Stahl's Prime Meat & Deli Inc - Mt Clemens, Michigan

Zachary C.

Stahls is amazing! I moved to the area late 2021 and shop at stahls two to three times a week. They carry a great selection of fresh, good quality meats. Large grocery section for those quick trips. Plenty of beer, wine, or liquor. This store has just about anything you could need. The staff is always helpful and in a good mood.

Sharon L.

Stahl's Market processed a deer and the sausage was absolutely awesome. Great flavor and reasonable with processing fee. All meat was shrunk wrapped and trimmed beautifully. Thumbs up 👍

John D.

They have great meat and friendly people working there nice place to shop for dinner.

Shelby L.

Stahl’s did an amazing job at my graduation party. Everything was delivered on time and picked up the next day. The food was excellent! Everything was fresh and delicious. I would definitely recommend.

Christina S.

The service here was good & everyone was friendly and helpful - both on the phone and in the store; in fact the reason why I chose to go here, over two other nearby butcher shops (even tho one shop had a lower price on the item I needed & the other shop was much closer to me –*but she couldn't be bothered to check on the price of what I needed or even if that item was in stock at the time 🤨) but when I called Stahl's they were so friendly & helpful on the phone even an hour before closing time just 2 days before Thanksgiving.

However I wasn't super impressed – or tbh, really even all that happy in general with the 4 whole roasting chickens I got from here tho. They seemed to have been previously frozen🫤 + they were [all of them😮‍💨] bruised up😦 in one place or another😒 (*which is generally something that should try to be avoided when choosing a good fresh whole chicken🐔 !!)

Also, it turns out that they don't accept EBT as payment either, which was a little bit inconvenient. And I didn't even think to ask about that when I called either I guess I just assumed they did!🤷🏻‍♀️😬 So then I had no choice but to pay for the order with cash out-of-pocket,
Which just meant I had to adjust my budget elsewhere😒.

& while the overall final outcome of the meal I cooked with these chickens WAS still pretty good, I believe that this was largely in part due to my cooking skills & the extensive preparation efforts I made for this meal {*see below for more info on how I was able to make these chickens still turn out really good}; and that if the chickens had been a much higher quality {*i.e.: not bruised anywhere at all, and were also extremely fresh, having never been frozen} that this additional element would have lended a fairly large part in making this meal even all that much better 😋!!

☆ ~ so I ended up 'BRINING' each / all of the chickens 1st before stuffing & roasting them ...
ie: BRINE(-ing) is when u "soak" your meat in salt water 1st for 4-48hrs before cooking.

▪︎So for each bird I used about 4-5oz of salt (-I used pink Himalayan rock salt, or sea salt is good too) & then use just enuf COLD* water to fully cover / submerge the entire bird ‐usually just about 1 to 1½ quarts H²O- & u can use a large bowl & cover it, or a pot & lid works well too
...& u just let the bird soak in this salt water solution while kept in the Refrigerator overnight ~or basically for a MINIMUM of at least 4hrs; 8 hrs if possible.
*so while u DO need to be SURE u soak your meat in COLD water from the very start, getting rock salt to dissolve in the water can be an issue! ~ a good trick is to boil (light rolling, not raging!) your Salt in 2-3 cups of water in a covered pot for like 10-15 min -& also crushing up as much of the salt as possible beforehand really helps too- pour the water into a medium size bowl, then add about 3 cups of ice & stir to help cool down. The water should be cold enough to use for brining your meat; just add any other seasonings to the salt water & it's all ready to go!👍🏽

**& u can also add other seasonings to a brining solution as well: including garlic, pepper, sugar, wine, and citrus... but it must always have enough salt 4 the process to work tho.

★Brining has some VERY IMPORTANT RESULTS to your meat & is often -if not always- what defines the successful outcome of your meal:

▪︎More water and flavor: The meat cells absorb water and salt from the brine, resulting in more water AND flavor within the meat.
▪︎Tenderized meat: The salt breaks down the meat's proteins, making it more tender and less chewy.
▪︎Juicier meat: The meat retains more moisture during cooking because it has a higher liquid content

Judith W.

Very unique menu and cooked to a tee. The service was great and all employees are friendly and polite

Scott

Moved here from Florida. I'm a rural country boy and THIS IS THE PLACE FOR MEAT! Hella friendly, good prices, will cut to your liking right in front of you and they have a huge selection of great, high quality meats and cuts. I literally drove 30 min to buy my Christmas Rib Roast here and I was NOT DISAPPOINTED! They even sell house made dog treats like pig's ears and Cow Femurs.. photos to come on Christmas Day of my dog devouring that femur and my family grinding on that near 10#, perfect rib roast! I know this is going to be my go to butcher from now on!

Kenneth S.

Best meat I have ever eaten, price is good service is excellent