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by gruez 152 days ago
>but it seems like a really good high flash point oil.

On what basis? Using the list of smoke point table someone else linked[1], tallow does indeed have a high smoke point, but it's unclear how it's better than many other oils in that list (peanut, sunflower, soybean) which are far easier to procure.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Smoke_point_of_cookin...

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Anyone who lives near beef operations can get unprocessed tallow for free.
Most people do not live near "beef operations". Moreover processing tallow is part of procurement. If you value your time at the prevailing minimum wage, it's pretty hard to beat a gallon of vegetable oil for $10.
>Most people do not live near "beef operations".

Yeah, but lived experience shows that a lot of people do.