Hill Meat Company Hill's is a family owned and operated company that has been making pork products in Pendleton, Oregon, since 1947. Normally, Albertson's carries Hills Original Pork Sausage Links and their packaged Double Smoked Thick Sliced Bacon, as does Fred Meyer's. On 1/31/22, I was at the Albertson's located in the Hillcrest Shopping Center in Boise. I noticed they suddenly had a lot more Hill's products. I bought the Bacon & Hatch Chile Pork Sausage Links and some of the Fresh Peppered Bacon. Both were excellent! Prior to discovering Hill's sausage, I bought sausage links to cook at home maybe once or twice. Occasionally, I would order them for breakfast if dining out, but I had no interest in buying a package of it. It was fatty and delicious, but it just didn't seem that special. That wasn't till about three years ago when I unknowingly visited an Adam Hegsted restaurant in North Idaho. The place I stayed at gave guests the option of a free continental breakfast or a coupon good for $5 off of a breakfast at the restaurant next door. I opted to eat at the restaurant. Even though I ordered a simple breakfast of two eggs over easy, sausage and toast, I could tell from the presentation alone that this was going to be something special. First of all, these were the most perfectly cooked over easy eggs I've ever seen in my life, and I've cooked a few myself. The toast homemade sourdough, served with homemade Huckleberry jam. The sausage looked like regular sausage, but then I bit into one. Whoa! It was the best sausage I've ever eaten in my life. When my server came back I asked what brand of sausage they were using. The cook came out from back in the kitchen to chat with me. He shared with me that they used Hills Meats, and the name of the owner. I later did a little research and learned the owner was a James Beard nominated chef. Even though he wasn't present, he clearly set a high standard that was being well-maintained. Upon returning home, I immediately started to search out Hill's sausage. I was so excited the first time I found it and brought it home to cook. Then I tried the bacon and loved it just as much. If you haven't tried Hills, you're in for a special treat. The fact that a James Beard nominated chef makes a point to serve it in his restaurants speaks volumes. Highly Recommended! read more