If I have a bunch to do, I measure out the meat into 3 oz patties or whatever size I am making, put them in the fridge for 30 minutes to be nice and cold so the fat isnt sticky, then use my patty press with a deli sheet above and below the ball of meat. lay them out on sheets of freezer paper on a cookie sheet and into the freezer for an hour to freeze solid and then vac seal. if i just have bulk sausage and want a couple patties I still ball them and put between to deli sheets, but then I just smash it with a flat bottom pan and call it good enough. I have never tasted shape.
