked up super crispy and was delicious. It’s free of nitrates, and we fried it in a skillet to make BLT sandwiches for the family one day. It had a great flavor without being too salty or fatty. I am calling this bacon perfection. 🥓
4.) ButcherBox Chicken Tenders
These chicken tenders are in leak-proof packaging (which I appreciate!) and they turned out fantastic. They baked up crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and were my kids’ favorite meal.
As an easy meal idea, I dunked the chicken tenders in an egg mixture then breaded them with Italian breadcrumbs mixed with Everything But the Bagel seasoning, and baked them in the oven after spraying with coconut oil. These chicken tenders are so good and flavorful! My family was a BIG FAN of this meal idea.
5.) ButcherBox Ground Beef
This 85/15 grass-fed ground beef has a mix of sirloin and chuck and crumbles up nicely for yummy tacos, chili, sloppy joes, or any meal using ground beef, with a clean robust taste.
I feel like tacos are a weeknight staple in my house! I just cooked my Butcher Box ground beef with some taco seasoning and served it on corn tortillas with cheese, radish, cilantro, and onion. 🌮 YUM!
6.) ButcherBox Salmon
This wild-caught salmon turned out so tasty and flaky! I am sometimes hesitant about making salmon at home and this was restaurant quality with great flavor and texture.
I prepared my salmon using my air fryer for the first time ever, and I’m excited to say using the air fryer makes some YUMMY salmon! I love the caramelized top and tender flaky inside of the fish. It only took about 6-7 minutes at 390 degrees to cook this salmon. I coated it first with olive oil and seasoned it with lemon pepper, paprika, and salt.
Is the ButcherBox meat delivery service worth the money?
Honestly, everything we tried tasted great from Butcher Box! You can tell each cut of meat and fish is high-quality. If you happen to have some room in your budget for a high-quality protein that is sustainably raised, then I vote YES! I was pretty impressed and I’m thinking you will be too.
However, if you don’t have wiggle room in your grocery budget, this box may not be for you or might be something to consider for special occasions. It makes for a great gift idea as well if you’re running out of ideas for the person who has everything!
If you enjoy eating grass-fed, organic food that’s raised in a thoughtful way, then ButcherBox meat delivery could be a great subscription to consider investing in. It’s obviously not the least expensive way to buy meat, but it’s the convenience of filling the freezer with high-quality meat and fish which makes it worth it. I hope my Butcher Box review gave you more insight into trying out this yummy service!
Go HERE to signup for your first ButcherBox to save $70 and get free ground beef!
Our readers LOVE Butcher Box as well…
I have been getting Butcher Box for over a year now. I was fortunate to have signed up a couple of months before the quarantine started. It has been so nice to get high-quality meat delivered to our door especially since I live with someone that is high risk so we are tightly quarantined to the point that we do not go to the grocery store. It was especially helpful when the local stores were running out of meat. Also, they OFTEN offer specials and freebies to members which are really nice. I belong to a local CSA for produce but their meat prices are more than Butcher Box so that isn’t a better option for us. Best of all, the flavor of the meats is SO good! – Hip reader, Suzanne H
I live in a place where it is super expensive to do a meat CSA or buy at the farmer’s market, and I don’t have a chest freezer. I have purchased ground beef for life, bacon for life, and now wings for life. I get 6 boxes per year and supplement with organic chicken from Publix and grass-fed beef from Aldi. If I could buy half a cow or something similar (had a deep freezer), local might be worth it. Otherwise, I am a butcher box for life person here! – Hip reader, Shelly
I love Butcher Box! I looked into local farmers but many were not humanely raised and were not grass-fed and grass-finished like Butcher Box which I have to have because of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. I think it’s great quality meat and the prices are good. – Hip reader, Keliannsaves