Kettle Range Meat Company

What Kettle Range Meat Company does

Kettle Range Meat Company is a privately held, craft butcher shop and meat retailer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 2015, the company operates two retail storefronts — at 5501 West State Street in Milwaukee and 13402 Watertown Plank Road in Elm Grove — under the trade names "Kettle Range Meat Co." and "Kettle Range Meats," and serves the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area.

The company's core product is a portfolio of pasture-raised, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free meats sourced from a cultivated network of Wisconsin family farms and processed at small, independently owned slaughterhouses. Offerings span 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, heritage breed pork (Berkshire, Red Wattle, Mangalitsa), pastured lamb, poultry, and exotic meats, with traditional dry aging (7-14 days standard, up to 45 days for specialty cuts), custom on-site portion cutting, and vacuum cryovac packaging as the principal processing capabilities. The product set extends beyond raw cuts to include the Mixed Quarter Beef Shares bulk program ($1,434 for 120-130 lbs), Holiday Roast Preorders, and a Meals to Go farm-to-table prepared meals and meal kit program with a daily rotating menu.

The business model is direct-to-consumer across physical retail, an external e-commerce storefront (shop.kettlerangemeats.com), and local home delivery within a 20-mile radius enabled by a 2022 delivery partnership, supplemented by national shipping of select products within the continental United States. Pricing is one-time transactional with publicly disclosed unit pricing only on bulk beef shares; the Kettle Club monthly meat subscription (which offered 10-20% retail discounts) was suspended in May 2026 for redesign amid beef pricing and supply pressure. Customer segments are health-conscious and ethically motivated consumers in Southeast Wisconsin, plus bulk freezer buyers. The company employs 11-50 people, has no disclosed institutional ownership, and has not raised traditional venture funding, with only a 2024 Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection grant on record.

Name

Kettle Range Meat Company

Legal name

Kettle Range Meat Co.

Website

https://kettlerangemeats.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kettle Range Meat Company is a privately held Milwaukee-based butcher shop operating two Southeast Wisconsin retail stores and a DTC e-commerce and delivery channel, selling grass-fed beef, heritage pork, pastured poultry, and prepared meals sourced from local Wisconsin family farms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Meat & Butcher Shop

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Butcher Shops & Meat Markets (CRAHAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAHAF)

Keywords

• Grass-fed beef
• Heritage pork
• Pasture-raised meats
• Butcher shop
• Prepared meals

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Store Sales: Brick-and-mortar retail sales at two Southeast Wisconsin locations (Milwaukee and Elm Grove) offering fresh and frozen meat products including grass-fed beef, heritage pork, pastured poultry, lamb, and exotic meats. Store hours: Monday-Friday 10am-7pm, Sunday 9am-5pm, closed Saturdays.
2. E-commerce and Home Delivery: Online ordering via external storefront (shop.kettlerangemeats.com) with local delivery from both locations to addresses within 20 miles. Home delivery customers receive $5 off first orders of $50+.
3. Bulk Beef Quarter Shares: Mixed quarter beef shares at fixed price of $1,434.00 including 120-130lbs of locally raised, grass-fed and grass-finished beef with processing, portion cutting, and cryovac packaging. Customers reserve with $250 deposit, balance due at pickup. Not eligible for loyalty rewards.
4. Prepared Meals and Meal Kits: Farm-to-table prepared meals, grab-and-go items, and meal kits prepared fresh daily by culinary team. Daily rotating menu featuring various meat-based dishes. Sold via retail store and online ordering.
5. Kettle Club Monthly Meat Subscriptions (Suspended): Monthly meat share subscription program currently suspended for redesign. Was offering subscribers 10-20% discount on retail prices with monthly deliveries of curated meat selections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kettle Range Meat Company is a Southeast Wisconsin-based butcher shop and meat processor that sells 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef, heritage breed pork (Berkshire, Red Wattle, Mangalitsa), pastured poultry, lamb, and prepared farm-to-table meals. The company sources from local Wisconsin family farms, applies traditional dry-aging (7-45 days), and sells through two retail locations (Milwaukee and Elm Grove), an online storefront with local delivery within 20 miles, and limited continental US shipping.

Product overview

Kettle Range Meat Co. is a Southeast Wisconsin retail butcher offering a portfolio of meat products centered on grass-fed and finished beef, heritage pork, pastured lamb, and poultry. The core offering is the online store (shop.kettlerangemeats.com) for individual and bulk purchases, supplemented by the Mixed Quarter Beef Shares bulk buying program, the Kettle Club Monthly Meat Shares subscription (suspended for redesign), Holiday Roast Preorders for seasonal occasions, and the Meals to Go prepared foods program. All products emphasize pasture-raised, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free sourcing from local Wisconsin family farms, with local delivery and two retail locations in Milwaukee and Elm Grove.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Store with Local Delivery

Quantifiable outcome

• Dry aging process (7-45 days) breaks down muscle tissue for buttery texture and deep beefy flavors
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Unnamed Delivery PartnercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorA new delivery partnership announced in 2022 enables Kettle Range to deliver from both their Milwaukee and Elm Grove shops to any address within 20 miles. This partnership expands their service area from just the physical store locations to the entire greater Milwaukee metropolitan area including Brookfield, Delafield, Waukesha, Oak Creek, Franklin, and surrounding suburbs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Porter Road: Pasture-raised, hormone- and antibiotic-free meat company selling directly to consumers via e-commerce and home delivery. Closely comparable business model to Kettle Range's grass-fed, heritage-breed DTC approach, though Porter Road operates at significantly larger national scale from Kentucky.
• Crowd Cow: Online marketplace delivering 100% grass-fed and pasture-raised meat directly from independent farms to consumer doors. Comparable sourcing philosophy (small family farms, no antibiotics/hormones) and DTC subscription model, though with a curated multi-farm marketplace structure rather than Kettle Range's single-storefront butchery.
• ButcherBox: Subscription-based DTC meat company delivering grass-fed beef, heritage pork, and wild-caught seafood monthly. Operates an analogous subscription model (which Kettle Range is trying to relaunch) targeting similar health-conscious consumers, though at much larger venture-backed scale.
• Snake River Farms: Premium American Wagyu and Kurobuta pork producer selling via DTC e-commerce and ships nationwide. Comparable premium-protein positioning and online ordering model, with broader geographic reach but a single-brand focus on Wagyu/Kurobuta rather than Kettle Range's multi-species portfolio.
• Beck & Bulow: Online butcher specializing in pasture-raised, wild, and heritage-breed meats including bison, elk, and Wagyu shipped nationwide. Comparable direct-to-consumer premium-meat positioning with similar sourcing-from-small-ranches narrative, though newer and smaller than Kettle Range.
• Chicago Steak Company: Midwest-based premium steak company shipping dry-aged, USDA Prime beef nationwide via e-commerce. Directly comparable on dry-aging expertise and Midwest regional identity, though focused on steaks versus Kettle Range's full-butcher portfolio.
• Greensbury Market: Online retailer of organic, grass-fed, and pasture-raised meats and seafood shipped directly to consumers nationwide. Comparable DTC premium-meat model with similar ethical-sourcing positioning and home delivery nationwide.

Regional players

• The Local Butcher Shop: Bay Area neighborhood butcher focused on whole-animal butchery and locally sourced pasture-raised meats. Comparable craft-butcher model and educational/community positioning, though operating in Northern California rather than the Midwest.

Broad incumbents

• Whole Foods Market: National premium grocer with full-service butcher counters featuring grass-fed, organic, and humanely raised meats. Competes with Kettle Range for the same health-conscious consumer, though at vastly greater scale and across thousands of SKUs versus Kettle Range's curated specialty selection.
• Niman Ranch: National specialty meat brand supplying heritage breed pork, grass-fed beef, and lamb to retailers, restaurants, and DTC. Comparable heritage-breed, antibiotic-free sourcing philosophy with the small-family-farmer network model, though at much broader wholesale and foodservice scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KettleRange
• Facebookfacebook.com/KettleRangeMeats
• Instagraminstagram.com/kettlerangemeats
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kettle-range-meat-company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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