Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food

Apple Brandy Beef

Apple Brandy Beef raises heritage-breed cattle on open pasture in the foothills of Wilkes County, just 90 minutes west of Winston-Salem. Their cattle are raised without antibiotics or added hormones, foraging on native grasses with room to roam the way nature intended.

What sets Apple Brandy Beef apart is their dry-aging program — steaks and primal cuts are aged for 21 to 28 days under precise temperature and humidity control, concentrating flavor and producing the deep, nutty complexity that separates truly exceptional beef from everything else.

Their beef is the backbone of our case — you'll find dry-aged ribeyes, NY strips, chuck roasts, ground beef, and more, sourced directly and delivered fresh every week.

Looper Farms

Looper Farms has been raising pasture-raised heritage hogs in the foothills of Caldwell County for generations. Their commitment to slow growth, open pastures, and natural feed produces pork with exceptional fat marbling, real depth of flavor, and none of the wateriness that plagues commodity pork.

From their thick-cut bacon to their fall-off-the-bone spare ribs and hand-seasoned sausages, every Looper cut reflects what pork used to taste like before industrial farming changed the game. We work directly with the Looper family to bring their whole-hog program to our case.

At Smoke City Meats, you'll find Looper Farms pork in our fresh case, as the base of our house-made sausage program, and cut to order by our butchers — including chops, shoulder roasts, belly, and more.

Joyce Farms

Joyce Farms raises heritage and specialty breed birds right here in Forsyth County — as local as it gets. Their chickens are slow-grown on pasture, never administered growth promotants, and processed at a small regional facility that maintains the animal welfare standards the Joyce family demands from their own operation.

The difference is immediately apparent: Joyce Farms poultry has genuine flavor, firm texture, and a clean finish that commodity chicken simply cannot match. Whether roasted whole, spatchcocked, or broken down into parts, these birds reward cooking with real depth of flavor.

We carry Joyce Farms whole birds, breasts, thighs, wings, and specialty cuts, available fresh in-store or through our online ordering. Our butchers can break down a whole bird to your specification — just ask.