I went in on a hog with my brother and it was processed thru Westlinden. I went in for a quarter hog and got 60 lbs of subpar results. I have NEVER had bacon that had no bacon flavor. The strips looked beautiful, but have zero flavor. Just salty pork, it's like chewing a crunchy pork chop. The pork steaks have a good flavor (I attribute THAT to the farmer that raised the hog) but they were cut horribly with little to no trimming and alot of weird little bone pieces that have to be fished out . The breakfast links taste okay, but the casings are unpleasantly chewy. My ground pork looks like it's about 50% fat and the ham steaks taste very bland. So far every single thing I have tried has been really lacking in quality. These guys are nowhere near the quality of say, Edgewood locker, or Fairfax, or probably any other locker in the Eastern half of this state. Who would think any processor in IOWA would not be able to handle a pig. That's what we do here. They had zero remorse when confronted with the poor quality, just smugly stating that they have "lots of other customers ". So yeah, they have a pass poor attitude as well as skill. read more