Arapahoe Meat Company — Local services in Erie

Do not use this company. My father and I had taken 6 whitetail deer to them that we had killed in Missouri. The deer had been de boned, washed and packaged into scent free garbage bags. We had a total of 12 bags(4 full totes at the locker), when we dropped them off. We asked lisa if we could weigh them at the time of dropping off. She said she was too busy to weigh them in at that time. A week later we received a phone call that our meat was ready to be picked up. I asked lisa how much total we had she said you had a total of 180 lbs. Which means that the 6 whitetail deer we took them weighed in at 30 lbs each. Which is not true. Than she told me my bill was 752 dollars for the meat. We wanted the meat 50/50 ground into burger and summer sausage. Which is 4.17 a pound, on the website it says processing is .99 cents a pound. Figuring we had about 300 lbs I budgeted around 350 to 400 dollars. But to pay 752 dollars on a 100 % disabled veteran income for 180 lbs of meat is not feasible for me and my family. This is the first hunting trip I have been able to take with my father since I joined the Marine Corps and it was all for nothing. I have called many times to try and get this situation resolved with the same outcome. I will not use them this time or ever again and suggest anyone reading these reviews to do the...

I purchased a 75 lb roasting pig and rented one of the large roasters ($300) for a pig roast this past Saturday. The pig was clean and in great shape. However, I was not impressed with the roaster. The burner is only on one end of roaster rather than running the entire length of roaster. As such, the roaster didn't provide uniform heating. In addition, the temperature gauge on the roaster I rented was faulty, indicating a much higher temperature reading than the actual temperature. It took quite a while to realize this issue, which resulted in a 3 hour delay in finishing the pig and losing some of our party guests before the pig came off the roaster. I mentioned the roaster issue to Dustin when I returned the roaster, and he acknowledged the temperature gauge was faulty. His attitude was "that's too bad". I would have expected that he would have offered some type of compensation for the faulty equipment, rather than a dismissive attitude. This was disappointing customer service from my perspective. Thus, the 1...

Arapahoe Meat Company is amazing. They are very straight forward with their pricing, so take the time to be knowledgeable about what you are asking for! I have never been over charged or “robbed by these thieves” as some of these idiotic reviews have stated. Do your research and you will see that they offer a great product for a great price. I’ve been using them for well over a decade and they have always treated my right. One thing people need to understand with meat processors, especially Arapahoe Meat Company, is that you get back what you bring. They are not magicians and can’t make your meat perfectly clean if you drop off trashed meat, or make the amount of meat increase for you upon pickup. They cut away the trashed meat and you get back the clean meat you can enjoy. That’s how it has always worked for me, so I always ensure I bring them clean wild game! I would recommend them any day...