Kari Underly is a woman at the forefront of her craft and a force to be reckoned with. She is a pioneer in the meat industry, known for developing new cuts of meat such as the Flat Iron steak and the Denver Cut. Underly is a third-generation meat cutter who started off at her father’s family butcher shop in South Bend, Ind. Today, she runs her own company, Range Inc. — a meat-industry consulting firm based in Chicago that offers research, development, merchandising, education and training.
To know Underly’s story is to know why and how she became a successful pioneer in the industry.