Bulk Ground Beef
It’s Bulk Beef time for me again. I’ve got FRESH, hormone and anti-biotic meat coming to me over the next 3 months. I’ve canned plenty of their chicken breasts, bacon, sausage and ground beef, so nowadays I like to put some up in my freezer—especially the ground beef. However, I was getting pretty darn frustrated by all of the wasted space I was creating the way that I used to do it, so I figured out a better way to break down those 40 pound boxes of ground beef that come in these large chubs. Now I simply put about 3 pounds of ground beef in the Foodsaver packing, seal it, and then I take my French style rolling pin and roll the packaging and its contents out to form a nice, uniform flat package. This way the ground beef stacks up SO much easier in the freezer and has very little wasted space. See the pictures!
Step 1: Fill bags with meat
Step 3: Flatten ground beef in packaging
Step 2: Seal bags and then label (date and type)
French rolling pins
Step 3: Flatten bags with a rolling pin. (I prefer the French rolling pin for this task)
Step 4: Freeze. It lays nice and flat now!
Step 2: Seal bags with Foodsaver
8 Comments
janna · May 13, 2016 at 4:43 pm
I was buying for awhile.
I was buying for awhile. Chicken, ground beef, bacon, and the pork. We love all of it. I’m sad to report they have stopped delivery in my area. I’m told not enough people buying to make it worth stopping.
I love all the different meats and the prices are excellent too.
Please come back to my area
Janna
Nipomo California
Preparedness Pro · May 13, 2016 at 5:03 pm
Janna, you can totally turn
Janna, you can totally turn that around. Start promoting it on the garage sale/virtual sale pages on Facebook, etc. That’s how I got them to the boonies of Utah. 🙂 Don’t give up. They’re too awesome. 🙂
Hannah · May 13, 2016 at 8:48 pm
Hi! We did get Zaycon chicken
Hi! We did get Zaycon chicken once and we were happy with it but I’ve since decided to be more selective when it comes to the kind of meat we eat. You state here that it is antibiotic free but I can’t find anything about that on their site. Adding hormones is illegal for all meat so that claim doesn’t really impress me. I’d love some more documentation about the cage-free and antibiotic free nature of this meat. Can you tell me where you learned that? Thank you for your site!
Preparedness Pro · May 13, 2016 at 11:37 pm
I’d suggest that you call
I’d suggest that you call Zaycon then and ask them. I’ve conducted several product interviews with them before purchasing.
Kathy · May 30, 2016 at 6:32 pm
I just started orderiing from
I just started orderiing from Zaycon Fresh. We don’t eat pork, shellfish, etc So I ordered chicken breasts, and wow, hard to get them into a pint jar for canning. Then I ordered the 80/20 groiund beef…not happy with that, too much fat. Browned it and then rinsed off the excess fat and canned it. Just got 40# ground turkey and 80# chicken thighs. Ooooh, those chicken thighs had to cleaned of the fat and the “silvering”, what a chore. Straight canned most of the thighs, but. cooked the majority of it and pulled it to make pulled BBQ sandwichs, enchiladas,. etc at a later date. Made some with veggies and concentrated broth to make as a chicken soup base, add more liquid and noodles for chicken noodle soup, etc.
Since we don’t eat pork, I have a recipe for Turkey sausage, it tastes just like pork sausage but we can eat it. I make it up and then make patties and meat crumble for gravy. If I portion it just right, I get 4 patties to a wide mouth pint jar and just brown the patties and P/C for 75 minutes at 10# pressure.
Preparedness Pro · May 31, 2016 at 2:42 am
As I mention in the write up,
As I mention in the write up, if there’s something you’re not happy with give Zaycon’s customer service a call. Their number is at zayconfresh.com
Janet D. Morris · June 8, 2016 at 5:07 pm
I also like to freeze pkgs of
I also like to freeze pkgs of cooked ground beef in what would be a pound of cooked ground beef. It takes a little more time when you’re browning it, but in the long run you’re saving cooking and cleaning time. It’s so nice for those crazy busy days.
Preparedness Pro · June 8, 2016 at 5:21 pm
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