However it did not become popular as a dish in the general public probably because it uses beef and potatoes which were not yet familiar to the Japanese those days (gyunabe (Japanese hot pot with beef and vegetables) was for eating out and yamatoni was canned food, both of which were not home cooking).
ただし牛肉やじゃがいもという当時の日本人には馴染みの薄い食材を使うせいか、一般社会の食卓には定着しなかった（牛鍋は外食、牛肉の大和煮は缶詰料理であり、ともに家庭料理ではない）。