Stellar - Beef Tallow - 100% Grass-Fed & Finished - Good for Cooking, Baking and Frying - Food Grade - 2 LBS

April 29, 2025I am sorry, Steller, I cannot recommend for popcorn. HOWEVER, everyone should try once as tastes vary.I recommend the tallow for anything you fry / pan-sear in . . . It excels when pan-searing a piece of lean meat or chicken in a cast-iron pan!TBH, I absolutely ADORE butter but eat too much of it. Tallow has made a wonderful substitution for cooking and I use much less of it than butter. A good-old-fashioned [turkey] bacon, eggs, and home-fries or hash browns is wonderful cooked in tallow. I must reduce fats in my diet, so this makes it taste so much better even though it is not cooked in butter.March 01, 2025. First Time User but not first time with Tallow or Lard. I will update as needed.First READ. All the 1-star ratings are not on point. It is tallow, not a non-stick chemical, it smells FAINTLY of beef like you just grilled a prime steak.The vendor uses ONE single-size bucket for its tallow. So, if you order the 2-pound or 3-pound, the bucket isn't full. Cost savings for the consumer. See photo of label on top.If you are expecting the Crisco-white - NO. This is not a chemical or hydronated oil. This is tallow, more white but just slightly on the yellow side. See photo. I think of white butter. It is pure.I moved most of the tallow into a jar so I could seal it tightly and keep it in the fridge. Just me.Last photo is a tablespoon of tallow in the pan -- clear as water.Now, taste. I cooked a salmon fillet in it. I could not taste the slight beef in the salmon; I smelled it as it was cooking. The salmon tasted just a bit better than using the olive oil or avocado oil. Please understand that tallow is pure fat, like butter. I found the taste exceptional. I plan to try cooking popcorn in it.Other opinions. My cats love salmon. They got downright RUDE over this salmon cooked in tallow. They and the dogs were having conniption fits over my food. I was beginning to think I would need to defend myself and my salmon physically.Some historical background. In WWII, women were pouring off and storing all rendered fat - pork, beef, and chicken - by pouring off into a can. They would use what they could, and then take the rest to a re-use point "for the troops". They taught this to their daughters in the 50's, and some of us grew up with the same in the 60s and 70s. Crisco came along and so many learned to cook with "shortening". Hydrogenated oils took over. (yuck)Crisco is a brand of shortening, primarily made from vegetable oils. Its main ingredient is soybean oil, which is partially hydrogenated to achieve a solid, creamy consistency at room temperature. Some formulations may also include palm oil or other vegetable oils, depending on the specific product (like the all-vegetable shortening version). The partial hydrogenation process introduces trans fats, though modern Crisco recipes have been reformulated to reduce or eliminate trans fats due to health concerns, replacing them with fully hydrogenated oils or other stabilizers.Additives like mono- and diglycerides (emulsifiers), salt (in salted varieties), and sometimes preservatives or flavorings may also be included. The exact composition can vary slightly by product line or country, but it’s fundamentally a processed fat designed for cooking and baking. Check the label of a specific Crisco product for the most precise ingredient list, as formulations evolve!

Because of all the recent info coming out about seed oils, I recently started using this Beef Tallow, and I couldn’t be more impressed. It’s 100% pure, natural, and free from any additives or preservatives—exactly what I look for in a quality cooking fat. The flavor it adds to my dishes is unbeatable. Whether I’m frying potatoes, roasting vegetables, or searing meat, the rich, savory taste brings everything to life.The high smoke point is a huge bonus. It holds up beautifully under high heat, giving me a reliable and stable cooking fat for everything from crispy fries to sautéed peppers. It’s great to have if you use a Blackstone! I’ve even used it in baking, and the results are phenomenal—especially in pie crusts and biscuits.This is hands-down one of the best kitchen staples I’ve added to my pantry. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to elevate their cooking in a healthier way!

I like this tallow. Very inexpensive yet still great quality. Doesn’t have a strong smell and I love cooking with it, especially on cast iron. I also use a tiny amount heated to a liquid form and dab on my face a couple times a week and has made a big improvement in my skin quality.

Lovely for eating and skin care balms. First time making tallow honey balm. It’s a bit on soft side understandable it’s hot here in Florida. This tallow tastes yummy , smell is good somewhat no different than vegetable shortening but much nicer. Overall I makes a good balm for skincare. Feels great on skin. I will buy again.

All my food stuck to the pans when I used this product. It stuck to my stainless steel pan and my cast iron pan. When pans were cooled, they were sticky. I expected the Beef Tallow to be like Pork Lard. My stainless steel pan came clean after scrubbing with Bar Tenders Cleanser and a SS scouring pad. My Cast Iron pan had to be scoured and and seasoned. I waited for the pan to cool and it is still sticky. While looking for a different Beef Tallow Co. I noticed that some companies say NO SUGAR ADDED. This product does not have that statement, could that be the problem? I do not recommend this product.

Taste good, feels good on the skin, healthy choice and the quality is great. Be sure to read the lid carefully. Sometimes the contents in the container don’t amount to the container size. You still get what you pay for. Definitely value to money. Doesn’t feel oily on the skin if you’re making a great skin product.

What an incredible option...no more seed oils!! Thank God for people waking up!! Tallow is delicious frying eggs, steak, etc...very tasty and it cooks well in high heat! The affordability allows us to have a healthy product in our unhealthy world. Strive to bring more good fat to your brain, consumers!! We need this like we need grass-fed butter...BE WELL!!!

Made CFS and it turned out perfect! No burning, smelled like I'd expect it to, slightly beefy, barely noticeable! Several of my cubed steaks were fried in pork rinds, they cooked PERFECTLY! I will be purchasing again! HIGHLY recommend!