My cats hate wet food (of which I can only find 2-3 brands and I've tried them all). On the hand, they love their premium dry food so much that when I buy these small treats that we're are supposed to reward them with, they reject them. They want their dry food. I also make sure they always have fresh water available (and the litter box doesn't lie).

If I were to cook for my cats, they would want meat, chicken and bacon every day.

Ok, I'll bite. I hate giving my cats wet food because, frankly, it smells dreadful. But I know it's better than dry food for them. Any suggestions/links about how to prep food for cats? Bear in mind I actually have no idea how to prep meat as I don't eat it myself.

Also, those people that try to feed their cats/dogs "vegan" or "vegetarian" are terrible human beings and don't deserve their furry friends.

I've usually heard that dry food is marginally better for cats, since it's better for their teeth. Otherwise, nutritional content is the same.

My vet told us to alternate between wet and dry servings. Cats are designed to get water from their meals and it helps for cats that don't like to drink water on their own. Dry food helps with their dental hygiene like you said though. Nutritionally I think they're more or less the same.

I had a cat with food allergies, and learned to read ingredients to tell a quality food (less allergies) from a lower quality.

Nearly all of the good foods had premium pricing, but not all of the premium priced foods were good quality. On the other hand, few to none of the mid to low priced foods actually were 'good'.