Best Deer Processor: Country Slaughter House

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Originally published March 29, 2011 at 12:36 p.m., updated March 29, 2011 at 12:36 p.m.

Best Deer Processor: Country Slaughter House

Being named the best meat processor in Victoria is just a good feeling for Ronnie Otto.

The owner of the Country Slaughter House has had the processing house since 1970.

"I get a lot of comments. Good comments," Otto said. "I get a lot of people out of Houston too."

The secret is in how fast his staff turns around the processing, he said.

The slaughter house's busiest time is deer season, but during the rest of the year they custom process other animals, he said.

That custom processing and the quick turn around may be what has earned the slaughter house the No. 1 spot, he said.

"It feels pretty good," he said.

Country Slaughter House

3857 Burroughsville Road

Victoria

361-573-9043

First Runner Up

Harwell's Custom Processing Plant

7804 Farm-to-Market Road 236

Victoria

361-575-5120

Second Runner Up

Prasek's Hillje Smokehouse

29714 U.S. 59

El Campo

979-543-8312