How did Kansas City Steak get its name?

Answer 1

From what I have been told, by olden relatives, it came from the fact,that after the civil war, Texas sent huge amounts of cattle north to Chicago's slaughter houses, because of the new meat demand, and due to the fact that Texas was rather unhurt during the war, they had the meat on the hoof at hand. They were taken off of the range, and shipped to Kansas City, where they were relayed to Chicago, but since the range in Texas is somewhat rough, the resulting beef cuts were not as tender as desired, but rather like the old cattle trails from yore, where the cattle were driven to the train yards up north, and the meat was somewhat tough. As a result, cattle yards would keep some of the cattle there, and would fatten them up for as much as a month, on corn and other grains, so as to gently tenderize them, and ergo, these steaks were know as KC steaks, because of this process. That is what I recall. Hope that this helps.