I bought a grinder that was on sale that can grind 14 pounds of meat a minute, one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. It doesn’t take up counter space either, it stays in the basement until I’m ready to grind. I have several friends that bring their deer over and we grind everything up at once.
Personally I love the ground venison, so to answer your question it really depends on your taste. I have no problem grinding an entire deer except for the backstrap‘s and shanks, just my style. Either way I hope you enjoy your elk meat!!
Pork back fat, mix about a 10% pork back fat to 90% venison mix. Everyone just assumes it’s beef when they eat it, and with the fat you can do anything with it, even make burgers and throw them on the grill and they keep their shape and size.I’ve never had one but my bunch don’t care for the ground deer so I never bothered.
What’s your secret? I’ve not had any like better than beef.
If you’ve got a instapot you can turn your “burger” pile into tender stew meat within a couple hours. Or buy your wife a kitchenaid for Christmas—the meat grinder attachment works great.
If you buy a grinder you will soon find many uses for it. I now buy pork butts on sale for $.99 a pound and we make 25 pound batches of breakfast and sweet Italian sausage when we want. Next it will be summer sausage.Thanks for all the feedback. I don’t eat a lot of burgers but I do like sausage. I think I’m going to try and go without it for a little bit and see how it goes. If I get bored with the stewed meat I may just go ahead and purchase a grinder.
This. I would say a few decent knives (I like victoronix) and a grinder are the essentials. I have a pretty good hand crank. Mine is a $50 Weston and stores pretty compact. It works but it is a two person operation really and Not super easy but would be fine for small quantities. A food processor or a less expensive grinder can also handle smallish quantities. I ground a lot of meat with a $100 LEM #8 countertop version. Keep it clean and take your time and it works fine.If I were to own only one piece of processing equipment it would be a grinder.