It helps to have a plan for what you know that you will use the meat for. We usually make some steaks and then ground burger. with no suet added that we use for taco meat, spaghetti, hamurger helper etc. since that is what I know we will use most f the meat for. We will grind some with cheap bacon in a few packages for hamburgers. I save some steaks instead of roasts since I seem to dry out my roasts and I like steak better so that is what I use.