Ghillieman
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Well....it varies wildly...my processor whos been at for a long time and a professional butcher has quit using pork fat for sausage and burger mix and he says pork fat will get rancid even in a freezer. My rule of thumb has always been 1 yr. Fish, 2 years any meat thats prepped as steak roast etc. And 3 yrs on any stew type meats. Jerky would fall into that catagory. The above all vac sealed and bags retaining integrity. I have as others tried meats that were older and they were fine. I think much has to do with handling after the kill...I’m thought this has been discussed at least in part but I couldn’t find the threads anywhere.
My question is what is the oldest frozen meat you would make (or have made) Jerkey from? Meat is frozen and vacuum sealed with 3 mil bags in muscle groups. I thought I’d seen it discussed on here as to I how long meat is good in the freezer with most saying 1-2 years, however since it’s for jerkey does this extend the useable life of freezer stored meat?
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