new retail outlets for four to six products with two, hot dogs and bologna, being the core products. A few years before 2016, Koegel was selling nationwide by mail order as far away as Alaska. Keogel Meats was given the 2015 Al Kessel Outstanding Achievement Award by the Michigan Grocers Association. In January 2016, Koegel had to answer multiple inquires, in regards to the Flint water crisis and their water supply, that their plant is not connected to the Flint City water system, but the county run system via Flint Township. Factory Built in 1972, the current factory is on Bristol Road in Flint Township. Features of the plant include: production moves east to west with no circling back to decrease instances of contamination The production area floor included bricks as a meat's acid would erode a concrete one over the years 100,000 square feet the ceilings, equipment and the walls are stainless steel Products and recipes The Koegel Meat makes 64 products based on 32 different recipes. This including 16 types of sausage and hot dogs: brats, Italian sausage, foot-longs, franks, vienna frankfurters, bologna rings, chicken frank and Polish sausage. Lunch meat products include bolognas, cotto salami, Dutch loafs, olive loafs, pickle loafs, head cheeses and mac & cheese loaf. Also they make coneys and hot dog chili products. Koegel uses its original 100-year old recipes that the meat products are smoked with damp sawdust with hardwood for flavor and in its own blend of spices Processes have changed over the 100 years moving from hand stuffing to machine based operation. References External links Companies based in Genesee County, Michigan Food and drink companies based in Michigan Brand name hot dogs Brand name meats German-American cuisine German-American culture in Michigan Michigan culture Cuisine of the Midwestern United States Sausage companies of the United States Ham producers Food and drink companies established in 1916 1916 establishments in Michigan