Reviews of Farmer George Meats (Butcher Shop)

Mark Beckstrom

After my first and second visit here I need to give my thoughts. 2nd visit. I wanted a WHOLE pork shoulder which on my first visit was assured they would have next weekend. So I asked for a whole shoulder. It was obvious when produced it was not. It was the butt end taken from a vacumn sealed bag of two. After convincing them that when I said WHOLE sholder I meant WHOLE shoulder. For those unfamiliar a whole shoulder consists of the butt end and pinic ham. They then said they could special order one for next weekend. I was smoking this the next day. So I purchased the butt. I was happy with the cook. It was good but not great. I had asked them the type of pork. I.e. Berkshire etc. They said just what ever the local farms they purchase from grow. I began wondering later if this was locally sourced, would it be vacumn packaged in sets of two? Perhaps but seems like they may get it from regular pork wholesalers. Second issue. I also purchased two one pound packages of their Lean Grass Fed ground beef. FDA says lean needs to be at least 90% lean. I fried up 3 burgers from one of the one pound packages. Although hard to really see in the photo, that is a lot of grease/fat for one pound of ground beef. I normaly buy either 90 or 93 percent ground beef from other places. Never have anything like this amount of fat. Third issue. The meat is weighed at checkout. The two came to 2.02 pounds. Weighing on my very accurate digital scale at home they came to 2.02. Ok what about the packaging? When removed and weighed the double wrapped wrapping from one package weighs 0.5 oz. So perhaps then a full ounce for both packages? They need to tare the packaging. Perhaps this even violates state rules? Forth issue. One the first visit April 13th I purchesed package of Potato Sausage. I now see the dates on the label. Looks like it has been in the freezer for over three months. Seems too long. I will update after I cook this later this week.

Derek Egge

Good place to stop and find good quality meats and butchering services. Try their in store made sausages it's really good stuff.

Joseph Cannavino

I love Farmer George Meats they have alot of great things there. There has only been one or two items that I didn't like. The customer service is very friendly. The prices are sometimes a little high but its justified by the quality. Every now and then you may have to wait a few days for a specific order to be cut, its worth the wait. They make the best summer sausage. I feel fortunate to have Farmer Georges in Port Orchard. Its my favorite butcher shop.

Jason McKinney, AWMA

Super friendly family business. Fantastic selection of various cuts of meats including Elk and Bison. It was explained that their beef, lamb, pork and chicken is raised on their own farm just outside of Port Orchard. Once described I realized their farm is only 5 minutes away from our house, or about as close as Fred Meyer or QFC - Hyper local. If you're looking for boutique cuts of meat or want to feed your smoker the cuts you see on food network shows then give this place a shot. They also said they get exotic meat like frogs legs and Python.

Russ Roush

I will not go back and I can't recommend this business. I ordered a half pig, was told that the fresh meat would be ready that Friday and the smoked meat 2 weeks later. The following Friday ( 1 week after it was due) I called to find out were my meat was. I was told that I could pick it up on Monday. When I asked the guy why it was 1.5 weeks late, he rudely informed me that they don't have pigs ready. That Monday when I picked up the meat they didn't even have it ready for me. When I asked about the smoked meat I was told I would have to wait until 2 weeks from that day. 2 weeks later I called to find out about my smoked meat but the lady couldn't find my order. She said that she would call me back, but didn't, I had to call her back. She still couldn't find the order and said that she would have to call back the next day because she was the only one in the store. The next day she called back, leaving me a message that I could pick up the smoked meat on Wednesday or Thursday. This was 2.5 weeks after I was last told that it would be 2 weeks. At least I finally got a call from them. If I didn't keep bugging them, I feel that I would still be waiting for my meat. When my wife picked up the smoked meat, she wasn't offered a discount or any extra meats to make up for the issues. We never did get any pork loin, cottage bacon, or ground pork which makes me wonder which cuts they kept and how much they skimmed. I'm just glad that I didn't order half a cow like we were planning on. I'll be looking for a more trustworthy meat butcher that cares about their customers.

Brandy Kelley

Greatest butcher shop! I can always get what I need at amazing price

Heather Mjelde

Friday and Saturday are the days for shopping here, when the fridge is stocked with the freshest meats. Otherwise its all just frozen. Great selection of healthier meats for you and your families, though! Check it out...

Robert Chaney

Best meat in town. Very good service.

Donald Sundwall

fantastic meat

Randall Flagg

They're the best! I'm lucky to live close

Melissa Wolkenhauer

Best meat around! Best sausage, best burger, and absolutely the best pork steaks. I love this butcher shop! Since I have started coming here 3 months ago, I havent wanted to buy regular grocery store meat. They have great prices, excellent quality, and good customer service-they are helpful. And I cant forget to mention the meat packs and great selection of packs available.

Mrs.A'Ro

Purchased Goats milk and Elk Jerky Raw goats milk from Left Foot farm 11.99 for half gallon. If you want fresh, home grown quality meat than this is the place to go. They have alligator,camel,frog legs,beef,Turkey and much more. The building could use a little tlc and inside updating could be done to make it more esthetically pleasing to encourage more shopping .

Maranda Paikin

Staff couldn't be certain about the ethics of some of their sources but the product was a good quality.

Chris Clemons

When I was getting some grass fed beef from Farmer George I was really excited about some good, local grass fed steak and brisket. It came wrapped and frozen so there was no way to tell the quality of the butchery or meat. I'd just assumed it was good. Then I thawed it out. Most of it was inedible. The brisket was less than 1/4th inch thick across over half of it. It had a thick layer of silverskin which I had to remove. Almost all of the steaks required a ton of extra processing by me to remove the inedible silverskin. The t-bone looked like it had been chewed up already by a dog. See the posted photo for details. The ribeyes were almost as bad as the t-bone. The only salvagable steak cuts were the tenderloins which I had to remove large patches of silverskin from before cooking as well. Grocery stores do a better job of butchering beef than Farmer George. The state of these cuts of steak made them impossible to cook properly. It was a massive waste of money. Do yourself a favor and shop around at the local farmer's markets for your local, grass fed beef. Do not trust Farmer George just because it's a small local operation.

Bryan Arena

Everything

heath wilson

Love this place! Great Meats, and I love the exotic Meats!!!

Camden Lamp

Farmer George is friendly and knowledgable. His meats are delicious. I live 40 miles away and it is well worth the drive.

Dorell Bertel

Awesome meat, great selection and reasonable prices. They have everything. Love this place. I've been coming here for years.

Angel A.

Great deals. I've been looking everywhere for decent priced bones and pig ears for our dog! Only $1.99 per bag of ears and 89 cents per pound of knuckle bones. Cool little butcher shop

Kristin Higgins

Picked up a custom quarter of beef for a customer and it looks great!

Judy Mobley

This us the 3rd. Time I bought from Farmer George. The meat is fabulous! Haven't had a bad taste of anything. I would recommend anytime!

Scott Peckenpaugh

Amazing local dry aged beef for less than big box. Staff is knowledgeable and happy to help. Hands down the best rib eye in town!

Chadrick A

Excellent local butcher shop. They have been our go to butcher for steer slaughtering for over 30 years. Joe Keane does great work and is very knowledgeable about his business. Try the pepper, mandarin, or cajun beef jerky they have for sale.

Jeffrey Phillips

Went in with an idea came out with an amazimg roast beef. Instructions on preparations and some super faboo homemade meatloaf and i didnt even get my hands dirty! Outstanding product by a fun and helpful staff

Nicole Stoddard

Went to Georges, they had an excellent selection of Meats, Picked up some Buffalo Steaks (awesome) Beef Bacon (delicious) FireWeed Honey (makes me Jaded about other Honey's), and picked up some bones for the pup. All in all very knowledgeable staff and very clean, with good fresh products. Farmer Georges have earned themselves some Regulars.

Aloys Marcano

Awesome place. Good selection, great people. Happy they are around so I can find good, fresh meat

Aaron Sandbeck

Always a good place for meet shopping.

JTTAPIA FARMS

Local farmers offering great products. Fresh local beef,Raw goat and cow's milk great place!

Ron Pound

Great service great quality!!!

Lana Broeker

Every year for the past 20 years I buy a 1/4 of a grass fed beef. So I know what the meat s/b like, always the same, for the most part. In 2018 the person I buy from started using Farmer Georges. In 2018 my hamburger looked normal, dark red, grass fed meat is not normally too fatty. This year, 2019, hamburger is very pink, very greasy when cooked, cooks into a very fine, strange texture. It is very poor quality. The other meat from the cow is absolutely delicious, roasts are good and not overly fatty. The company assured me no pink slime is added, and offered to trade some of my meat for what they sell at the shop. That meat is not any better. I am in the process of getting a lab to test the meat. I will post the results if it does have additives.

C LP

Love this place. They have fantastic alternatives to Beef to include Elk, Venison, Camel and Wild Boar just to name a few.

Jolene Stewart

Friendly staff good prices!

Johnnie Lynn Garner

Amazing meat's and staff ty Pete

Elexus Hyde

We used to buy meats from the grocery store but that started getting really pricey for meat that was not worth it... So we tried some steaks from here, a T-bone and NY Strip. They practically melted in our mouths. The flavor was phenomenal. So many options here too. We now only go here for our beef.

Earth Muffin

Really great meat good prices. You HAVE to try their bacon!

Dustin Stevens

Had my deer processed here and I couldn't be happier. The staff was helpful, the meat was amazing with more yield than I expected. I will definitely be coming back from now on. Well done Farmer George Meats!

Anna Geyer

My husband and I love this meat market, This is the only place we bring our game to be prepared into a variety of pepperoni sticks, breakfast sausage, summer sausage. Meats always taste great and packaged nicely!

D Wendorff

Friday fresh meat sale.

Jonathan Ames

I was greeted as soon si arrived and try let me browse a bit. When checking out Terry let me know the schedule of when new meat came in

josh shep

Love this place. Great selection of smoked foods and their bacon is amazing and natural. Their cottage bacon is also fantastic! I bought venison shoulder from here recently and smoked it for awhile then cooked it in the crock pot. It turned out great.

Donita Gomez

They were very friendly, had many options when it came to packages and deals, and I would definitely recommend coming here.

Shannon Randall

The staff at Farmer George's is always the best. My bacon, ham and sausage is done to perfection. My family has been using this butcher for over 20 years and we have never been disappointed.

Rick Huggins

1/4 cow every year....always look forward to picking up my meet...then a year of great meals...Thanks Farmer George !!!

Matthew Tommie

Love this place. Staff is great. Stayed longer than necessary to watch them butcher a whole side of beef, thing of beauty

Jeffrey Ericksen

So glad the tornado spared them. The meat is spectacular, and the prices are similar to the very-questionable stuff across the street. I asked for a Chuck Eye & she had the guy cut me off something that looked more like a Rib Eye. Like just chopped it off the dead cow right there. Staff is completely professional and fun. (Picture a deadpan version of the Pike Place Fish Store. No joking around when they are wielding giant knives.) Eating a fine elk-burger right now.

Brando Skanes

My daughter loves the apple sausage.

Tawnee Cowan

When moving to Port Orchard last year, I found Farmer George's shop. I have special needs as I have leukemia and need only grass fed/ grain fed meats. My health in the last year has improved eating the meat from Farmer George's. My iron levels and immune system have strengthened and my doctors love that my body is getting stronger. My animals eat their meat, and now my extended family in Seattle also eats their meat. I will never buy meat in a supermarket again. Their selection is top shelf, their spices are fresh and aromatic. They even carry local honey which is necessary to fight allergy season which seems to go all year long. I am thankful to have this market so close, and accessible 7 days a week.

raquel lapointe

Nice people, delicious meats.

Allan Roth

GOOOOD MEAT!!

Rick Lear

I was about to make my first pork belly dish, only to discover before I was started putting my mise en place in place that I'd left the fresh, thawed pork belly in the fridge at least two too many days. Farmer George's is the only place in town I know of that sells unsliced pork belly and I hurried over there. On this visit, I was acknowledged fairly quickly by a lady behind the counter, which I appreciated. I had already seen pork belly in the meat case and told her how much I needed, and that's how much she cut. So, Farmer George's saved dinner (the stir-fry dish turned out great) but although the lady was friendly, to provide better customer service she should have asked me if I wanted the skin removed. And since this was my first time buying pork belly from a butcher, I didn't know to ask since the pork belly that went bad had been bought fully trimmed. When I opened the package at home, the pork skin had nipples of one side and a layer of skin on the other side. I trimmed it all off as best as I could figure out. Only today did I look at videos which taught me how it could have been done more efficiently. So, that lapse in customer service earns Farmer George 3 stars, which is a higher rating than I gave them in my first review. But I'm more willing to visit them again to check out their other meats, like their popular skirt steak--a beef cut I dearly love.

KALYN MARCA

Excellent meat and customer service!

David Shoap

Get my turkey there each year! Awesome place