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

The first reason ButcherBox earned our top spot is the packaging, which was much sturdier than several other boxes we tried. The last thing anyone wants is to come home to a box of spoiled meat. The second is sourcing transparency. While humane-washing is a real thing and ButcherBox does not disclose the names of specific farms it works with, it offers third-party oversight, like Certified Humane and USDA Organic certification. It’s not perfect, but it’s something. You can select from two subscription plans: Custom or Curated. Custom allows you to choose specific cuts and proteins, and each box comes in a Classic size (9 to 14 pounds of meat) and Big, which could be up to 22 pounds of meat. You can choose the frequency: every two weeks, monthly, every six weeks, or bimonthly. I chose the curated Classic box, the cheapest option, and it arrived with seven different cuts (I calculated about 10 pounds of meat). This more than fed two families throughout a full weekend camping. If you’ve ... Read full article.