Aged meat

[Brushcrawler]

I have never aged my game meat in Washington due to living on the wet side of the state. Well, a small fridge in the garage + a caribou rear quarter (boned) + 26 days at 37 degrees and my wife might actually encourage my next trip. A little loss on the outside due to the ‘rind’ trimmed away, but those were the best steaks ever. Worth a try if you never have.

[pianoman9701]

I've always wanted to age my venison and elk meat. I don't have the fridge for it and the butchers all have to much game to do it. If you'd like a second opinion on the flavor, I'd be willing to help you with that!

[birddogdad]

I've always wanted to age my venison and elk meat. I don't have the fridge for it and the butchers all have to much game to do it. If you'd like a second opinion on the flavor, I'd be willing to help you with that!

old fridge in garage can work , also have used tarps and cooler with dry ice if while aging the weather gets too warm for a good aging process.... agree, there is no comparison in flavor... and tenderness

[pianoman9701]

I've always wanted to age my venison and elk meat. I don't have the fridge for it and the butchers all have too much game to do it. If you'd like a second opinion on the flavor, I'd be willing to help you with that!

old fridge in garage can work , also have used tarps and cooler with dry ice if while aging the weather gets too warm for a good aging process.... agree, there is no comparison in flavor... and tenderness

My garage is an overflowing and unsuccessful Etsy storage area for the wife.

[wapiti hunter2]

I live in Yelm, west side. Depends on the weather. I don't have a fridge. In the late fall though, evening temps are low enough. I hang it on the north (shady) side of my shed for at least a week. I watch it every day but have not lost anything yet. Had to cut it up at the 5 day mark once.

[Whitpirate]

Wet aging works for me.  Rinella even jumped on the bandwagon about it recently.  Use a good vacuum seal and I've aged elk and deer for 35 days plus.  It makes a difference on tenderness but you won't get that dry age umami..... I'd like to try this on an older bull to see if I can discern a difference.

[Buckmark]

Wet aging works for me.  Rinella even jumped on the bandwagon about it recently.  Use a good vacuum seal and I've aged elk and deer for 35 days plus.  It makes a difference on tenderness but you won't get that dry age umami..... I'd like to try this on an older bull to see if I can discern a difference.

Humm, and if you only knew people who kill big old bulls... 

[CoryTDF]

Built a 10X10 walk in a few years back. Best decision I ever made. I usually hang my deer for 7-10 days minimum before i touch them. I always get compliments on how good the deer and elk taste.

[Magnum_Willys]

Built a 10X10 walk in a few years back. Best decision I ever made. I usually hang my deer for 7-10 days minimum before i touch them. I always get compliments on how good the deer and elk taste.

Whats your cooling mechanism ?

[Whitpirate]

Wet aging works for me.  Rinella even jumped on the bandwagon about it recently.  Use a good vacuum seal and I've aged elk and deer for 35 days plus.  It makes a difference on tenderness but you won't get that dry age umami..... I'd like to try this on an older bull to see if I can discern a difference.

Humm, and if you only knew people who kill big old bulls... 

Lol.  test is already in progress.

[CoryTDF]

Built a 10X10 walk in a few years back. Best decision I ever made. I usually hang my deer for 7-10 days minimum before i touch them. I always get compliments on how good the deer and elk taste.

Whats your cooling mechanism ?

An A/C unit and a CoolBot

[skidynastar33]

@brushcrawler

Did you have the meat sitting on racks or hanging. Doesn't points of contact with anything cause bacteria? Trying to figure this out so I can do this this year!

[Brushcrawler]

We put the meat on baking racks and sitting on cookie sheets to catch the drips. There was a pretty good skin on them after a few days. Also did not open the fridge to check except two or three times. Really hope I am lucky enough to try this on deer quarters in the next few weeks!