Quality ‘
meats’ Convenience
Zeb comes to the farm with a refrigerated truck to harvest the beef or pork. Before he leaves the farm the meat has been washed and is hanging in a refridgerated cooler for transport back to the locker. Your meat stays clean and cool from start to finish!
1st MSU in Iowa!
This is our state inspected refrigerated reefer trailer. The animal is skinned in the back of the truck, washed, and then hung on our rail system and transferred into the front cooler where it begins cooling down immediately. It is then transported to our locker and cut to your personal preferences with the option of creating specialty smoked items as well!
State Inspected
This is the back of our truck where the animal is skinned, split, rinsed, and hung on a rail. It is then transferred through the white door into a mobile cooling unit that begins cooling down the carcass and continues cooling it until we return to our home base and transfer it into our building’s cooler! People are always intrigued by our system so we wanted to share a pic for everyone to see how it works!
Not a farmer…. not a problem!
We work with farmers who are passionate about raising top quality livestock and have proven consistent quality meats. You are in the heartland of USA meat production - why buy it from the big box stores?
How does it work?
The consumer pays the producer for the beef or pork, Zeb harvests the animal, takes your customized order, processes the meat, and then you pay for the processing when you pick up the meat. Then you enjoy farm-fresh, locally raised meat for you and your family!
Pork
MSU Site fee 150 + $2.00/mile. This is a per-trip fee, not per animal. If you are an individual purchasing a Farm-to-Table hog, your MSU fee is generally split with several other customers.
Slaughter 75 | 0.75/lb hanging weight | 0.50/lb grinding
Vacuum packaging fresh cuts: Included
Specialty Smoked Products 1.80/lb: Smoked and Sliced Bacon, Smoked Hams (whole, steaks, or deli-sliced), Smoked Loins
Fresh Bratwursts: Traditional 1.90/lb, Cheddar 2.20/lb, or Jalapeño and Cheddar 2.50/lb.
Breakfast Sausage 1.10/lb
Breakfast Sausage Patties 1.75/lb
Ground Pork 0.50/lb packaged in 1.5 lb tubes
Ground Pork Patties 1.50/lb
Tenderized Fresh Pork Loin 0.75/lb
Beef
MSU Site fee 150 + 2.00/mile. This is a per-trip fee, not per animal.
Slaughter 150 | 0.95/lb hanging weight
Vacuum packaging fresh cuts: Included
Netted Roasts, Tenderized, or Stew Meat 0.50/lb
Ground Beef 0.45/lb. packaged in 1.5 lb tubes
Beef Patties 1.50/lb
DOA Service:
If you have the resources and capabilities of harvesting the animal yourself, we have several great customers who bring meat DOA. We do reserve the right to refuse any meat that is not harvested properly. Please contact Zeb to schedule DOA’s and to get more specific care, requirements, and expectations.
Fees for DOA:
PORK: $30/skin and quarter, $10 DOA interventions, further processing same as above prices.
BEEF: $60/skin and quarter. $40/DOA interventions, further processing same as above prices.
Note: Meat brought in quarters, or deboned, fees to inspect and trim meat will be applied. Zeb does reserve the right to refuse any trimmed meat. Species of meat should not be intermingled.
Additional benefits you will receive by choosing Zeb's Smokehouse:
Vacuum Sealed Packaging Benefits:Taste: We have vacuum sealed all of your fresh cuts. When you are ready to enjoy it your meat will taste as though it was freshly cut!
Longer freezer life: Paper wrapped products are not air tight and will freezer burn or often taste like “freezer.” Vacuum sealed products are air tight, and preserve the freshness of your meat for well over a year. Be sure you put these packages in your freezer with care, you do not want to puncture the bag. If the bag is punctured air can enter and it will decrease the freezer life of your meat. Be gentle. :)
Visibility: You can see exactly what is in the package without having to unwrap and rewrap it.
