Smash Burgers and Garlic Butter Instant Pot Short Ribs with The Meatery MN

If you like meat or stories about family businesses that connect producers directly to their customers, you’re going to love this podcast episode with Bruce and Jodie Drager, Allie and Michael Drager, and Mackenzie Drager, half of the Minnesota family of farmers and food enthusiasts behind The Meatery MN.

Meet The Meatery MN team: Front, from left: Colette Drager, Hannah Byron, Molly Byron, Sam Boeck holding Avery Boeck, Mackenzie Drager, and Allie Drager. Back, from left: Brandon Boeck, Bill Drager, Chuck Drager, Bruce Drager, Michael Drager, and Jodie Drager.

Meet The Meatery MN

While sharing meals together on vacation in Oregon, the Drager family dreamed up an e-commerce business that connects the producers of premium, USDA certified meat directly with consumers who appreciate fine food and knowing where it came from.

Founded in 2022, The Meatery MN has been creating a community of meathusiasts across the U.S. by creating an online platform for consumers to purchase high-quality beef, poultry and pork and have it shipped to them directly from the farm families who raised the animals.

Listen to Funeral Potatoes & Wool Mittens Season3, Episode 2, The Meatery MN: Connecting Meathusiasts Directly with Farmers, in your podcast app.

The Producers

There are currently 12 producers who supply customers with high-quality, you’ll-want-to-order-more products. In addition to shopping by proteins, you can also learn about each farm and see their photos and videos when you shop by producer.

Meet the Producers: https://themeaterymn.com/pages/our-producers

In This Episode

The Meatery business
What Jodie and I have in common
How to incorporate meat into a signature cocktail
How to know if you’re a meathusiast
Brandon shares how to sous vide—his favorite way to make American Wagyu ribeye
Which states get free shipping
Which one product they each can’t live without
Holiday and corporate gifts
Fundraisers
How to shop their online store

Recipes

The Meatery MN website is loaded with incredibly delicious recipes in which meat is the star of the show. Find them all them here.

Smash Burger

From The Meatery MN: This smash burger is a mouthwatering take on the traditional burger, beloved for its thin, crispy, and caramelized edges with a tender, juicy center. Each bite offers a perfect balance of savory beefiness, melty cheese, and a burst of flavor that makes it incredibly crave-worthy.

There are several great burger boxes from their beef partners. Get the recipe: https://themeaterymn.com/blogs/recipes/the-best-smash-burger

Garlic Butter Instant Pot Short Ribs

The recipe for garlic butter instant pot short ribs is courtesy of Backstreet Market with dry aged boneless short ribs from their Low & Slow Beef Box.

Get the recipe: https://themeaterymn.com/blogs/recipes/garlic-butter-instant-pot-short-ribs

pot of garlic butter instant pot short ribs

A Special Discount Code Just For You

Because they know you’re gonna to love it, as a gift from The Meatery MN this holiday season, use code Mittens15 at checkout to get 15% off an additional order. This code is active until December 31, 2024 and can be shared with friends and family. (Each new customer who orders automatically gets a $15 coupon off their first order. That is why the code Mittens15 is off an additional order.)

Thank you, The Meatery MN for this special discount code for listeners of Funeral Potatoes & Wool Mittens!

Whether it’s for you or for a gift, use the code to purchase meats like Wagyu ribeye, dry-aged burger, smoked rib steak, beef sticks, chicken breasts, smoked ham, tomahawk chops, pork shoulder roast, raspberry chipotle bacon, and charcuterie boxes, just to name a few.

shipping box full of meat from The Meatery MN

Additionally, The Meatery MN has multiple promotions for November, Cyber Week, and will likely add promotions for December.

Once you unbox your meats, go to https://themeaterymn.com/pages/unbox to get their best tips for grilling, braising, smoking, stewing, oven roasting and more.