Kansas City Steak Company
Encyclopedia
Kansas City Steak Company is a family-run business based in Kansas City, Kansas
, that manufactures and markets premium beef
(including USDA Prime beef), poultry
, seafood
, and other foods for foodservice
and home delivery.
. He opened the S&S Meat Company butcher shop in 1932 with sons Santo, Edward and Carlo. The retail store operated for nearly 50 years.
In 1980, the family decided to focus entirely on foodservice
, delivering meat to hotels and restaurants around the Kansas City, Missouri
area.
When current president Ed Scavuzzo, great-grandson of the company's founder, joined the business in 1984, he focused on a new venture: a mail order catalog. Capitalizing on Kansas City’s reputation for premier steaks, he called the mail order portion of the business Kansas City Steak Co.
The catalog business grew during the '80s but only accounted for 8-10 percent of the company’s revenues. In 1995, Kansas City Steak Company signed a deal with televised home shopping channel QVC
.
Today, managed by Ed Scavuzzo (the founder's great-grandson), Kansas City Steak Company distributes meat products to restaurants across the United States and delivers packaged gourmet products nationwide.
, T-bones, Porterhouse and ribeye steaks, beef roasts
and steakburgers. The company's offerings include their Private Stock line of USDA Prime beef and steaks certified by the American Heart Association
as heart-healthy choices. A selection of poultry, pork, seafood and desserts complete the company's product offerings.
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, that manufactures and markets premium beef
Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...
(including USDA Prime beef), poultry
Poultry
Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...
, seafood
Seafood
Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs , crustaceans , echinoderms . Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia...
, and other foods for foodservice
Foodservice
Food Service or catering industry defines those businesses, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal prepared outside the home...
and home delivery.
History
Kansas City Steak Company was founded by Giovanni Scavuzzo during the Great DepressionGreat Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. He opened the S&S Meat Company butcher shop in 1932 with sons Santo, Edward and Carlo. The retail store operated for nearly 50 years.
In 1980, the family decided to focus entirely on foodservice
Foodservice
Food Service or catering industry defines those businesses, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal prepared outside the home...
, delivering meat to hotels and restaurants around the Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
area.
When current president Ed Scavuzzo, great-grandson of the company's founder, joined the business in 1984, he focused on a new venture: a mail order catalog. Capitalizing on Kansas City’s reputation for premier steaks, he called the mail order portion of the business Kansas City Steak Co.
The catalog business grew during the '80s but only accounted for 8-10 percent of the company’s revenues. In 1995, Kansas City Steak Company signed a deal with televised home shopping channel QVC
QVC
QVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...
.
Today, managed by Ed Scavuzzo (the founder's great-grandson), Kansas City Steak Company distributes meat products to restaurants across the United States and delivers packaged gourmet products nationwide.
Products
Kansas City Steak Company uses Western Kansas corn-fed beef to create and sell Kansas City strips, top sirloinTop sirloin
Top sirloin is a cut of meat from the primal loin, subprimal sirloin, of a beef carcass. Top sirloin steaks differ from sirloin steaks in that the bone and the tenderloin and bottom round muscles have been removed; the remaining major muscles are the gluteus medius and biceps femoris...
, T-bones, Porterhouse and ribeye steaks, beef roasts
Roast beef
Roast beef is a dish of beef which is roasted in an oven. Essentially prepared as a main meal, the leftovers can be and are often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash...
and steakburgers. The company's offerings include their Private Stock line of USDA Prime beef and steaks certified by the American Heart Association
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...
as heart-healthy choices. A selection of poultry, pork, seafood and desserts complete the company's product offerings.
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Competitors
- Allen Brothers
- Chicago Steaks
- Omaha Steaks