Satchel Creek (Grain-Fed) – Easy Going Beef

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by Carrie Oliver on July 15, 2010

Carrie Oliver Rating: Easy Going Beef™

If you sat next to this dry-aged, grain-fed Black Angus steak at a party, he’d be the host who makes everyone feel welcome and important. This versatile steak will be easy to pair with just about any other dish on the plate.

Tasting Notes:

Today’s tasting notes come compliments of Jaden Hair, aka Steamy Kitchen. The steak had a some chew Texture, a sweet, bright, balanced, relatively reserved Personality and left a medium brief Impression.

Meet The Ranchers

Rancher Tiya Tonn-Oppold is a rancher and entrepreneur whose family began farming and ranching in Kansas in the late 1800s but has now expanded to include wholesale and retail butcher shops in Wichita and El Dorado. Satchel Creek’s cattle graze on 6,000 acres of native Blue Stem pastures and are then finished closer to the barn on a mix of grains & hays grown on the farm. You can also find this dry-aged beef online at Satchel Creek Steaks. We’re looking forward to co-hosting a tasting with Tiya on her family ranch this summer.

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All images of Satchel Creek Ranch’s cattle above are compliments of 12-year old Trevor. Thanks, Trevor!

Tasting Overview:

Taster: Jaden Hair
Date Tasted: November 2009
Cut Tasted: New York / Kansas City Strip; Ground Beef
Previous Cut Tasted: None
Previous Date Tasted: None
Previous Taster: None

Quick Facts

Breed: Black Angus, Hereford, and Angus-Hereford Cross (aka Black Baldies)
Growing Region: Flint Hills, Kansas
Farm/Ranch: Satchel Creek Ranch
Farmers/Ranchers:lllllllll Tiya Tonn-Oppold
Raising Protocols: Rotationally grazed on native blue stem pastures. Cattle are bred, born, raised, & fed out on the same ranch and family.
Finishing Protocols: Grain finished on corn with access to brome and alfalfa hay.
Slaughterhouse: Krehbiels Specialty Meats, McPherson, KS
Butcher: Krehbiels Specialty Meats, McPherson, KS
Aging Technique: Dry-Aged
Aging Time: 14 to 21 Days
Packaging: Cryovac vacuum sealed online; butcher wrap in store.
Never Use Antibiotics Ever: -
Use Vet Approved Spot Treatment Antibiotics: ✓ (Remove from program if treated)
Never Use Feed Antibiotics: ✓
Never Use Added Growth Hormones: ✓
Never Use Ionophores: ✓
No Animal, Fish, Fowl By-Products in Feed: ✓
100% Vegetarian Feed: ✓
Practice Rotational Grazing: ✓
Practice Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing: ✓
USDA Natural: Yes
USDA Naturally Raised New Voluntary Certification: No
Certified Organic: No
Certified Humane: No
Other Third Party Certifications: No
Other: All cattle raised from birth and fed forages and grains grown by Satchel Creek Ranch.

Tagged as: Artisan Beef, Black Angus, dry-aged steak, Kansas, rating

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