deer processing question

[dixiedeerslaya]

for those of you that process your own venison, what do you add to the ground meat (lard, beef fat, bacon,) and how much do you add....

[dukhuntr]

Pork fat

For burger 10%
For sausage 15-20%

I like more fat in my sauage. You can use beef fat, but I like the taste and easy of working with pork myself. If you are doing it yourself easiest thing to do if you can't find bulk fat is wait for Boston bust to go on sell. Trim your fat off them or just mix them in with your sausage.

[willk]

Nothing. I just grind it up.

[qlyrata]

Boston Butt or pork belly

[FEETDOWN]

We go to the butcher shop and ask for "pork trimmings". Use a littte more for sausage, little less for burger.

[Rem11-87]

We use to mix it with beef or pork fat that you could get from any grocery store, but all the ones around here have deals with the processors. Now I just buy the cheapest fatest hamburger I can find. I go 2/3's deer to 1/3 fat hamburger. It works out extremely well.

[cusportsman]

Have never mixed fat in with our burger and it turns out just fine.

Haven't gotten into making sausage, but plan to this year and will look into adding fat for it.

[SCSwitchback]

We use to mix it with beef or pork fat that you could get from any grocery store, but all the ones around here have deals with the processors. Now I just buy the cheapest fatest hamburger I can find. I go 2/3's deer to 1/3 fat hamburger. It works out extremely well.

I do the same. Works good.

[Smilee]

Beef fat for burger, pork for sausage. Mix it in at the percentage you desire. Any grocery store sells it for about $1/lb.

[Rem11-87]

Do yall use an electric grinder? I have tried two and neither were very powerful. I was disapointed with them. We have a large hand grinder that works extremely well.

[Glenn]

I don't add or have any added to mine.

[sprigdog]

dont grind myself, but had a butcher that would grind for me out west. had no less than 400#s of elk and deer ground over the years with 20%smoked bacon..... unfreakinbelievable...the burgers and meatloafs were awesome.....i need to buy a grinder, cause beef or pork fat burger aint the same.

[LabLuvR]

I've had some good ground venison burger and some that wasn't fit for a dawg. The crappy stuff left a bad taste in your mouth and stuck to the roof of your mouth. I don't know for sure, but I believe the processor must have used some low grade beef fat, the shit was NASTY!!

[DRDUCK]

Yep!

[dukhuntr]

[QUOTE=sprigdog;928173]dont grind myself, but had a butcher that would grind for me out west. had no less than 400#s of elk and deer ground over the years with 20%smoked baconQUOTE]


Sprig I have done that before, but not in a while. I forgot about it actually. If I'm lucky enough to get one soon I might have to make a batch up.

[HARV]

We use pork butt.

[duckduckdog]

I add pepper.