Carlton Farms

As an ex Cattle Rancher I know my meats. 1 got 4 rib eyes an some of there pepperd bacon. My rib eyes were grain fed. That's only the way I like my beef. These steaks had to be the best I've ever had other than the beef we raised. The steak would melt in your mouth an the texture was so good. The staff were very kind. There shop was very clean an nice. I know where I'll be buying my meat products. I recommend this company to anyone.

Always very good customer service whenever I go into their store. The product is the best around by far. I love the assortment of sausages they have for sale. The pork chops are thick cut like I like them and the ribs are meaty.

I have bought several boxes of beef patties over time. Suddenly they started putting the patties in two stacks in box instead of one stack of patties 1 on top of the other. The patties were mashed, misshapen and not easily separated . And now they changed the bacon packaging so you cannot very well see the quality of the bacon you are buying. I'm tired of good companies going bad after being bought by larger groups. The bean counters start making the decisions. Carlton seems to be on a downhill slide. Can we really trust the new Carlton for the quality we used to get from the old Carlton? I'm not so sure.

The Carlton Farms pork spare ribs and baby back ribs were amazing on my pellet grill. I used Bad Bones Devine Swine Rub and finished with Bad Bones Beast champion BBQ Sauce.

Love love this place! We love the quality of the meat and the pricing is really good. I really like that they cycle their inventory and that I can find their products in stores and at restaurants. I've never had a bad experience here and the customer service is wonderful, the store is a bit small and can get cramped when there's more than three people shopping. There was no change that I could notice as a customer when Rita sold the business off, the new(ish) owners are preserving the quality of Carlton Farms and keeping up that great reputation. You guys have a me and my husband as customers for life.

I really struggled with leaving this review. I generally only like to leave positive ones but this trip was disappointing… Last week I called to place an order for a brisket for Thanksgiving. We aren’t turkey people, only a few of us this year so why not? Having been left without a specific cut of meat in the last for not pre-ordering, I called and put in my reservation, a 6-7lb brisket! I’ve been talking about that Thanksgiving brisket for a week and a half! Everyone was super excited for it, something other than Turkey!! I was scheduled to pick up Tuesday but was out running errands on Monday so I called to ask it if was available, it was so I went to get it! All I could think about on my drive out was getting it ready, what I was going to season it with, what time I needed to get the smoker going, still trying to decide between a foil vs butcher paper wrap, just obsessing over brisket prep. I get to the retail shop, give them my name, the cashier finds my invoice, puts it in front of me, starts to ring me up and I notice the weight… 14.7lbs… double my reserved weight. I ask if her if that was mine and she confirmed it was, it was the smallest one that came on the truck apparently... isn’t the point of a reservation so the cut and size I wanted was on the truck?? I love me some brisket, but 14.7 lbs for 5 people is a lot of meat and way more than I want to deal with. I opted for a tri tip, which I have no doubt will be amazing, their meat always is, but what a let down… if you can’t count on your butcher to get you the cut of meat you want, who can you count on?? To quote Jerry Seinfeld, “Anyone can take a reservation, but honoring the reservation, is really the most important part of the reservation process”

We’ve purchased our Christmas and Easter hams for the past three years. The first ham we ate was absolutely delicious, but we’ve noticed a decline in quality with our last few purchases. Our 2024 Easter ham (boneless) that I baked today was a huge disappointment. The ham smelled “off” after it was baked, and I had to add bouillon to the drippings to make it palatable for a gravy. I’m sad to say that will be our last Carlton Farms ham.

First time here based on recommendations. We purchased 6 tenderloins and sausages they had on sale. The tenderloins were excellent and getting ready to grill up the sausages that I'm sure will be great too.