which is better tape or hog rings

[Brokenhandle]

Hundreds of thousands lbs of burger? That's a bunch!

Ryan

 

[indaswamp]

What you were told is correct. Not to downplay anyone else’s experience but I have literally packaged hundreds of thousands of pounds of burger and sausage and experienced no more leakage than with rings. In fact, we started with rings and transitioned to tape.
A clean, tight twist that does not contain any meat in the twist with the tape as close to the meat as possible will give you a fantastic seal and streamline your process very nicely.

Wild game processing?

 

[48°North]

Hundreds of thousands lbs of burger? That's a bunch!

Ryan

When it’s what puts the bread and butter on the table those pounds are pretty easy to hit.

 

[48°North]

Wild game processing?

Wild game is a portion of those pounds. 600+ deer a year.
Custom processing anything that falls under a red meat category is the bulk of the burger and sausage.

 

[indaswamp]

Wild game is a portion of those pounds. 600+ deer a year.
Custom processing anything that falls under a red meat category is the bulk of the burger and sausage.

Wow...600+deer a year. So here is a question- do you keep all the deer separate or do you mix in large batches for processing grind meat?

 

[48°North]

Wow...600+deer a year. So here is a question- do you keep all the deer separate or do you mix in large batches for processing grind meat?

Every deer is kept separate and the hunter is guaranteed the meat from the deer they brought in. The only exceptions are when they want bologna or summer sausage in quantities less than 25 pounds and snack sticks less than 10 pounds. We then combine a few different deer to reach those quantities but no other portions are ever mixed.

 

[YooperSmoker]

48 north is right
the tape machine works great
except if you have meat residue on your hands
every now and then I get sloppy and get something on my fingers
then the fun begins fighting the tape machine
gota keep the hands clean

Mike