The Great Steak Dad's Day Giveaway

How to enter:
Find us on Facebook.  Like our page.  Then like or comment or both! on the steak giveaway picture (above) on Facebook.

One (randomly chosen) Winner will receive:
2 - Big Boy Dry Aged Ribeye Steaks |  Thick Cut  at 1-1/4"
1 - Grill Tools Essentials with Apron
1 - "Like Pig Butts" Tee (Large or Extra Large available)

Pickup in our shop.
But hurry!  We'll announce the winner Friday (June 15th) at 12noon on Facebook.
Good luck and Happy Grilling!

We'd be super appreciative if you would help us qualify for some much needed funding for our butcher shop.  Super easy.  All you have to do is:

Go to https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com/
Log in.
Search for "John's Custom Meats".
When our business pops up, just click "vote".  Easy Peasy.
**NOTE: Some have had problems finding our business on the mission small business page. The search function they use is kinda cumbersome. You have to enter our business name with the apostrophe or it won't pop up.  You can copy and paste John's Custom Meats and you should be good to go.  Thanks so much for all your support.  You are the best!

Will you be cooking out this weekend?  Tell us what's on the grill!  Inquiring minds want to know. :)

Celebrate Mom: Fun in the Sun Mom's Day Giveaway

We love our mommy customers!  In honor of all those mother figures we're having a great big 'ol giveaway to celebrate how much you mean to us.  Our "Fun in the Sun" Mother's Day loot will send one lucky winner off to the lake or pool in style.  Oh, yeah...one more thing. We're going to help you fill up that picnic cooler with a grill worthy meat bundle that's sure to tantalize the taste buds. We're even throwing in the grill tools!  What's not to love about that?!

Visit us on facebook for another chance to win!  First, like us on facebook.
Then, when you see this picture on our page, just "like it" for one entry into our drawing.

The winner will receive all of the following valued at over $200:

Thirty-One Gifts beach bag bundle ~ Pleated Top Beach Tote, Coordinating Silk Scarf, Thermal Picnic Cooler, Coordinating Lime Green Zipper Pouch (handy!), & an Icon Coin Purse in the shape of a Sailboat. Cute!

These prints scream summer!  The beach bag is a nice large size to hold all of your goodies. The thermal picnic cooler has plenty of space to pack away a nice lunch for a family picnic and the zipper pouch is great to store little things you don't want to get lost.  The cute sailboat is a coin purse. How practical!
Nice large size too. Could easily be used to keep your favorite lip gloss in for touch-ups.
So many uses. I just love Thirty-One gifts!

Here's another look at all the Thirty-One Gifts items separately.

Also included, a great beach towel to coordinate with the Thirty-One Gifts goodies.  Made from soft velour cotton in a nice large size. 36" x 72"

The Big One® Cabana Beach Towel from Kohls

Our giveaway would not be complete without a fantastic meat bundle from John's Custom Meats!  Grill Worthy Bundle includes: (2)  Angus Beef Dry Aged Ribeye Steaks, (1) package of our own housemade Bratwurst Sausage Links (6 links per package), and (1) Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken ready to cook. 

Is your mouth watering yet?

We'll even toss in these essential grill tools, wrapped up in a handy apron, to cook it all up with.

Stainless Steel Grill Tool Essentials with wooden handles.

That's right ladies!  We adore you.  We think you deserve something special.  Don't worry men. We're cookin up something special for your day too.

Here's how to enter for a chance to win.

1.  Like us on facebook and when you see our giveaway post picture (the one at the beginning of this post), give it a like.  That will give you one entry in our drawing.

2.  Comment here on our blog.  Let us know what your favorite grill worthy cut of meat is.  That will give you one entry in our drawing.

3.  Shop in our meat shop this weekend and enter in person.  Just leave your name and a method of contact (In case you win, we need to be able to get ahold of you).  That will give you one entry in our drawing.

Hint: If you do all three, that will give you THREE chances to have your name drawn!:

This weekend is a great time to shop with us in our store.  We'll have a nice selection of fresh meats available.  Some include: 

Beef

Top Sirloin Steaks or Roasts, Ribeye Steaks, T-Bone Steaks, Bone-In NY Strip Steaks, Tenderloin Filet Steaks (limited!), and Chuck Roasts and Stew Meat.

Miller Poultry (available Saturday after 10am)

Rotisserie Chickens (Pre-seasoned), Whole Fryer Chickens, and Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

We'll also have housemade Bratwurst and Sugar Cured Hickory Smoked Slab Bacon (pre-order encouraged!).  If you want to be sure to not miss out on our bacon, you can pre-order it here.

In addition, we have some pre-packaged & boxed steaks in our freezer case.  Each steak is individually vacuum sealed so you can just thaw what you need when you need it.  Our storefront is open for shopping Friday and Saturday from 9am-6pm.

If you're loving those cute Thirty-One bags, my best gal pal, Laura Cross is a Thirty-One Gifts Consultant.  You can check out all of the great items on her page here.  They have a sweet special going on 'til the end of this month. Spend $31 and get 50% off a handbag. Nice!

Our giveaway will run through Tuesday, May 1st.  We'll announce one lucky winner on our facebook page on Wednesday, May 2nd.  

**Please NOTE: We can not ship this.  In order to be eligible to win, you must be able to pick your prize up in our shop.  

Good luck!  I hope you win.  

Any questions?  If not, let's get this party started.

Fat Fun

80/20, 85/15, 90/10, 97/3....How do they do that? Options are numerous at the meat counter. There's a range of choices to suit different lifestyles and recipes. For me, I choose my grinds based on what type of dish I'm whipping up.  Anywho, more to my point. Where do those lean to fat percentages come from on the ground beef packages? This is how we do it.

Fairly basic really.  All you need is a good gizmo gadget, some handy doohickies, a couple thingamabobbers, and a lug 'o beef.

First I need a gadget.  We meat processors love gadgets! 

Gizmo  Gadget  Whatchamacallit 

This is a fat analyzer used to measure fat & lean ratio in ground meats. Handy lil contraction it is.

Next, we need Doohickies and Thingamabobbers.

Gizmo Gadget's Doohickies & Thingamabobbers.

The circley contraption is used to measure the portion of ground to be analyzed.  The mini pancake maker thingy holds the ground while it is being cooked, and the tube holds the juices and fat to be measured.  Exciting stuff right here folks. :D

Now we need something to test.  Moving on to the BEEF!

This is the lug I'm testing from.  It is about 70 lbs or so.

Let's start analyzing.

Circley Doohickey ~ Measuring the portion for sampling

Perfectly measured mini tube 'o beef.

Mini tube 'o beef in the pancake maker doohickey.

Beef pancake!

Mini Pancake doohickey inserted into Gizmo Gadget...waiting.

Working...

Done! Yes, I totally ate it afterwards. ;)

The results. Oh the anticipation!

Sampling results. Note my super professional note taking abilities. Woot!  Yup. That's my daughter's crayon.
Use what's available. :-)   

I did three random samples based on the size of my batch. Sample #1 tested out at 18% fat (thus 82% lean). Samples #2 & #3 tested out as 21% fat to 79% lean. Taking an average leaves us with a batch of  80/20 or 80% lean to a 20% fat ratio.   

There you have it.  Fun with fat ~ Meat Processor style.  Oh, one more thing.

Workin girl meat coat.

I noticed I could really use a new meat coat.  Donations may be sent to the "Amy needs a new meat coat fund" at 5180 Hydro Pondsville Road, Smiths Grove KY.  Thank you! :o)