Tuffy Stone
Tuffy’s classical French culinary training and precision earned him the nickname “The Professor.” Along with operating his own restaurant and catering business, he also authored the cookbook “Cool Smoke: The Art of Great Barbecue.”
‘82 Hello Pork
Fifteen years later, in 1982, IBP entered the pork packing world by opening its first pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa. Over the next several decades, the IBP brand would grow in reputation and stature as the premier commodity beef and pork supplier in the...
’67 Did You Say You Want a Revolution?
In 1967, IBP introduced boxed beef, vacuum-packed and in smaller portions, as a new option for its customers. The boxed meat drastically transformed the industry, saving energy and transportation costs by eliminating the need to store and ship fat, bones and...
‘64 Breaking Ground
Fast forward to 1964, when IBP broke ground on a large packing plant in Dakota City, Nebraska, which would later serve as their headquarters. They quickly opened four more beef packing plants in addition to the Dakota City plant which harvested 12,000 cattle each...
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