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Double Bagged in 1 Quart Freezer BagsI started doing this about 2010, mark half your bags with a felt marker, fill an unmarked bag with burger, the amount you want, turn the bag upside down into another marked bag, zip it and done. 1 quart bags will hold about 1 to 2 pounds depending how you prefer to pack them. We have some 2012 Buffalo that we are just finishing up, still good eating, some light freezer burn on some edges, meat seems to last better and is quicker than wrapping. Three boxes of freezer bags will do an elk, no tape needed, very cheap and easy to do.Double Bagged 1 Gallon Freezer BagsI always fill a few gallon freezer bags for times when we want to make a large pot of spaghetti or taco meat. Gallon bags hold about 4 or 5 pounds of meat, very quick to package and will last up to 5 years in the freezer with only slight freezer burn.(push out excess air in the zip locks as your zip them)Frostless FreezersFYI: Meat will freezer burn much faster in a frostless freezer.
Quote from: bearpaw on February 19, 2017, 01:20:20 PMDouble Bagged in 1 Quart Freezer BagsI started doing this about 2010, mark half your bags with a felt marker, fill an unmarked bag with burger, the amount you want, turn the bag upside down into another marked bag, zip it and done. 1 quart bags will hold about 1 to 2 pounds depending how you prefer to pack them. We have some 2012 Buffalo that we are just finishing up, still good eating, some light freezer burn on some edges, meat seems to last better and is quicker than wrapping. Three boxes of freezer bags will do an elk, no tape needed, very cheap and easy to do.Double Bagged 1 Gallon Freezer BagsI always fill a few gallon freezer bags for times when we want to make a large pot of spaghetti or taco meat. Gallon bags hold about 4 or 5 pounds of meat, very quick to package and will last up to 5 years in the freezer with only slight freezer burn.(push out excess air in the zip locks as your zip them)Frostless FreezersFYI: Meat will freezer burn much faster in a frostless freezer.We do similar but only use one freezer bag, gallon size and we pay the extra $0.30 for the box that has a double seal on it instead of just one zipper. The freezer our meat sits in is an old Pictsweet company freezer from about 1940. Definitely NOT frost free. Every 6 months or so I pull out everything and scrape the "snow and ice" from the inside. I just replaced the seals on it about a year ago and it's churning just fine.
Quote from: DoubleJ on February 19, 2017, 01:46:54 PMQuote from: bearpaw on February 19, 2017, 01:20:20 PMDouble Bagged in 1 Quart Freezer BagsI started doing this about 2010, mark half your bags with a felt marker, fill an unmarked bag with burger, the amount you want, turn the bag upside down into another marked bag, zip it and done. 1 quart bags will hold about 1 to 2 pounds depending how you prefer to pack them. We have some 2012 Buffalo that we are just finishing up, still good eating, some light freezer burn on some edges, meat seems to last better and is quicker than wrapping. Three boxes of freezer bags will do an elk, no tape needed, very cheap and easy to do.Double Bagged 1 Gallon Freezer BagsI always fill a few gallon freezer bags for times when we want to make a large pot of spaghetti or taco meat. Gallon bags hold about 4 or 5 pounds of meat, very quick to package and will last up to 5 years in the freezer with only slight freezer burn.(push out excess air in the zip locks as your zip them)Frostless FreezersFYI: Meat will freezer burn much faster in a frostless freezer.We do similar but only use one freezer bag, gallon size and we pay the extra $0.30 for the box that has a double seal on it instead of just one zipper. The freezer our meat sits in is an old Pictsweet company freezer from about 1940. Definitely NOT frost free. Every 6 months or so I pull out everything and scrape the "snow and ice" from the inside. I just replaced the seals on it about a year ago and it's churning just fine.Yep, I forgot to mention to get the double zippers, they aren't that much more. You are up on your freezer maintenance better than me, I have a couple inches of ice in a couple freezers and should clean them.
I stuff it into 1 lb tubes and put a hog ring at the top