About We Know Meat

We Know Meat is a guide for people who want to eat better meat and cook it with confidence. We are not a butcher shop or a delivery service. We are the friend who knows meat and wants you to eat well: where to buy it, what every cut is, and how to cook it right.

What we do

The site is built on four things. Find a Farmer is a directory of US farms selling beef, pork, poultry, lamb, and bison direct to your door or your freezer. The Meat Wiki explains every primal and cut across our proteins, so you know what you are buying and how to treat it. Recipes and Guides cover the techniques that actually matter, from a hard cast iron sear to low-and-slow smoking. And the Meat Price Tracker shows you the honest math on buying direct versus the grocery store.

How we test recipes

Every recipe here is one we have actually cooked, not one we pulled off a search result. We cook to internal temperature and tell you the number to hit, because a thermometer beats a clock on lean cuts like bison or a thick pork chop. When a step matters, we explain why it matters, so the method travels to the next piece of meat you cook. If a recipe did not work for us, it does not go up.

What we believe

Better meat comes from better farms, and buying direct pays the people who raise it well. We cook on cast iron and in a Dutch oven, we own the gear we recommend, and we do not cook with plastic because of what it can leave behind in your food. When a tool touches heat or acid, we reach for wood or metal and a glass jar. Simple tools, real heat, good meat.

Who writes this

Our guides are written by our team, including William Pairing, who covers technique and gear, and Alfred Cleaver, who covers cuts and sourcing. Between them they have spent years cooking the cuts you see here and talking to the farmers who raise them.

Corrections and updates

Prices move and farms change what they offer, so we update listings and guides as we learn more. If you find something wrong, tell us on the contact page and we will fix it. We would rather be corrected than be wrong.

Ready to start? Find a farm near you, or learn your cuts.