Considering that I really like the portion control. I find it the best meat to buy while dieting. I personally think assuming one is a very carefully shopper it is worthwhile.

But we know we don’t save any money on the Omaha Steaks purchases, even with their sales. We try to combine sales and free shipping and sometimes a coupon we receive from them. Even so, much more expensive than grocery stores.

But we’ve decided to change our diets to organic, as much as is practical, so goodby Omaha Steaks once we draw down the supply in the freezer. So now we’re looking for a supplier of organic beef – and have found a number of them on the Internet. Will be interesting to see how it works out. We’re also looking for organic chicken, and probably will eat more wild salmon and less farmed salmon, in the absence of USDA certification for “organic fish.”

-The food costs 2-3x what I would pay for locally, and the quality isn’t as good as my butcher or local supermarket.
-It is frozen which means you need to defrost it as part of the prep. I’m sorry but while frozen can be close to fresh it is never quite as good. So why do I want to go frozen for something that isn’t that great to begin with?
-The portions are tiny and to add insult to injury aren’t trimmed.
-The taste is mediocre at best. Several folks I served them too didn’t even finish their small portions.

At the prices they charge I expected something special. After all how could they charge those prices and stay in business? I just don’t get it. I was given a 75$ gift certificate 4 years ago and I just can’t be bothered to use it. PerhapsI will use it up now that I know they have a brick and mortar store on a route I regularly travel.

Jamie
Customer Care
Omaha Steaks

Well I ordered a “sampler” and some extra items.

It all came packaged in two huge styrofoam coolers with dry ice. The kids has fun with the dry ice.

We first tried the filet mignon steaks. I routinely buy whole filets at Sams and cut and package them myself. These steaks had not been trimmed. Starting at 6 oz pre-cooked and then trimming them led to small steaks.

I cooked them and everyone thought they were ok. Not good, not great, but ok. When asked how they were compared to the steaks bought from Sams, the family responded “not as good”. The texture reminded me of a time when I had gone to a local butcher shop when they had filet steaks on sale and bought some….they were select, not choice. I was reminded of this when one on-line poster said he could not find any description on the site as to what grade beef they were. He was right. I suspect they sell select meat.

We also had filet chunks. The pictures on the web site look like chunks you could make shish kabob our of. Not so. About 1 piece per 4 oz pack might qualify. The rest were varying sizes from shreds to irregulary shaped blobs. We ended up making beef stroganoff. The meat taste and texture was filet, so they were not lying in that aspect.

We next tried the hamburgers. The texture was off and my wife and daughter spoke of a weird after taste. They refused to eat them again. I guess I will throw the rest out.

The kids liked the potatos au gratin. They were a hit.

All in all, we get much better quality at the local grocery store or at Sam’s at about 1/3 the price. I did call them and get a refund…..so there was no cost in this venture except the disappointment in expecting something great and getting just plain mediocre.

I surmise they advertise and talk up their product a lot to get people to buy it, but have changed the quality so that they are now selling select meat at prime prices.

If I lived an hour from the grocery store, I might order…..but from someone else.