Hamburger meat???

[cpaysonc]

GFS?

 

[chopsaw]

My buddy uses those GFS chubs exclusively for his coney sauce / hot dog business. Always tastes damn good.

I buy the 81 / 19 . Been on sale for $4.49 a pound . Jeff it has really great beef flavor . I break it down into 1 1/2 pound packages . Vac seal and freeze .
Been using it for Summer sausage too .
On the SmokeFire !

It's good .

 

[chopsaw]

GFS?

Gordon's Food service .
See if they have one close to you .

 

[civilsmoker]

There is lots of misinformation and fear propagation going around about this but it’s (importing beef for ground) been happening for more than 20 years.

Second, I have worked in a USDA certified food production facility and what I can tell you is NOTHING like was described would be happening in these plants!!! The imported product is going to USDA facilities as it has been for 20 plus years….ie it’s not being snuck in on shadow boats in the cover of darkness…. The only thing that has changed is the imported beef is tariff free and the savings is to be passed on to the US customers….. are Beef moguls gonna make $$$ yup same as they have for countless years……

Most people don’t know that a lot of the healthy “free range” pork is just wild feral hogs that is trapped by farmers and dropped off at a USDA plant for inspection and processing……

If you are worried about it just buy US based ground chuck….. and have a drink while making a smash burger…..

 

[mr_whipple]

All that aside, I've noticed a change in texture whenever I buy ground beef. Chalky and kind of stringy at times. Don't know why that is, but I'm not liking it. I don't do a lot with ground beef, sloppy joes etc etc a burger here or there. I have been tinkering around with the idea of grinding my own and just ordered a dual grind head for my big bite #8.