Does anyone here us pork fat insted of beef fat when making deer burger

[TuscaloosaQ]

The reason i ask beef fat is hard to get this time of the year... I have a lot of deer to turn into burger... I can get pork fat cheap and is readily available.... Share your recipes if you have them...

 

[Bludawg]

Always Pork Fat Rules:biggrin1: I'm in the 80/20 camp. not really a recipe but......

 

[TuscaloosaQ]

Always Pork Fat Rules:biggrin1: I'm in the 80/20 camp. not really a recipe but......

Thx Bludawg... I can get pork fat from piggly wiggly for 30 cents a pound

 

[gtr]

Haven't done deer burgers but have made venison sausage with pork fat with great results. IMO you probably can't go wrong with pork fat in any recipe. Well it might be a little weird on a Ceaser salad but I would have to try it first to know for sure.

 

[cholloway]

The last time I ground up some venison I mixed 1 lb bacon to a 4 lb of meat. It was just right!

 

[Seefyre]

I use pork fat exclusively for deer

 

[SGH]

I use pork fat exclusively for deer

Myself included. I have never used beef, always pork.

 

[SGH]

For burgers I use 3 parts venison to 1 part pork. For every one pound of combined meat, I stir in one raw egg. This is for venison/pork burgers, not sausage.

 

[Teleking]

I don't use pork with venison because historically you need to cook pork to well done for food safety reasons. Times have changed but reluctant as I like my burgers med rare.

 

[oifmarine2003]

I always use pork. 3:1 ratio

 

[ButtBurner]

Paul yes we use it all the time

 

[TuscaloosaQ]

Yall have made me happy... Pork it is!!!!

 

[Doog]

We have done a lot of burger with bacon. Always turned out good.

 

[blazinfire]

I've ground bacon with the deer meat for fat content! Best way to do it IMO

 

[TuscaloosaQ]

Thx for all the replies.... We have been using beef fat for years .... I am know convinced pork is the way to go... You live and learn... Know if i can convince my brother..... But we grind seperately so really does not matter...

 

[cowgirl]

I use pork fat too, sometimes fatty bacon. I like three parts venison to one part pork.
Good luck with what ever you do Paul!

 

[Randy3269]

What Cowgirl said....We go with 4 to 1 with straight fat and 3 to 1 with pork belly.

 

[cheez59]

My dad and I processed deer on the side for over 30 years. All we ever used was pork fat if the customer wanted fat in their ground venison. We did a couple hundred deer every year and pork fat was pretty much all we could get. We would mix it 80/20 unless folks wanted more or less. Personally I grind my own venison without any fat unless I am making sausage. We like the lean meat better in chili, spaghetti and other things.