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Trying to figure out the best burgers, today we are grinding 3 parts chuck to one part brisket, about 25ish percent fat content Threw in 3 pounds of beef short rib meat trimmed from the bone as well. We'll see.

Here is the burger mix

For taco's, sloppy joes and what not we just use inside round, a lot leaner

Get some bacon ends and pieces. Use it for about 30-50% of the total fat content. Pretty awesome!

Looking good!

rebelp74 wrote:Get some bacon ends and pieces. Use it for about 30-50% of the total fat content. Pretty awesome!

we do that with venny

nice John, how many pounds do you make typically?

Made just shy of 40 pounds yesterday

Nothing like turning $8 a pound meat into $5 a pound meat.

assateague wrote:Nothing like turning $8 a pound meat into $5 a pound meat.

hell no, I did pay 4.29 a pound for the brisket but the round was 2.79 and the chuck 3.40, I usually get the chuck for 2.79 as well but they were out of whole clods, it ends up the ground round is leaner and cheaper then what I buy at the butcher, the hamburger grind costs me about the same but is exactly how I like it, and actually a little fattier than the butcher but no real trimmings, just good meat and clean white fat

Holy hell, that's cheap! Around here the cheapest whole meat (beef, not pork) is $6 a pound, and that's shit. Hell, flank steak is $9 a pound and round is almost $8.50. Stew meat is over $5 a pound. That's why I kill so many deer- I literally can't afford beef.

Sweet lord - you could drive here, load a cooler and drive home cheaper than buying it there.

I pay 2.65/lb, cut and wrapped, but I get a pretty smoking deal.

Usually that close to the expiration date I can talk them down to 2.49 a pound, the girl yesterday wasnt having any of that though

DeadEye_Dan wrote:Sweet lord - you could drive here, load a cooler and drive home cheaper than buying it there.

I pay 2.65/lb, cut and wrapped, but I get a pretty smoking deal.

You're damn right I could. It pisses me off. Even buying a quarter or half side, we're looking at $4.80 a pound. The day I lose my crop damage tags is the day I start shoplifting, I guess.

gonna have to see what our prices are like. i think we're more expensive than 2.79 but we're well under 9 bucks. oddly enough i think i can get bison cheaper than some beef around here.

assateague wrote:Holy hell, that's cheap! Around here the cheapest whole meat (beef, not pork) is $6 a pound, and that's shit. Hell, flank steak is $9 a pound and round is almost $8.50. Stew meat is over $5 a pound. That's why I kill so many deer- I literally can't afford beef.

Same way it is here. I haven't bought beef in probably around 7 years, other than at a restaurant.