Country Village Meats - Sublette — Local services in Sublette Township

Quality Meat! Helpful Service! High integrity! In an era where we are all finally waking up to the benefit of locally sourced meats harvested with the touch of high quality skill, Country Village Meats in Sublette, IL, heeds the call ahead of the heard. I purchased a stupendous Easter ham from Country Village Meats and served it as the centerpiece to my 20 person family get-together, most of whom work in the food business! No other ham could've been better for my food fanatic family! That's because Country Village Meats uses their own SECRET RECIPE to season and smoke their hams! The new owners at Country Village Meats have absolutely committed to high quality service and are a cut above all others for giving you exactly what you paid for! What a truly satisfying entree of artisanal local service is offered by our new friends at Country Village Meats. Whether you seek one of their many pre-seaoned, house recipe steaks for an intimate evening or you need an array of the best summer cuts for a charity barbecue, Country Village Meats is nothing short of the finest craft butcher shop in the area. I will be using their meat again soon and look forward savoring it one bite at a time. Paul S. St....

We had high hopes for butchering at Country Village Meats - but overall I would not do it again. I brought in 6 pigs. My meat that I received as the owner was great! Good flavor, well packaged. However, my customers had VERY different experiences. All of them felt the front lady was rude, especially for those ordering pork bulk for the first time. I felt the same when I went in. Also - they forgot to cure and smoke a good chunk of the bacon (even though it was marked as such). I tried it after we purchased it (within a week or 2) and it was gross.

They also completely forgot to give one of my customers a good 40 lbs of meat, which they kept in the freezer for 6 months before they found it.

I have used multiple butchers in the area of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, never had an experience quite like this.

Ultimately, a few of my customers ended up taking their bacon back because it is so bad. The company did not stand by it and blamed us for not eating it.

And update - no the company did not...

I don’t like to submit bad reviews of companies, but we had hogs processed here in 2021. After preparing the pork at home it has been the worst experience I have ever had in the quality of the actual butchering job they performed. The amount of fat left on bacon, left on butterfly pork chops and inconsistently of the ground pork; some lean and some very fatty sets a new level of disappointment. Bacon was supposed to be hickory smoked and it wreaks when cooked and some has been inedible. Maybe this is due to the amount of fat, only approx 10% meat on all bacon I have thawed to cook. Off 1# I had at least 1 cup of bacon grease and it smells so bad I would not save it and after tasting the bacon I had to trash it also. Maybe due to the situation of current affairs at that time influenced the quality of work, not sure. Just very disappointed and would never recommend this business...