One other thing you can do to help burger shrinkage is put a thumb indention in the middle of the burger. It won’t stop the shrinkage but it will be a very noticeable difference next to one that doesn’t have an indention!

@Tomg There’s also a cool new firestarter from A-Maze-N Products to help get your wood pellets started too! It’s called A-Maze-N Gel Firestarter If you are just using a lighter though, a propane torch is much faster than a standard lighter. For others who may not have seen these smoker tubes before, you can watch our video to see what they are and how they work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnYL8H6EF28

I’ve been processing my game since I started hunt (many years ago) and while it does mess the wife’s kitchen up for a day or so, sure does produce better cuts than having it done at a processing place. Most commercial places are focused on getting stuff out as quick as possible so they’re not going to take the time to get ALL the meat off your animal, and they don’t trim them as well as you will either. I agree, processing it yourself is the only way to go.

@tomg that sounds pretty good, I might give that a try for the first weekend of the NFL season!

Re: [Meatgistics: Better Bacon Potato Pie](High Temp Cheese)

Thanks Austin. I think this is going to have to be tried in a Dutch oven out camping, can’t wait, but oh crap, I don’t have the shaker spices on hand, need to get them ordered. So I guess I will have to wait a bit, darn.