SER Ranch at OK Beef Compet ition 16

Piedmontese at Oklahoma’s Best Beef Competition 2022

Vickie Roop shared the Judges written comments on her Piedmontese beef: • “Great tenderness, fantastic flavor, felt like I was eating something heathy.” • “Distinct flavor, well cooked, very lean.” • “Very light piece of meat, good flavor, loved just salt and pepper.” • “Great flavor, lean meat very tender.”

Roop’s one-copy grassfed Piedmontese beef finished an impressive fourth-place in this competition, coming in ahead of notable entries including Wagyu. We certainly congratulate Vickie Roop and the SER Ranch team on their success and positive Piedmontese promotion!

Reimer said next year would be even bigger and better, “We’re hoping to open it up. We’ve had many calls, many producers wanting in on this, and many sponsors wanting in on this. We had phenomenal sponsors, but we’re hoping to open it up to as many as we can handle. We really want to build this and make it its own competition. Fill the entire Stockyard and get as many producers and let’s promote them as much as we can. And let’s really educate the public and allow them to show what Oklahoma producers are made of and what they’re working day in and day out to do.” l

“The people came out for the people’s choice. National sanctioned judges judging Oklahoma Beef and blown away by their product compared to national steak competitors is just phenomenal when you think about it,” Reimer said. Producers came from all across the state, and Reimer said the Steak Out offered all types of steak, “It’s all across the board, and that’s what we wanted local Oklahomans to experience. Some are grass-fed, and some are grain fed, come see, educate yourself, and learn about the different varieties. It’s not just a hamburger; it’s not just a steak. For these producers, this is their livelihood. So they poured everything they know into it, and it shows through every piece of sample steak today, and just a phenomenal job by every single one of those people.”

Reimer said the National judges were very impressed by what Oklahoma producers were serving and the story of each producer, “That’s what makes them unique, their story, every time people walked out they said, “wow, this is what Oklahoma is serving our consumers, this quality of steak.”

Huge inflatable steer greeted guests at the OK National Stockyards.