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About Chris

Chris Bair is a technology and computer geek. He became involved in the nutritionally complete "future foods" movement in January 2014, originally with a conventional recipe and later switching to a high fat, low carb "ketogenic" variant on October 2014. In January 2015 he created the recipe for Keto Chow and released it without restriction for anyone to use, at the same time he began mixing the recipe up for people that wanted a finished product and has seen steady growth in the business every month since.

Live Stream recording from Jan 21, 2020

This entry is part 2 of 37 in the series Live Streams

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Starting in January 2020, we switched to a new platform where we can broadcast to YouTube and Facebook at the same time. It’s pretty cool, actually. You can find the stream on YouTube or Facebook

We talked about:

  • The Keto Chow flavor of the week is Orange Cream. It’s 20% off until Monday morning.
  • In Omaha we met Tara from Tara’s Keto Kitchen, in one of her videos she said: “lets stop losing weight to get healthy let’s get Healthy to lose weight.” She suggested to write down 3 things you can do to get healthier.
  • How do you take the electrolyte drops? They are concentrated and need to be diluted in water or any drink you prefer. They are quite salty, and the Magnesium Drops are bitter.
  • Can someone use Keto Chow when they are already slim and don’t need to lose weight? Yes, you can. With Keto Chow, you use whatever amount and type of fat you want; you can even do it without fat and do a protein-sparing modified fast. It is very customizable
  • A good discussion from the Facebook support group today: When they put their info into Maria’s calculator, it told them to have 88 grams of protein 78 grams of fat and 10 grams of carbs. They wondered why the protein was higher than the fat.
  • How do you make your savory recipes? We had one person suggest using it to cover meat before putting it in the slow cooker. One person said they make chili with it, delish. Someone else said the Spicy Taco she added fat, cheddar, ground meat, and avocado.
  • How do you do Keto Chow in a hotel, while camping, without refrigeration?
  • Miriam has been working out with @ketokonduct every day, it is awesome!
By |2020-05-19T13:49:38-06:00January 22nd, 2020|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Flavor of the week: Get 20% off the Orange Cream Keto Chow 21 meal packs Jan 20-26

 

Until January 26 you can get 20% off the 21 meal “week” size of the Orange Cream Keto Chow. Normally, the Orange Cream is $66 for 21 meals, this week it’s discounted down to $52.80 – that’s only $2.51 a meal! Check out the flavor reviews of Orange Cream.

We sometimes get asked: “what can I do with Keto Chow besides make shakes?” The best place to start is our Keto Chow Recipes page, here are some of the recipes that use Orange Cream Keto Chow:

You should check out the reviews of Keto Chow, we also get a lot of reviews on our Facebook page and on the Keto Chow subreddit. It should be noted that we publish all of the reviews that come in – bad or good – as they are, typos intact. The only ones we remove are spam posts from people wanting you to buy pills to “enhance performance” and such or reviews that divulge personal information. These are just a few of the real reviews we received in the last week

By |2020-01-20T07:49:29-07:00January 20th, 2020|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , |0 Comments

Live Stream recording from Jan 14, 2020

This entry is part 1 of 37 in the series Live Streams

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Starting in January 2020, we switched to a new platform where we can broadcast to YouTube and Facebook at the same time. It’s pretty cool, actually. We had a bit of a technical problem (Chris accidentally pushed the “end stream” button!) Part 1 is on YouTube or Facebook and you can find Part 2 on YouTube or Facebook.

We talked about:

By |2020-05-19T13:49:29-06:00January 15th, 2020|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Flavor of the week: Get 20% off the Rootbeer Float Keto Chow 21 meal packs Jan 13-19

 

Until January 19 you can get 20% off the 21 meal bulk pack of the Rootbeer Float Keto Chow. Normally, the Rootbeer Float is $66 for 21 meals, this week it’s discounted down to $52.80 – that’s only $2.51 a meal!  Check out the flavor reviews of Rootbeer Float.

We sometimes get asked: “what can I do with Keto Chow besides make shakes?” The best place to start is our Keto Chow Recipes page, here are some of the recipes that use Rootbeer Float Keto Chow:

You should check out the reviews of Keto Chow, we also get a lot of reviews on our Facebook page and on the Keto Chow subreddit. It should be noted that we publish all of the reviews that come in – bad or good – as they are, typos intact. The only ones we remove are spam posts from people wanting you to buy pills to “enhance performance” and such or reviews that divulge personal information. These are just a few of the real reviews we received in the last week

By |2020-01-13T05:29:35-07:00January 13th, 2020|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , |0 Comments

Sunday’s One Keto Meal: smoked brisket

For 2020 (so far) Miriam and Chris (that’s me) are both doing either one keto meal a day (OMAD) or having 3 Keto Chow shakes for all our food. Thus far it’s been working out great with most of the days as 3xKC and the occasional OMAD so that we can have something amazing with our family. “Take time to cook when it matters” is my philosophy!

If you happened to catch our Saturday, Jan 4 live stream, Miriam wanted brisket for her “One Meal A Day” – so I trimmed one that we had in the freezer – it’s actually a pretty simple process and makes for a bunch of amazing “meat candy” (as we call it) – absolutely delicious. Here’s my process:

  1. Get a whole brisket, frankly I usually get the “choice” ones because they’re cheaper and the “prime” ones end up about the same after trimming and smoking.
  2. Separate the “Point” from the “Flat” – there are two muscles that make up a brisket, the “point” overlays the larger part at a funny angle and makes that section cook slower and cut weird. There’s a lot of controversy about doing this among the purists. I don’t care. This is easy and makes the whole thing cook the same.
  3. Trim it down – I used to leave on the fat but now I trim the fat and render it into beef tallow using a crockpot. Then I filter it into a casserole dish, refrigerate it, and cut it into cubes. That all goes into a freezer bag and now I have nicely portioned cubes of tallow for cooking.
  4. Cover it in salt and pepper and rub that in. Some regions of the world think that meat needs sauce and sugar. Texas knows they are wrong, and I agree =) Miriam bought me a case of Blacks Original 1932 Dry Rub – it’s salt and different peppers, that’s it.
  5. Stick it in a smoker, pellet smokers are nice and low-maintenance (no babysitting). I usually put mine in before I go to bed and take it out when I wake up. If I have the time I’ll smoke it at 180 degrees (f) if I’m in a hurry I’ll do it at 225.
  6. Wake up, take it out, wrap it in sturdy foil. The warehouse stores by us have giant rolls of thicker aluminum foil that work great. I fold the foil over and roll up the edges a few times. Be careful you don’t get any holes or it’ll dry out.
  7. Stick that on a cookie sheet in the over at 225. Now go do something for a few hours. The brisket will keep in there getting juicy and tender for as long as you need it.
  8. Take it out, slice it up, pour the dripping back over the meat after you cut it. If you’re lucky the foil stayed intact and you have a bunch of delicious salty fat to pour over it.
  9. Enjoy! Once you refrigerate the leftovers it becomes “meat candy” when you sneak some cold from the fridge.
By |2020-01-07T13:01:23-07:00January 7th, 2020|Categories: Ketogenic Diet, Recipes|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

Flavor of the week: Get 10% off the ?Banana Keto Chow bulk packs Jan 6-12

 

Until January 12, you can get 10% off the 21 meal “week” size of the Banana. Normally, the Banana is $64 for 21 meals, this week it’s discounted down to $57.60 – that’s only $2.74 a meal! Check out the flavor reviews of Banana. We sometimes get asked: “what can I do with Keto Chow besides make shakes?” The best place to start is our Keto Chow Recipes page, here are some of the recipes that use Banana Keto Chow:

You should check out the reviews of Keto Chow, we also get a lot of reviews on our Facebook page and on the Keto Chow subreddit. It should be noted that we publish all of the reviews that come in – bad or good – as they are, typos intact. The only ones we remove are spam posts from people wanting you to buy pills to “enhance performance” and such or reviews that divulge personal information. These are just a few of the real reviews we received in the last week

By |2020-01-06T05:24:56-07:00January 6th, 2020|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , |0 Comments

KCOMAD20 – My plan for 2020: Doing One Keto Meal A Day or 3 Keto Chow

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series One Keto Meal A Day/3 Keto Chow Challenge

Last year I started 2019 doing 100 days of only Keto Chow for all my meals. A lot of that was to prove it was viable as a sole source of nutrients to prove the haters wrong =) but I also did it to test out some theories about how different fats impact my cholesterol and triglyceride numbers. It was a really good experiment that yielded great data, I also missed eating brisket. This year I’m starting a different project, my plan is to either eat:

  • One Meal A Day (also known as OMAD)
  • 3 Keto Chow shakes

Without any snacking, no “cheating,” etc… I’m planning to make the 3 Keto Chow shakes the rule, rather than the exception with 60-75% of my days as Keto Chow only. Having the option of doing a large meal of keto food that isn’t Keto Chow allows me to still challenge myself while allowing flexibility for other keto foods when the occasion arises. Unlike last year I will not be the guy that’s drinking a shake when I cook ribs for Sunday dinner!

I’m also planning to do a daily (on weekdays, maybe on Saturdays) live stream on the Keto Chow Facebook page and Keto Chow YouTube channel – Planning on 9:15am Mountain, which is 11:15am Eastern, 10:15am Central, 8:15am Pacific. I checked the “Keto and Low Carb Live Stream” calendar on LowCarbEvents.com and was worried that there would be a conflict with Keto Connect’s daily Instagram live stream, then I remembered that all of the events on that are shown in Eastern time zone by default. Probably the easiest way to be reminded, if you want to watch the live streams, is to subscribe on Youtube and click the bell icon to be notified.

By |2020-01-03T08:36:57-07:00January 2nd, 2020|Categories: Keto Chow, KCOMAD20|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

Flavor of the week: Get 10% off the ? Snickerdoodle Keto Chow bulk packs Dec 30-Jan 5

 

Until January 5, you can get 10% off the 21 meal “week” size of the Snickerdoodle. Normally, the Snickerdoodle is $66 for 21 meals, this week it’s discounted down to $59.40 – that’s only $2.83 a meal! Check out the flavor reviews of Snickerdoodle. Snickerdoodle cookies are buttery and covered in cinnamon, as such it’s one of my favorite flavors to mix up with butter as the fat source (instructions here!)

We sometimes get asked: “what can I do with Keto Chow besides make shakes?” The best place to start is our Keto Chow Recipes page, here are some of the recipes that use Snickerdoodle Keto Chow:

You should check out the reviews of Keto Chow, we also get a lot of reviews on our Facebook page and on the Keto Chow subreddit. It should be noted that we publish all of the reviews that come in – bad or good – as they are, typos intact. The only ones we remove are spam posts from people wanting you to buy pills to “enhance performance” and such or reviews that divulge personal information. These are just a few of the real reviews we received in the last week

By |2019-12-30T07:16:13-07:00December 30th, 2019|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , |0 Comments

Happy day: Chocolate Keto Chow is back in stock (and with a larger scoop!)

We just got in a new batch of Chocolate Keto Chow. This particular shipment comes with a change: the scoop is bigger. To get the absolute most accurate measurement of your Keto Chow, it’s best to use a scale to weigh it; that’s actually what happens to the samples of Keto Chow, each one is weighed and must be within 3% of the target. Scales are far more accurate than trying to cram the powder in just right to get the correct mass. When I did a test of the v2.1 chocolate to the new 2.5 chocolate to check for differences in the taste, the biggest takeaway was that the 90cc scoops we had been using were only yielding an average 45g compared to the 48.96g it should give – to handle that change we’re now using 100cc scoops in the chocolate.

Heading image is Samantha Dillard’s Chocolate Peppermint Fudge – one of many recipes you can make with Chocolate Keto Chow

By |2019-12-27T11:54:04-07:00December 27th, 2019|Categories: Future Foods, Keto Chow|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

? Flavor of the week: Get 10% off the Pumpkin Spice Caramel Keto Chow bulk packs Dec 23 – 29

 

Until December 29 you can get 10% off the 21 meal “week” size of the Pumpkin Spice Caramel Keto Chow. Normally, the Pumpkin Spice Caramel is $66 for 21 meals, this week it’s discounted down to $59.40 – that’s only $2.83 a meal! Check out the flavor reviews of Pumpkin Spice Caramel.

We sometimes get asked: “what can I do with Keto Chow besides make shakes?” The best place to start is our Keto Chow Recipes page, here are some of the recipes that use Pumpkin Spice Caramel Keto Chow:

You should check out the reviews of Keto Chow, we also get a lot of reviews on our Facebook page and on the Keto Chow subreddit. It should be noted that we publish all of the reviews that come in – bad or good – as they are, typos intact. The only ones we remove are spam posts from people wanting you to buy pills to “enhance performance” and such or reviews that divulge personal information. These are just a few of the over 100 real reviews we received in the last week

By |2019-12-26T14:28:56-07:00December 23rd, 2019|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , |0 Comments