Ground venison question

[Recurve50LBS]

Hi Trad Gangers,

I was lucky to bring home some venison the other evening. I ground up some of the venison into chop meat. The question I have is should I mix the venison with chopped beef or pork? What should the venison to pork or beef ratio be? I need to get this done pretty fast so I can get the  meat packaged and into the freezer.
Thank you,
Larry

[chessieboy]

Easy answer, cook up some of what you already have and see if it needs anything. Some guys add bacon ends, pork fat etc. For burger I usually just grind the meat and throw it in the vacuum sealer.

[JBiorn]

I like to use pork---the fat level seems to be just right to compliment the venison, I generally do about a 20/60 mix---depending on how fatty the pork is you can use more if needed. Tastes great, too. Also works good if ground with some sausage.

[robslifts]

I bring my hamburger meat to a butcher and ask him to add beef suet and he does for about 50 cents a pound  and it tastes great

beef suet is the fat from the inside of the cow and is very healthy for you

for salami and hot sticks i use pork fat beacuse it tastes better smoked!!!

[owlbait]

I used bacon this year. @ 1# bacon to 10# venison. The smoked bacon gives the burger a nice flavor, too.

[Michigan Man]

pork steak works also, usally on sale some where. Get some seasonings from a butcher supply and make your own breakfast sausage.

[Pat B]

I grind mine without any thing added. I add whatever I want when it is time to use it. For chily, spaghetti and things like that I like without anything else. For meat loaf and burgers I like a little beef or pork added.
  Venison is cholesterol free so why add cholesterol to it unless necessary.    Pat

[Rick Perry]

10 lbs deer meat , 2 lbs beef fat , 1 lb bacon  ............. grind together  ....... mix well  ........... package  ......... freeze   ............... grill ............ enjoy ............... better'n the best ground chuck !!!!!

[jimneye]

The quickest and easiest way that I have found is to use the cheapest ground beef (usually the highest in fat) and mix it with my venison. 1 to 3 beef to venison.  All the variations above sound delicious.  I'll have to give them a try.

[geno]

use it plain. Why take good healthy deer meat and add junk to it.You can add a little water if you cook burgers in a fry pan with a lid..I use it plain for my summer sausage also.. JMO

[ArrowAtomik]

I 2nd the 1/10 bacon/venison.  Try it with taco seasoning in a burrito.  Venison was made for this!

[tippit]

I add 1-2 fresh pork breakfast sausages to a pound of ground venison.  Very light seasoning and just enough fat...Doc

[GingivitisKahn]

Tastes great as is in chili.   Mmmmmm chili.

[Tater]

I agree with the 1lb beef suet or 1lb bacon to 10lbs venison. Yeild 90% lean ground venison if you don't add something you will have to add oil or something else to cook it and to make burgers stick together.

[Orion]

I'm with Pat and Geno.  I don't add anything to it.

[jacobsladder]

i package my own meat...and what i do that works very well is just add a sliver of cheap hamburger with a pound package of venison burger... the sliver adds a little extra moisture to the meat when cooking and flavor...not enough extra fat to bother worrying about..

[stringplucker613]

I add the cheap ground beef, then it doesn't matter what I use it for, patties or just brown, never have to drain the skillet either.  I a going to try adding pork to my bologna this year, as I understand it keeps it moist better than the beef fat.

[bentpole]

MMMMMMMMMM venison burgers......plenty of good answers here Bud!

[Blood Trail]

All these mixtures sound great! You can get bacon ends and pieces for a good price at your local grocery store.

[Stone Knife]

I don't add a thing to mine.