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All your questions about our new beef 1/4's answered here!

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Taking orders for ¼’s, custom cut ½’s and whole steers for November and December deliveries. January and most of February are already sold out to our regulars that restock at the beginning of every year so if you skip now, it'll be March before I have beef available for you.
$1550 per ¼ with delivery options to Lake Havasu, Bullhead/Kingman, Prescott, Phoenix, Vegas, and Southern California.
Call or text Joel at 928-486-4043 with questions or to order.

Over the years we have had more requests for a 1/4 beef consisting of just the premium steaks with everything else done as ground beef. It's here!
On average it's 30% premium steaks, 20% ground chuck, and 50% ground beef. Here's the breakdown: Average package weight has been 121-131lbs. We lose 5-6lbs in bone weight, but you still get the same amount of calories/edible beef. This cut is great for the busy family or anyone who doesn’t like venturing too far past the grill on the patio. This new 1/4 needs only 6 cu feet of freezer space to be comfortable as the packaging is more uniform.
Steaks:
Bone in Ribeye Steaks
Bone in New York Steaks
Tenderloins
Petite Tender
Flank Steak (or Tri-Tip, each ¼ alternates these cuts)
Skirt Steak
Delmonico Steak
Flat Iron Steak
Sirloin Steaks
Sirloin Tip Steaks
Flap Steak
Brisket
Ground chuck:
Minus the premium steaks, the chuck is done as a dry-aged ground for over-the-top burgers.
All the other cuts such as roasts, short ribs, shanks, neck meat, and rounds are boned out for the ground beef.
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Of course, we still have our traditional cut available for ¼’s as well. This has most of the premium steaks but also includes several roasts, short ribs, and cuts like neck meat and shanks.
On average it's 30% premium steaks, 35% roasts, ribs, and misc. cuts, and 35% ground beef. Here’s the breakdown of a more traditional ¼: Average package weight has been 125-135lbs. It's best to have 7 cu feet of freezer space to organize
Steaks:
Bone in Ribeye Steaks
Bone in New York Steaks
Tenderloins
Petite Tender
Flank Steak (or Tri-Tip, each ¼ alternates these cuts)
Skirt Steak
Delmonico Steak
Flat Iron Steak
Sirloin Steaks
Flap Steak
Tenderized Round Steak
Brisket

Roasts:
Cross-Rib roast
Chuck roast (boneless)
Sirloin Tip roast
Bottom Round roast

Miscellaneous cuts:
Lean-cut short ribs
Flankenstyle ribs
London Broil
Shanks
Neck meat
Stew meat
Cube steak
Suet (for making your tallow)
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Typically, a week before delivery I will text you a list of Amy’s extras that will be available with your delivery. This might include, bacon, sausage, eggs, honey, and any other goodies she prepares.

Call or text Joel at 928-486-4043 with questions or to order.
 

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Can't be happier with the new 1/4 option. Can't wait to start BBQing some of the new order.
 

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I just got a new style 1/4 from Joel in late September.

Friday night I cooked 2 tenderloins, a bison filet, and some asparagus over a wood fire in a Santa Maria grill.

Wife made some kick ass risotto and we opened a solid bottle of red.

It was a meal that makes you question if you should ever go to a steakhouse again. Thanks Joel!
 

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Saturday November 16th is the next SoCal delivery. I have a few 1/4’s available and one 1/2. Will have ground beef, bacon and sausage available individually too.
 

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“How do deliveries work?”

This is one of our favorite things to do but is also the most time consuming, and will forever keep us from growing too big (by design).

Let’s look at a SoCal delivery….
Thursday morning we’ll pick up your beef from our butcher. From their large freezers to our mobile freezer setup. Keeping your goodies frozen is the key to a long life. Your butcher guarantees 1 year against freezer burn with the packaging we pay for but truthfully, two years and even longer is completely acceptable with this type of handling.

Some of you opt to pay us an extra $50 to split and package a 1/4 to share with a friend or family. Many will add Amy’s bacon and sausage to an order. A few will request bones and organs. This all takes place Friday while repacking freezers in an order that matches the delivery schedule. I try to have pickups 15 minutes apart so no one is waiting and we get a few minutes to visit.

Saturday morning, wake up at 1am and start our day. Early feeding for ourselves and critters. Check the lists one last time, load eggs and honey, pre-trip truck and trailer and climb onto i40 at 3am sharp.

A couple of pee breaks and a fresh tank of gas at Lynwood Rd in Barstow- we arrive at our meeting spot in Fontana five hours later at 8am.

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Freezers have been running on the genie for hours and are at -10 when we start. If someone has 45 minutes or less drive home we suggest stacking boxes and covering with a sleeping bag or heavy blanket. This is what a 1/4 looks like boxed up.
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If the drive is longer we suggest two 70 quart coolers per 1/4. Clean, completely dry, with a dry towel to take up airspace and keep humidity in check. No bags of ice or dry ice needed.
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We are typically wrapping up by 11am. Amy packs our meals (neck meat road burritos) so we don’t stop to eat. The trip home takes 6 hours as she likes to hit the grocery store on the way back. Start feeding critters by 5pm and usually wrap the day up by 7pm or so.
16-18 hour day for a turnaround trip like that all because I have trust issues and the thought of handing our stuff over to a shipping company gives me anxiety 😬.
 

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Joel, Amy, I am a bit upset with you BOTH, Since this was my 2nd order from you I figured I would do the new 1/4 special offering for the steaks and ground as the last 1/2 cow was amazing, this time I decided to do a few types of bacon and try the sausage as well...
I had a huge burger from you beef yesterday and as usual I loved it, so so good... Wife made Amy's Applewood Bacon this morning and I am a bit upset that I can no longer eat store bought bacon without thinking WE SHOULD BE EATING THE BACON AMY makes.
YOU GUYS HAVE SPOILED MY WIFE AND I WITH YOUR DELICIOUS BEEF AND BACON. Tomorrow we are going to be cooking the Peppered Bacon for breakfast. If it is ANYTHING like the Applewood I am going to be spoiled for life. Please keep up the amazing work you both do providing farm fresh beef, bacon and sausages. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!
ANYONE thinking of trying FortRocks Beef or Bacon trust that you would be getting 100% great high quality and an amazing tasting product.
 

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Joel, Amy, I am a bit upset with you BOTH, Since this was my 2nd order from you I figured I would do the new 1/4 special offering for the steaks and ground as the last 1/2 cow was amazing, this time I decided to do a few types of bacon and try the sausage as well...
I had a huge burger from you beef yesterday and as usual I loved it, so so good... Wife made Amy's Applewood Bacon this morning and I am a bit upset that I can no longer eat store bought bacon without thinking WE SHOULD BE EATING THE BACON AMY makes.
YOU GUYS HAVE SPOILED MY WIFE AND I WITH YOUR DELICIOUS BEEF AND BACON. Tomorrow we are going to be cooking the Peppered Bacon for breakfast. If it is ANYTHING like the Applewood I am going to be spoiled for life. Please keep up the amazing work you both do providing farm fresh beef, bacon and sausages. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!
ANYONE thinking of trying FortRocks Beef or Bacon trust that you would be getting 100% great high quality and an amazing tasting product.
Thank you so much for this! We really do work hard to make sure your freezer is filled with the very best❤️. Btw, the black pepper is even better than the applewood😬
 

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Is that the 15/summit Target?

COD or payment ahead of time through zelle, etc?

I'm off to measure my freezer and talk to the wife. 😁
 

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You know as a kid you saved the biggest firework for last, well it's that time for me, broke the big roast out only problem is I'm pretty eating it by myself, might crook pot it, split it and make nice stew with 1/2 and some taquitos and tacos with rest. Anyone got an excellent roast recipe?
 

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Is that the 15/summit Target?

COD or payment ahead of time through zelle, etc?

I'm off to measure my freezer and talk to the wife. 😁
Correct on the location. Cash at pickup, RDP peeps don’t need to do deposits 😊
 

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You know as a kid you saved the biggest firework for last, well it's that time for me, broke the big roast out only problem is I'm pretty eating it by myself, might crook pot it, split it and make nice stew with 1/2 and some taquitos and tacos with rest. Anyone got an excellent roast recipe?

Throw it in the crock pot. Set a stick of butter on top, dump one envelope of powdered ranch dressing mix and one envelope of powdered gravy mix (doesn't matter what kind, it all works good), and dump in about 1/2 jar of pepperoncinis. (I cut the stems off because they piss me off) . That's it. Don't add any liquid. Put the lid on and let that go for about 4 hours. At the 4 hour mark, dump in some chopped up taters and carrots and put the lid back on for another 4 hours.
 

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This is a great informative post, and maybe gives some insight into just how much effort Joel and Amy put into making sure their customers get only the best product and best service for their customers.
I've had the dubious pleasure of watching and occasionally helping them make this all work, and it's absolutely crazy how much time and effort they put into this operation to make sure it all goes well.
And, because nobody seems to tire of Joel's meat jokes, I too love Joels meat! I get to have quite a bit of it as he keeps me well supplied. Mainly because he keeps hogging up our shop space and he tries distracting me from the fact that his backhoe has taken over about 5000 square feet of our shop with beef. :D
 

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This is a great informative post, and maybe gives some insight into just how much effort Joel and Amy put into making sure their customers get only the best product and best service for their customers.
I've had the dubious pleasure of watching and occasionally helping them make this all work, and it's absolutely crazy how much time and effort they put into this operation to make sure it all goes well.
And, because nobody seems to tire of Joel's meat jokes, I too love Joels meat! I get to have quite a bit of it as he keeps me well supplied. Mainly because he keeps hogging up our shop space and he tries distracting me from the fact that his backhoe has taken over about 5000 square feet of our shop with beef. :D
Sooner or later, you're going to realize that your wife is paying my wife to have the backhoe in your shop. I mean, it's been months since you've brought some steaming pile of shit home simply because you are out of room (much to @monkeyswrench's dismay) :p
 

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The bacon and sausage is top notch and has ruined us from store bought. Wish I had bought more.

Love the new 1/4 steak. Option.
 

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1/4 in a 7.0 cu ft chest freezer. Lots of room to spare. Shoulda went with the smaller unit as i have an empty fridge freezer in the house. Thanks again Joel and Amy.

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We are on our 3 rd 1/4 and really enjoy the special cut version this time. Had Ribeye's last night and have made burgers a couple times. Thanks to you both for the quality of meat. Take care and hope you both have a great Thanksgiving. TB
 

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Best stuff out there guys. Don't forget the breakfast Sausage. You will break up with Jimmy Dean real quick.
 
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