The Best Meat Subscription Boxes, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

Butcherbox's rib eye, pork chops, ground beef and bacon were all items I'd love to keep in stock, but another fun surprise was the inclusion of some picky eater-friendly fare like hot dogs, pre-cooked chicken strips, and sausage patties. One day, I got home wildly hungry and not in the mood to spend the time to defrost a single thing from my icy cornucopia of meat. Thankfully, I was able to heat up some of their pre-breaded, seasoned and cooked chicken strips in the convection oven while I threw together a spicy, creamy dip out of stuff I already had in the fridge. The chicken strips would be nicer with a little more crunch, but they were a blessing in that moment, and lets be honest, they're for kids. They are absolutely better than every freezer chicken nugget I've tried.

If you want a one-stop shop: Omaha Steaks

Betcha you've heard of this one! Omaha Steaks has been shipping quality beef—all cuts available today are USDA Certified Tender and sourced from farms in the Midwest US of A—to meat lovers since 1917, when the company was started as a family business (although it was called Table Supply Meat Company then). Over the next hundred-plus years, Omaha Steaks has grown to become almost synonymous with meat delivery.

Today, the “steaks” in the name is a bit of a misnomer—Omaha offers a veritable grocery store of products, including chicken, pork, seafood, and even sides, desserts, and wine. Yes, you can get a bottle of California pinot delivered in the same order as your burgers, dogs, and steaks.

I sampled the brand's Butcher's Cut Filet Mignon; as promised, the cut was lean and clean with limited excess fat (the way I like it) and seared up nicely with some salt, pepper, and butter on the stovetop. The caramel apple tartlets included in my delivery were also a nice surprise—sweet, homey, and easy to heat in the oven, microwave, or air fryer. (Omaha Steaks tested by and review written by Abbey Stone.)

Luxury Blvd meets Convenience St: Porter Road

When you head to Porter Road's website, the all caps welcome of “IF IT'S NOT RAISED RIGHT IT CAN'T BE DELICIOUS” screams a truth so obvious it might as well say “TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FOUR.” I am glad they wave this banner, and I'm gladder still to have sampled the results of their philosophy.

The Porter Road box showed up on the perfect night, as I was able to immediately put their chorizo to work saving what could have been a drab bean stew. The next morning I browned up their stunning breakfast sausage to go into sausage gravy with biscuits.

As good as the pork products were, it was the beef that shined as the star of the Porter Road Show. Their dry aged burgers stood out easily from all of the others subscriptions, and I turned their well-marbled steaks into perfect fajitas and a steak sandwich that brought my spouse to tears. We all want to make our partners weep with joy after a long day's work, right?

For the beef gourmand: Vermont Wagyu

Ever since some of the famously well marbled Wagyu cattle made it to the USA, beef that bears their name pops up in a lot of places, from steakhouses to Arby's. But as opposed to the strictly labeled Kobe grades of Japan, American beef may be referred to as Wagyu even if it's crossbred with Angus or Holstein to the point of only containing 46.9% Wagyu genes. A lot of meat labeled as Wagyu might be more accurately described as a cow who once had a great grandmother who was a quarter Kobe on her father's side. This can be a swell way to increase the price of perfectly good beef and lead a lot of people to say, “I had Kobe and I don't get what the fuss is about.”