venison hamburger

[eyehi]

how does everyone make it? im looking to grind 20 pounds of venison how much fat should i add? does anyone add bacon to there burger?

[stka]

We use 50/50 mix with pork butt, 60/40(pork) would probably work.

[venisonman]

20# of venison? I use 20% or 4 pounds minimum. Ground bacon works very nicely.

[SilentStalker]

I dont usually weigh anything exact, but I do about 4 or 5 part venison to 1 part pork butt.
I pretty much only use the pork to keep it together. But some of these other guys have some awesome sounding recipes.

[Raquettedacker]

  http://www.myhuntingforum.com/hunting_forum/index.php?topic=3876.msg39339#msg39339   

[halfrack33]

If I were you, I would ground it all without any fat. That way you can still make chili and other dishes if you don't want just "burger". You can add pork fat or bacon later. OR, you can do what I do and mix feta in with the meat which adds the fat and TONS of flavor.

[bogmanjr]

Just venison for me, Don't usually make patties out of it. I do mix around 20% bacon or pork for sausage though.

[eyehi]

thanks for the replies everyone im hoping to make some this weekend 

[Green Mountian Hunter]

  i add 1 lb maple bacon to 5 lb venison run threw grinder 3 times to get good blend mix

[stka]

I double ground some sausage once, I won't do it again unless I'm making hot dogs. May have been the size of the die I had, but it came out like mush.

[drobertsinMaryland]

I double ground some sausage once, I won't do it again unless I'm making hot dogs. May have been the size of the die I had, but it came out like mush.

Your right we only do ours once.

[millermankt]

I trim and cut whole pork loins and beef rounds and slice myself. when i do this i keep all the fat and small cut offs in a freezer bags in the freezer. small amounts of leftover ham goes into the bag too.. by hunting season, i usually have enough to add for grinding. beats throwing it out.

[stka]

Good use for the trimmings. My butcher all but yelled at me once for using pork butt. He said "You tell me ahead how much you want and I'll keep the pork fat for you. Much cheaper, YOU"RE WASTING MONEY!" LOL. We just like the added flavor of the pork, and we double our supply for 60-70 cents a pound. Real shame he passed away right after moving to a great big new shop, he was a great guy. His son runs the shop now.

[600RevX]

just did twenty pounds on monday night...sliced up 2 lbs of slab bacon and 1lb each of diced onions and peppers- I grind t once very course then mix in the pepper, onions and bacon, then grind course again- dam good stuff!  wife made a hell of a meatloaf last night 

[Green Mountian Hunter]

                           great job  ; can't buy that in no store ;  sounds yum-me