Kurzweils' History...

Kurzweils' Country Meats, located on 7 Highway between Harrisonville and Garden City, Missouri, was founded by three Kurzweil brothers, James M., Tom, and Dennis. The business began on April 28, 1995.

The Kurzweil family’s heritage in agriculture dates back to the 1940’s. James R. "Big Jim" and Cecelia Kurzweil, father and mother, began row crop farming. As children, Jim, Tom, and Dennis, grew up helping on the farm and continued row crop farming with their parents. In 1991, the three brothers and their wives expanded the operation by adding a hog operation. In an effort to find a better market for their hogs, the idea of the meat market emerged. Carrying on family tradition, Jim’s oldest son, Chris, helped part time while stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas and joined the business full time after his discharge from the army.

Today, Tom and Dennis manage the farming and hog operations while Jim and son, Chris, manage the meat market. Tom and Dennis’ wives, Julie and Linda, help with the farming and hog operations, and Jim’s wife, Linda, helps at the meat market. All eight of our children have worked or are working on the farm, with the hogs, and at the meat market.

We are proud to be a family owned and operated full circle operation which begins with raising grain, feeding our raised grain to our hogs, and using some of our own raised hogs at the meat market. By doing this, we are able to pass on "Raised on the Farm" quality directly to you. Due to our growth, our meat operation, which began in "The Red Barn", expanded into the adjoining building in December 1998 which more than tripled our size. Then in 2006 we opened our second location in Lee's Summit, Missouri.

We invite you to stop by our store and sample some of our fine smoked meats, request information, or place an order. From our family to yours, we say Thank You to all of our customers who have made our growth possible and we appreciate the opportunity to serve you.