how long will frozen meat last?
 

i have some meat from last season in the freezer and i'm just wondering how long it might last?
sorry for the back to back threads.

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

My family is still enjoying 2005 meat. My processor uses the vacuum sealer. Keeping the air away that causes freezer burn is the key to making your meat last longer.

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

i'd eat it up . if vacum sealed about 1 1/2 years maybe two but you would be pushing it . Heck just eat it ,it doesn't last that long around my house

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

same here. when I get meat processed, I have it vacuum sealed, and when I do it myself, I use the Food Saver.

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

Wow! Thats along time in the freezer without burning. Gotta get me one of them.

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

I have a roast in the crock pot as we speak, from 10/06. I expect it to be delicious. I just use freezer paper, got no use for those vaccum sealers. They're expensive, and the seals fail quite often.

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

I've never had a seal fail?? I have eaten meat two years old that was vaccuum sealed and it was fine!

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

vaccuum pack is the only wat to go.

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

Id just try to eat it up as soon as possible...how could someone have leftovers before the new season???!!:D

RE: how long will frozen meat last?
 

I never have meat left over personally, but you can tell when its freezer burnt by colour and smell. If just touched trim off the burn and the rest should be fine. I have doneit many times for people for sausage that was packaged poorlyand it turns out just fine. If it smells off then I wouldn't eat it.

If packaged properly due to the lack of fat in venison it should last 12 months. I use a vac pack for sausage typically, when it comes to steaks, roasts or hamburgerI double wrap and have heard many times from customers that the meat is just fine the next year with this method.