Pork fat vs beef fat

[Ronin75]

I have been using pork fat for summer sausage and Italian sausage for the past 5 years. Today I met a restaurant owner who swears that beef fat adds more flavor to home made sausage. I’m looking for comments from anyone who has first hand experience adding beef fat. Thanks

 

[bpeay4]

yes I used to strictly use pork fat but have since switched to beef fat. I have used it with deer, elk, bear and antelope. I am usually making burger meat or ground breakfast sausage and italian sausage. This is all loose ground, not stuffed in casings.

As for flavor I definitely would agree it is better than pork. The fat from beef which is red meat goes well with the red meat of wild game.

 

[Team4LongGun]

We do a mix of both

 

[copenmechanism]

Beef fat tends to be more beefy, so when you use it with wild game, it can overpower the flavor. Pork fat tends to be more neutral. Both work, just depends on your own taste preferences.

If you’re feeding people who don’t “like the taste” of game, beef might be a better option.

 

[Ferkinator]

Beef fat all day everyday.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

Sausage pork fat, for ground I use beef fat. Use what you like the most. Pork or beef the % used is the most important thing.

 

[Mike Islander]

My preference is beef fat for everything. Every brand of pork fat I've tried has a slightly funky smell, even when fresh.

 

[MOwhitetail]

I’ve used both. I tend to gravitate towards beef for regular ground as it makes it taste very close to beef. I can feed it to anyone interchangeably and they don’t notice. For sausage I prefer pork fat though. As previously stated it’s more neutral and I think it lets the sausage seasoning shine more.

 

[fishsqueezer28]

I use pork butts for sausage and sticks. For ground for hamburger, tacos, etc I use beef fat and trim.

 

[gentleman4561]

I use pork butts for sausage and sticks. For ground for hamburger, tacos, etc I use beef fat and trim.

Same here, I think the beef flavor adds a nice taste to stuff like burgers.

 

[TSAMP]

I find beef fat to be abit chalky in taste, at least the last time I used it. That said I'll use whatever I can get.

 

[KChunter71]

I’ve switched to brisket trimmings! Burgers and brats

 

[svivian]

pork fat for sausages and beef fat for burger for me.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

pork fat for sausages and beef fat for burger for me.

I do exactly the same. I do all my own sausages and burger. My dad had some summer sausage made with beef fat and I didn't care for it. The taste and consistency was just not right and it tasted just like beef. But to each their own.

 

[butcherboy]

Definitely pork fat or pork meat for sausage. I actually prefer bacon for my hb. We use a lot of hb in my house.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

pork fat for sausages and beef fat for burger for me.

We won’t always add to the ground deer or elk but when we do, this is what we do as well.

 

[Jtb.kfd]

Same here, I think the beef flavor adds a nice taste to stuff like

I have been using pork fat for summer sausage and Italian sausage for the past 5 years. Today I met a restaurant owner who swears that beef fat adds more flavor to home made sausage. I’m looking for comments from anyone who has first hand experience adding beef fat. Thanks

Agree with most posts here. Been processing animals for many years and make a lot of sausage and snack sticks. I used to use pork fat for deer and bear fat or beef fat if we didn’t get bears that year for our elk. Anymore I just use the beef or bear for everything. I like pork for the summer sausage as it makes the consistency more of what we prefer but I am usually too lazy to get it. I always have beef fat. This year I bought a couple beef briskets and ground them and added to our deer. That made amazing burger.

 

[sveltri]

Sausage-Pork, Ground-Beef

 

[Upwolf]

Sausage-Pork, Ground-Beef

My entire life I've done just pork for all of it, but this year I adopted this. I was surprised at how much of a difference it's made.

 

[BBob]

Sausage-pork fat
Ground-beef fat
Javelina-25% pork shoulder or pork belly whether it be plain ground intended for sloppy joes or ground for chorizo.