re: Is there any way to get cheap, economical beef tallow?

Farmer Bill’s

who btw is an anti-woke company.

Any of yall work out at Calloways? Somebody in the family has a farm and they now sell all KINDS of cuts of meat in the front where you walk in. They also sell yard eggs and jars of tallow. Kind of weird for a health club but just a heads up.

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I buy whole strips or whole ribeyes. Trim them, cut and freeze the steaks. Make tallow with the trimmings

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That’s what I’m doing, aging @60 days before cutting them up

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About zero chance anyone at a bbq contest is giving away their brisket trimmings. They use it for ground meat and to…..make tallow.

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How do you know with such certainty (“zero chance”) what countless unknown people will do or not do??
You don’t.

Get picante and make it yourself, fun times because you also get steaks.

Get beef fat from your local butcher and make it yourself.

I get the beef fat for free and it isn't difficult.

Anytime I cook a brisket I save the trimmings til I have enough to make a big batch. it is a time consuming process to get pure tallow without impurities or moisture, and doesn’t smell the best.

Cook more briskets and render it yourself.

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Are you buying a whole primal and cutting down or are you buying the sub primals like whole ribeyes, strips etc?

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Yes, the sub-primals where it is just the whole ribeye or N.Y. Strip. If they come with bones still attached, I'll trim them away and use that to make beef stock and the fat caps to make tallow.

I usually buy them boneless now. Beef bones are not as common as they once were from stores. When I was a younger man, I could get all the beef bones I wanted for next to nothing, but real butcher shops are becoming a rare commodity.