Just got the deer back from the butcher. Its frozen solid but wraped in butcher paper. I want to vac. pack it. Is there a problem in vac. packing frozen meat?
Rick

Lifes not about knowing the answers, its about asking the questions.

no problem Who; just put it in the bag and vacume.as a matter of fact you have to freeze some foods before you can vacume them.I have use a vac. sealer for the last 4 or 5 years now,that is the only way to put deer meat in the freezer.
I just take a permanate marker and put the item and date on the top edge.

it works great to put venison jerkey in small bags for gifts.it also keeps for years.

I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

Tc,
What other kinds of food do you have to freeze to vacume pack?
Rick

Lifes not about knowing the answers, its about asking the questions.

anything with fluids,like sauses or gravys.fresh meats that have blood coming out you can fold a papper towel and place it in the front of the bag to catch the blood.

you don't want fluids going into the channel where the sucktion hole is.

what I do is when we get things like jibblett gravey to go with the turkey,we put it into a square or oblong pan,put it in the freezer till hard then bag and vac.

as you go along,you will get the hang of it.
my wife uses a lot of nuts to bake with,so I cut the rolls into small bags so I can put one cup in them,then they are already measured for her.it is amazing how it will vac. nuts.the jerkey will be like the ones in the store.the meats will not be as hard and tight as something hard.if it is frozen it will be hard.(I guess it is because it gets all the air out from between the nuts)

hope this helps. Happy Holidays.

I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

We put our deer meat or fish in plastic wrap before putting it in the vacumn bags to control the liquid and it works very well for us .

I got one for Christmas and just used it today. Looks cool and from the post's I've read, the way to go. Like HC, I always wrap with plastic wrap but would then put in ziplocks. Ziplocks are expensive. I did note that you could take three one pound packs of sausage (already wrapped in plastic) or hamburger and put them in one bag. As you need a pound, open up take out and reseal. Cuts down on bag making time plus keeps your bag clean. I almost returned it as with as many mouths to feed around here, nothing last long enough to freezer burn anyway.

Good Luck. Capt Brad.

i use the vaccume for everything you will get a good vaccume with frozen food food is ten times better without freezer burn

I use the vac for other things too,for each cal rifle I load up 2 boxes and vac them,clothes I want to keep dry in my pack I do the same.If you vac the deer meat it will keep for yrs.Week cooked some that had been in freezer 2yrs and it was just as freash as this years.

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