Corky's Food Manufacturing, LP

Corky's Food Manufacturing, LP operates at 3006 Fleetbrook Drive in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, under USDA establishment numbers M18426, P18426, and V18426. FSIS records list the plant as a small establishment doing meat processing, poultry processing, meat identification, export certification, and voluntary meat processing and voluntary meat slaughter, with a grant of inspection date on file of January 25, 2022. The federal record also lists custom-exempt slaughter, meaning animals owned by the customer are processed and packaged marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales. Species detail is not reported to FSIS. The record shows the business also doing business as Corky's Bar-B-Q Inc., El Terrifico, LLC, and Primo Rib Co.

The company website presents the operation as a food manufacturing arm of Corky's BBQ, with divisions for retail and grocery, deli, prepared products, private label and co-packing, El Terrifico cheese dip, and imported French croissants and pastries. The site states the business began in 1984 and that meats are cooked in seasoned smokers using real hickory wood logs and charcoal, with locally sourced seasoned hickory. It cites more than 8,800 retail outlets carrying Corky's products, more than 1,000,000 frozen dinner entrees sold annually, and more than 3,000,000 pounds of El Terrifico cheese dip sold annually.

The website is organized around wholesale and retail grocery buyers, listing case packs, item IDs, and case weights and inviting product spec requests. It does not describe custom livestock processing, cut and wrap services, hours, or on-site retail sales at the Fleetbrook Drive plant, even though the federal record reports custom-exempt and retail-exempt activity. Details beyond what appears above are not yet on file.

The federal record reports custom-exempt slaughter, meaning animals owned by the customer are processed and returned in packages marked Not for Sale, and lists voluntary meat slaughter and voluntary meat processing among the plant's FSIS activities. The company website does not describe custom livestock work, booking procedures, drop-off scheduling, minimums, kill fees, or cut and wrap options, and species handled are not reported to FSIS. A farmer considering hauling animals here would need to contact the plant directly at (901) 396-9888 to confirm whether custom work is available and on what terms.

Corky's Food Manufacturing, LP reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The website is written for wholesale and grocery buyers rather than households, listing products by item ID, case pack, and case weight and offering a product spec request form. It says Corky's products are carried in more than 8,800 retail outlets and links to shipping and restaurant pages for the Corky's brand. The federal record reports retail-exempt sales, but no on-site retail counter, hours, halves and quarters, bundles, or direct delivery from the Fleetbrook Drive plant are described in the sources on file.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.