Stockyard Pantry is now open and offering beef tallow-based products at Tupps Brewery in East McKinney, according to a social media post.
The business, owned by married couple Myk Walton and Peyton Shugart, offers a variety of chef-crafted goods that incorporate beef tallow. Products available include skin care products like whipped tallow balms and tallow lip balms, products for dogs and pantry staples such as hot sauces, fresh pasta and cookies.
“It's not a cookie that you're gonna find anywhere else,” Walton said, noting that the recipe took 6 years to develop.
Diving in deeper
Walton is a professional chef who worked with chef Gordon Ramsay for 12 years, he said. Walton first began working with beef tallow when he purchased a whole cow for the first time about 4 years ago, and was looking for ways to use the vitamin-rich beef tallow.
“I just started researching and seeing different things to do with it, other than just deep frying stuff in or using it as an oil,” he said. “I found out that ... there's a slew of things that you can do with it.”
He began creating products that were initially sold through social media, but while being a patron of Tupps Brewery, was introduced to the Build-Your-Own-Business program and pursued establishing a physical store for the business.
“The passion definitely stems from food,” he said. “I have three children, and so when I feed them, I try to make everything fresh and ... less processed.”
Quote of note
“The satisfaction of being able to share my creativity with other people really is what sets us apart,” Walton said. “I want you to be a loyal customer to me because I will be a loyal baker [and] business owner to you.”
- Opened Feb. 28
- 402 E. Louisiana St., Bin 106, McKinney
- Instagram: @stockyardpantry
