Live from the butcher block

[Chef]

How far past this stage do you take your hind quarters before you package and freeze. This is where I usually stop and vacuum pack

 

 

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[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Usually take best cuts for steaks and the rest goes for stew meat and grinds for burger and sausage. Keep the round for a roast or 2.

[BowmanMike]

15 minutes ago, REDNECK4LIFE32 said:

Usually take best cuts for steaks and the rest goes for stew meat and grinds for burger and sausage. Keep the round for a roast or 2.

same here

[nodeerhere]

I'm telling u guys. Check out the bearded butcher on YouTube. They have a few really good videos 

[Chef]

I'm telling u guys. Check out the bearded butcher on YouTube. They have a few really good videos 

Oh I know exactly what I’m doing I stop here cause I’m still left with options for each muscle at this point. Just curious what others do


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[REDNECK4LIFE32]

So chef what are you doing with those lovely cuts? Steaks, roasts, jerky, stew meat, etc?

[moog5050]

You do a nice neat job.  I basically make everything but neck, loins and straps into stew or grind.  So I don’t even break it down by muscle like that.  But that looks good. 

[nodeerhere]

14 minutes ago, chefhunter86 said:

Oh I know exactly what I’m doing I stop here cause I’m still left with options for each muscle at this point. Just curious what others do


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I'm not saying u don't! I also know what I'm doing! But I'm not to proud to learn stuff either! I was just saying! Sorry I commented on ur page! 

[Chef]

Stew meat and roasts from the front



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[Chef]

I'm not saying u don't! I also know what I'm doing! But I'm not to proud to learn stuff either! I was just saying! Sorry I commented on ur page! 

U shouldn’t be sorry at all sorry if I came

Off rude Didn’t mean to be short my hands are a little dirty at the moment

 

 

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[nodeerhere]

2 minutes ago, chefhunter86 said:

U shouldn’t be sorry at all sorry if I came

Off rude Didn’t mean to be short my hands are a little dirty at the moment

 

 

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Got ya! And for what it's worth looks u are doing a great job 

[wolc123]

Dr Grant Woods made a good Youtube video that shows how to trim out the roasts.  I like the "hidden tenderloins" that he indicates how to recover.    That said, grind is usually the first thing we run out of.  We have about a deer and a half of vacuum-sealed roasts left in the freezers from the last couple of years, but we are down to our last two packs of grind.  If and when I get the first one this year, almost all of it will be made into grind, except for the tenderloins and backstraps.   I also hope to make a bone-in neck roast, which I have been trying to do for the last few years, but something always causes me forget about it or wreck it with a bullet.

[Bionic]

This is a great thread, I hope this generates into a big database for info on this.  I would like to learn this.

[Otto]

Chef, looks like a great job!  We leave ours whole like that too, you can always steak it, cut it into chinks or grind it if you want later on.  But i see yours is tied up already so looks like a roast is in your future.   

 I would just clean up a little more of the fat and silver skin now.  A fish filet knife works rest in getting under that layer.  

We follow Grant Woods in butchering and he explains it very simply.   That rump roast make great corned venison.  Also really good smoked! 

[Chef]

This is a great thread, I hope this generates into a big database for info on this.  I would like to learn this.

You are close to me when you get a deer, shoot me a pm and if I’m free I’ll be happy to give you a lesson it’s really not very hard.


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[Chef]

Chef, looks like a great job!  We leave ours whole like that too, you can always steak it, cut it into chinks or grind it if you want later on.  But i see yours is tied up already so looks like a roast is in your future.   
 I would just clean up a little more of the fat and silver skin now.  A fish filet knife works rest in getting under that layer.  
We follow Grant Woods in butchering and he explains it very simply.   That rump roast make great corned venison.  Also really good smoked! 

Yea that’s exactly why I do it that way, the roasts are from the front shoulders, I almost never do pot roasts from the hinds if I roast them it’s more like a roast beef style. I agree about the fat and sliver that will all get trimmed later I feel when freezing whole it protects the meat a little.

This is pretty cool hearing how others do it!


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[Bionic]

2 minutes ago, chefhunter86 said:

You are close to me when you get a deer, shoot me a pm and if I’m free I’ll be happy to give you a lesson it’s really not very hard.


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I really appreciate that, THANK YOU.

My fingers are crossed.

[Zag]

1 hour ago, moog5050 said:

You do a nice neat job.  I basically make everything but neck, loins and straps into stew or grind.  So I don’t even break it down by muscle like that.  But that looks good. 

Hind quarters for steaks, ur missing out!

[Chef]

Hind quarters for steaks, ur missing out!

100% agreed they make the best steaks


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[moog5050]

3 minutes ago, zag said:

Hind quarters for steaks, ur missing out!

I used to use them for steaks but usually have plenty with just straps and loins. 

[crappyice]

I go MUCH FURTHER than the original pic. I can’t stand feeling tendons or silver skin- even the stuff I grind i pick through. I will take some pics if I am fortunate enough to be able to know one down.

Thankfully I found a great osso bucco recipe for most of the front leg meat and no longer try to fillet out good meat. Now it’s all in a monster pot when it shows up.

 

None of this should be seen as an insult to how anyone else does it....got some sensitive ones kicking around lately!

 

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[BowmanMike]

i keep a few of the big chunks from the hindquarters,that way i can decide later what i want to do. Most of the time it is salsa flavoured jerky. The rest goes for burger/sausage.

[Robhuntandfish]

2 hours ago, chefhunter86 said:

 

How far past this stage do you take your hind quarters before you package and freeze. This is where I usually stop and vacuum pack

 

 

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On this pic...starting from top left

Top part is steaked out, next is roast, next is a cube steak. Little parts on the right side are stew meat, then a filleted out piece to be a stuffed steak in a pinwheel, then bottom stew or to grind.

[Chef]

That top piece on the right is actually the eye round it is great if you grill it whole. It’s almost like a hidden tenderloin. If you haven’t grilled you should try


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[Chef]

I go MUCH FURTHER than the original pic. I can’t stand feeling tendons or silver skin- even the stuff I grind i pick through. I will take some pics if I am fortunate enough to be able to know one down.
Thankfully I found a great osso bucco recipe for most of the front leg meat and no longer try to fillet out good meat. Now it’s all in a monster pot when it shows up.
 
None of this should be seen as an insult to how anyone else does it....got some sensitive ones kicking around lately!
 
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lol not taken as a insult at all. I feel the same way about silverskin, and all that crap will come off before use. I just feel it protects it in the freezer. I think I’m gunna do a few sausages this week. I remember you messing around with that a bit. Did you get any good recipes?


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