Our story · Est. Texas
We couldn't tell you where our meat came from. So we built a company that could.
Backyard Butchers buys whole animals from a short list of Texas family ranches, breaks them down by hand, and freezes them once. Then we sell them off a red truck at pop-up markets nationwide and ship the rest straight to your door.
A word from our founders
Why we do it the hard way
Cutting out the middleman to get families better meat for less.
We started Backyard Butchers because we were tired of paying restaurant prices for grocery-store beef nobody could vouch for. No name on the ranch, no idea how long it sat in a case, no one to call if it let you down at dinner.
So we did it the hard way instead. We shook hands with the ranches. We hired the butchers. We put our name on the truck. More than a million families have let us handle dinner since, and that trust is the only thing we're really selling.
Good meat shouldn’t cost a fortune
Somewhere along the way, honest cuts got buried under brokers, distributors, and retail markups — each one taking a slice, none of them raising a single animal. By the time the beef reached a family’s table, the price had doubled and the story was gone.
So we cut them all out. We buy whole animals straight from the ranch and sell them straight to you, which is the only reason we can put restaurant-quality beef within reach of a normal grocery budget.
We buy from ranches we can drive to. If we can’t visit it, we don’t sell it.
We’ll come to you — or ship to your door
You’ll find our red trucks at pop-up markets across the country, handing families the same cuts we’d put on our own table. It started close to home in Texas and hasn’t stopped moving since.
And if we haven’t made it to your town yet, we’ll ship your box straight to your door — so a better cut of meat is never more than a few days away, wherever you are.
The honest version
What actually differs from the grocery case
Not marketing language, just the four places where the supply chain genuinely diverges.
| Aspect | Typical grocery store | Backyard Butchers |
|---|---|---|
| Sourcing | Commodity auction lots from feedlots nobody names. | Whole animals from a short list of family ranches we visit in person. |
| Freezing | Often chilled, trucked, then frozen, or thawed and refrozen. | Flash-frozen once, within hours of cutting, and never thawed again. |
| Cutting | Case-ready portions cut and sealed at a central plant weeks ago. | Cut and portioned by our own butchers for the box you ordered. |
| What sets the price | Retail markup applied cut by cut, plus middlemen. | Whole-animal economics. We buy everything, so we can price fairly. |
What we stand for
From our family to yours isn't a tagline
It's the whole reason we do this the slow way. Three things we refuse to cut corners on, no matter how big we get.
- 01
Quality, not mystery
100% American-raised beef, USDA graded Select, Choice and Prime. Every cut is trimmed by hand, flash-frozen once, and vacuum-sealed so nothing is lost between the cutting room and your kitchen.
- 02
Ranchers we can name
We partner with Texas families who raise their animals slower and treat wellness as the job, not a marketing line. If we can’t stand behind how an animal was raised, it doesn’t go in a box.
- 03
A fair price, and then some
Cutting out the middleman lets us sell restaurant-quality meat near wholesale. It also lets us give back — we’re proud partners of Texas Children’s Hospital.
Over 2,000 five-star reviews
Loved by families who take dinner seriously.
Real freezers, real grills, and real families who keep coming back for more.
Verified purchase“For the price of what we got, it was a good deal, and the boyfriend is very picky about prices. We’ll be ordering more in the future!”
L. Crawford (San Antonio, TX)
Verified purchase“Backyard Butchers is an amazing company and the meat is amazing. I love buying from them, just do it and you won’t regret it.”
Eddie T. (Jupiter, FL)
Verified purchase“Arrives fast, delicious meat, and priced well. Company policies are very consumer oriented.”
R. West (Lexington, KY)
Verified purchase“Customer service was great. My son, who is a very picky eater, loves the burgers.”
Kenetta B. (Newnan, GA)
Taste the difference yourself
Pick a box, add whatever else you want cut, and we'll ship it frozen solid. If a single cut falls short, we refund it. No forms, no fine print.