What is craft beef? What is the dry-aging process? Why do cattle ranchers finish with a grain diet? How do you grow and scale a beef operation? I had so many questions for Jeff Smith that he has agreed to come back for a live stream Q&A on butchering. I am excited for everyone to meet Jeff and learn about this amazing cattle farm and sample a dry-aged steak. You can seriously taste the difference! 

Colorado Craft Beef

Origin Story

1913 Cattle Ranch

Foodie insights

DTC luxury brand

Cattle on Grass, old school feed yard, horseback, cattle nutrition

21-day aged – half a steer – commercial space cannot do this – enzymatic process, not watered down taste. More earthy, nutty flavor, less water, getting a more tender flavorful piece of meat. Commercial meat can lose up to 50% yield after smoking and trimming and with CCB, yields are around 75%.

4-6 months to finish a cow with a grain finish diet and switch the flavor profile of the fat to the buttery, nutty VS wild meat flavor.

Fat Cap theory

450 lbs. finished meat per cow - roughly

½ of this burger

25-30 lbs. of ribeye

4 lbs. of flat iron

Business model

90% DTC

10% food service

Dan Hart – Restauranteur

The sales model of the food service/chef determines if CCB will be a good fit for the business

Partnering with KETO and Carnivore influencers and other brands – best marketing strategy

Frustrations with FedEx and shipping rates up 50%

How do they handle shipping into hot regions like Phoenix

They are naturally genuine and authentic ranchers and don’t have to work socials to be different

2023 plans – special announcement – TBD

600,00 cows a week are harvested in the USA

2,000,000 pigs a week

2 billion checks a year

Sirloin VS Ribeye

Season 3, Episode 26

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