No More Peak Meals For Me After This Order

[87TT]

Heck....I just bought my wife a freeze dryer. I get all my normal favorites just how I like them.

I wouldn't eat any of that prepackaged garbage after discovering dehydrating my own decades ago.

 

[cams]

one trip of peak refuel dinners was enough for me to dump all freeze dried meals as an option.

I’m sticking with home cooked dehydrated meals from now on.

 

[*zap*]

what is a steve rinnela?

 

[dreamingWest]

Yahoo email is still my favorite of the free email hosts. Just saying.

 

[dirtshooter]

what is a steve rinnela?

Steve Salmonella

 

[*zap*]

Never heard of him either

 

[butcherboy]

I didn't like Heather’s Choice either, except for the packaroons. Not a fan of Peak at all. I might try Adventure Well meals. If the giant freeze dryers I used for taxidermy were still operational I would be pumping out my own freeze dried meals. For now, hunting from a truck camp I use pre cooked frozen meals in ziplock bags and just warm them up in boiling water. If backpacking I’ll just dehydrate my own.

 

[mtnbiker208]

god, i want your life. i got so much more to worry about , than a picture of some dude on a package.

 

[Bama67]

Why do people hate Rinella?
I don't really keep up with him, but he seems about as cool as a paid to hunt millionaire can be I guess.
But I go no one to compare that to really.
Is it because he gets more people outside hunting? serious question

 

[Wyo_hntr]

Why do people hate Rinella?
I don't really keep up with him, but he seems about as cool as a paid to hunt millionaire can be I guess.
But I go no one to compare that to really.
Is it because he gets more people outside hunting? serious question

I'm guessing because he started out as a "common guy" not openly sponsored (because he wasn't) and then with success came the sponsors. Then strategic camera/logo placement.... the flood of "everyone wants to hunt the west" (randy 'I don't make any money' newberg is also to blame)...the sell out to chernin group.

Basically folks figured out he became a wildlife Pimp like all the other TV hosts and felt betrayed.

I could be way off though.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

I'm guessing because he started out as a "common guy" not openly sponsored (because he wasn't) and then with success came the sponsors. Then strategic camera/logo placement.... the flood of "everyone wants to hunt the west" (randy 'I don't make any money' newberg is also to blame)...the sell out to chernin group.

Basically folks figured out he became a wildlife Pimp like all the other TV hosts and felt betrayed.

I could be way off though.

I don't dislike him but I did really like him early on when he was "one of us" and then eventually like everyone he kinda cashed in and sold out. Can't blame the guy though but I haven't seen any of his new stuff. Also his related crew really blew up one of our hunting areas, people running around there like cockroaches scattered all over with decoy bags full of what I presume is camera equipment. Maybe they're drug mules.

 

[manitou1]

I buy size #10 cans of dehydrated meals, ground burger, fruit, etc and package my own in mylar zip close bags.
Cost me about $2.00-2.50 a meal.

 

[JMCarrol]

Dang I don’t know why you would hate Steve so much

 

[HoneyDew]

Imagine being angry at someone for making a good living doing what they love. I can’t think of anything more American than turning a passion into a successful business.

 

[wapitibob]

Imagine being angry at someone for making a good living doing what they love. I can’t think of anything more American than turning a passion into a successful business.

Stick around, you see there's nobody more self centered than a hunter.

 

[HoneyDew]

Stick around, you see there's nobody more self centered than a hunter.

This ain’t my first thread. If anything, Rokslide has taught me that everyone is right on the internet and everyone else is wrong.

 

[whiskybiker]

I won't buy this stuff either. But, only because all their meals have soy in them. And soy protein or soy oil makes me sick.

 

[Wyo_hntr]

I don't dislike him but I did really like him early on when he was "one of us" and then eventually like everyone he kinda cashed in and sold out. Can't blame the guy though but I haven't seen any of his new stuff. Also his related crew really blew up one of our hunting areas, people running around there like cockroaches scattered all over with decoy bags full of what I presume is camera equipment. Maybe they're drug mules.

I don't hate the guy either, I was just trying to explain why some people seem to feel resentment towards him and the brand.

 

[colic]

All these prepacked meals are crap. They don't give you the real fuel you need, no matter what they claim. And they give me terrible gas and bloat. And they're CRAZY expensive. I'm not paying $16+ for a gut bomb, sorry.

Keep it simple and you don't even have to put work into making awesome meals that your body actually wants without even having to do anything but go to walmart. All it takes is being ok with the same meal over and over, really. We just spice each meal differently. Honestly if you're putting in miles like we are, the same meal tastes wonderful every night cause you're absolutely starving and exhausted.

Go to the noodle aisle and get some rotini noodles. Wheat, lentil, whatever floats your boat. We usually get an assortment but the lentil ones are kinda mealy and we have tended to stay away from those.
Go to the tuna isle and get the flat, individually wrapped tuna packs. They got all kinda flavors but the one with oil (NOT water) will give you most calories. The only decent flavor is thai chili, fyi.
Go to the vegetable isle and get some onions, broccli, whatever you want that'll keep decent.
Go to the seasoning isle and pick whatever you want, get 2-4 different options to keep it fresh.
Get butter.

Take two, three, four zip lock bags, however many you need for that night. Put noodles, chopped up veg, butter and a different seasoning in each bag enough for one meal. Now take the same number of tuna packs with you. Get to campsite, put water in pot, put noodle mixture in pot, when noodles are tender put tuna in.

Butter is highly stable at room temp, don't worry. The vegetables will last a long time in your pack. Probably not the best during early season when it's hot but late september they do just fine. We used to not even include them in the meal which is also acceptable but fresh veg is a beautiful thing way better than dehydrated.

We've tried alot and this is the cheapest, least effort needed, super light weight and packable, highly nutritious meal we've come up with and I don't see ever changing it honestly. I don't have gut bloat and pain anymore (you guys know that great feeling when that belt is squeezing your guts that are being ripped to shreds by mountain house) and I have good energy.

If you want to change up the meat, use meat sticks in lieu of a tuna pack.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I don’t want to get in the way of the hate for Rinella or Peak or Freeze dried meals in general.

I have been in 2x REI stores in the past week and find it interesting that both had a couple dozen peak meals but none of the Rinella versions. I suppose it is because those dirty hippies hate Rinella or hunting or both.

FWIW I am a big fan of Peak and will pref those over other brands. I am also a fan of Steve for that matter and glad to try some of his meals, more for variety than because his face is on them like some made good midwestern version of Tony the Tiger.

Now when Ol Cal’s cologne drops later this year, I am all in. That guy is a damn sexual .