In 1885, the Farwell brothers from Chicago founded the XIT Ranch of Texas. Texas traded the Farwell brothers 3 million acres in the panhandle in return for building the new Capitol Building in Austin.
Today, our family owned and operated ranch is only 170 miles from our family’s former ranchlands.
Once considered the largest cattle ranch in the world, the ranching and cattle business remains a vital component of XIT ranch operations. Today our Black Angus cattle are raised on 100% grass here on our family’s ranch in Southern Colorado right along the Cucharas River.
These recipes deserve to be kept on the family table for generations to come. Chef Abby Knowles makes it her first priority to source ingredients from ranches and farms raising and growing with environmental ethics at the forefront. She believes that these ingredients are always the very best and need little alteration, only enhancement in the kitchen.
