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Theres an essential question the world should ask itself about mail-order meat: Why order it?

Online meat purveyors offer more diverse, more interesting and frankly better cuts of meat than what's found at a standard grocery store. And where does the intrepid cook whose town doesnt have a proper butcher get their hands on heritage chickens? Or aged Osso Buco? Or internationally-renowned country ham and bacon? Or just a steady stream of meat to put on the table thats better than whatever is available to them? Without these companies, the answer is nowhere. These are the best places to buy meat online in 2022.

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Crowd Cow

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Crowd Cow was founded when its founders caught wind that their friends were all going in on a cow from a local ranch. They thought that this practice could be streamlined and simplified, so they created Crowd Cow, which essentially acts as crowdfunding for the purchasing of beef. Instead of calling up a dozen ranches, coordinating shipping and storing what is frankly way too much meat, Crowd Cow allows you to buy high-quality meats (its not just beef) from local ranchers at fairer prices.

Editor's Pick: Beef ($6+)

Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors

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There is little fame to be had in the world of meat production. Unless youre Pat LaFrieda, whos been called the Magician of Meat. His company supplies beef to some of the best restaurants in the country and just so happens to offer a good portion of its protein online. LaFriedas client list speaks to the quality, but if youre going to try the marquis meat purveyor of almost 100 years, youd be wise to steer toward the burger mixes, which are equal parts revolutionary and plain delicious.

Editor's Pick: Dry-Aged Burger Blend ($27)

Porter Road

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Porter Road started because chefs James Peisker and Chris Carter were annoyed with a lack of truly good meat for their newborn catering business. That frustration turned into a full-service butcher shop, which has since evolved into a sizeable online collection of beef, chicken, lamb and pork. All of Porter Roads meats are raised sans antibiotics or filler feed. Theyre also priced moderately and arrive (unfrozen) within two days of ordering. As an added bonus, the cooling foam inside the packaging can be disposed of by running it under the sink for a few seconds.

Editor's Pick: Loose Chorizo Sausage ($8)

DeBragga

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The self-proclaimed "New York's Butcher" has been around since the early 1920s, but they've relocated to Jersey City. Its meats are humanely raised and free of antibiotics and hormones. DeBragga has a seemingly endless selection of meats and cuts along, as well as meal kits, spices and cured meats.

Editor's Pick: Moulard Duck Legs ($55)

Thrive Market

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Thrive Market is basically an online grocery store. Get your meat needs, and everything to accompany it like spices and even wine. Its meat selection includes curated boxes that have all you need to induce the meat sweats.

Editor's Pick: Pasture-Raised Chicken Wings ($13)

Rastelli's

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The family-run Rastelli's offers curated meat boxes, but shopping a la carte is where the fun is at. Browse a wide selection of meat, poultry and seafood, and shop with confidence knowing that Rastelli's is bringing you only the best quality food. The butchery works with reliable farmers and fishermen, who prioritize sustainable practices and care about the food they raise as much as you care about the food you eat.

Editor's Pick: Veal Rib Chop ($45)

Holy Grail Steak

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Holy Grail Steak operates under what it calls the the Golden Rule of the Cow, which dictates that a steak only tastes as good as it was raised. This mantra led the mail-order meat outlet to become one of six retailers of certified Kobe beef, and the only official online retailer of Kobe beef, whats widely considered the most sought after meat in the world.

Editor's Pick: Kobe Japanese A5 Wagyu Strip Steak ($349)

Umamicart

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Umamicart is an online grocery store that specializes in Asian groceries. That means you can expect products that will help you make Asian dishes, like beef short ribs for Korean kalbi. Orders are shipped and delivered quickly to ensure freshness, and new products are constantly being added to the store.

Editor's Pick: Beef Short Ribs ($22)

Butcher Box

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Subscribe to a monthly box of meat with Butcher Box. Either curate your own selection with a curated box, or let the company do the picking for you, with boxes filled with poultry, beef, pork or a combination of the three. Each box can contain up to 14 pounds of meat, which could work out to about $5 a meal.

Editor's Pick: Custom Box ($149)

E3 Meat Co.

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Major league level beef brought to you by former major leaguer Adam LaRoche and his Fort Scott, Kansas cattle ranch. All beef E3 sells is antibiotic-, added hormone- and steroid-free. The red and black angus cows are permitted to roam and graze before a grain finishing, a process which adds a final bit of tasty fat to the eventual cuts. Plus, it's all processed in-house and wet-aged for nearly a month by E3's butcher team.

Editor's Pick: Beef Ribs ($60)

Bentons Country Ham

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Allan Benton was a high school guidance counselor. Now, his name is on menus at some of the best restaurants in the country. Bentons Bacon, which by sheer prestige has made itself a proper noun, is prized by chefs and pork lovers across the country. Whats available on his web store changes with regularity (peak holiday season will see less of the good stuff available as demand eclipses a limited supply), so bookmark and wait for what you want.

Editor's Pick: Hickory Smoked Country Bacon ($36)

Halal Pastures

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For those looking for halal meats, check out Halal Pastures. The farm, based out of New York with nationwide delivery, carries a wide array of meats and cuts that cater to those who eat halal.

Editor's Pick: Organic Whole Chicken ($23)

DArtagnan

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As the name might imply, DArtagnan is luxurious. Its store is filled to the brim with game birds, duck fat, foie gras, wagyu beef, lamb racks and all other things that trigger thoughts of drooling and thoughts of bank accounts past. The outlet partners with local farms and farmers with tight ethical and quality standards.

Editor's Pick: Duck Foie Gras Terrine ($56)

Snake River Farms

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Founded in 1968, Idahos Snake River Farms produces a lot of headliners American wagyu, dry-aged tomahawk steaks, huge hams among them. But the crowd-favorite is the Kurobuta pork, which is often described as the Kobe beef of pork, and Snake River Farms is one of few to carry it, much less sell it online.

Editor's Pick: Kurobuta Boneless Pork Chops ($16)

Peter Luger Butcher Shop

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Peter Luger Steakhouse may be shorter on hype and blog posts than the small plate restaurants that pepper the surrounding neighborhood, but it does not need those things. Named best steakhouse in New York since 1984, the restaurant famous for its porterhouses, sky-high prices and a prickly wait staff was good enough to earn a Michelin star in 2006. It is a destination restaurant for anyone with a taste for steaks, and nowadays a load of its house-aged beef is available online.

Editor's Pick: Peter Luger Steak Pack ($292)

Heritage Foods

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Heritage Foods ethically sources, butchers and sells a wide variety of meats turkey, chicken, beef, pork and so on. But the Brooklyn-based company is perhaps most notable for its treatment of goat through its No Goat Left Behind program, which supports farms that allow goats to mature more before heading to the abattoir. The result is a meat thats lighter than lamb and carries a naturally herbaceous flavor.

Editor's Pick: Leg of Lamb ($187)

Chop Box

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For the past 100 years, Chop Box has been shipping out high-quality meat from its New Jersey warehouse. The brand partners with farmers who engage in sustainable farming practices, and meats are butchered the same day they're shipped out.

Editor's Pick: Filet Mignon Center Cut ($23)

Harry & David

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You might know Harry & David for its gift baskets filled with snacks, but the brand recently launched its new online butcher shop. Shop from a range of meats including beef, poultry and seafood, and orders are shipped as efficiently and quickly as other gift sets.

Editor's Pick: Boneless Carving Ham ($23)

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