Processing your own game is an enjoyable, practical, and cost-effective way to bring your hunt full circle. It gives you a feeling of satisfaction that you’ve been able to control every step of the process from; choosing your seasonings, to controlling the portions, to being certain that your meat -is your meat. And, not to mention, you are defiantly saving yourself the expense of sending your game to the butcher. (There are no extra costs here for add-ons like summer sausage or jerky.)   A subjective question, how much meat should you expect to get when processing… depends. Typically, you can expect to get a 40-50% yield from boned-out meat. However, there are other factors that will affect this percentage too. In this video, we explain those factors and what you can expect.   Video Transcription How...

First of All, What IS an Infrared heater? An infrared heater is like a little piece of the sun inside your home or building. Like the infrared portions of sunlight, operating on a light spectrum you CAN'T see, infrared heaters deliver a condensed "beam" of heat to rooms or objects (cold legs at the office?) that are in front of the device. For a demonstration go outside and stand in the sun, feel the warmth on your skin, etc. Now go stand in the shade- you will immediately feel the difference because a lot of the sun's heat, specifically the infrared portion of that heat, is transferred alongside the visible light spectrum. So an infrared heater basically delivers the "heat" energy you feel in direct sunlight- without the entire light spectrum tagging along. The "invisible beam" of light energy that is given off by the infrared heate...

When it comes to choosing the best meat for smoking, you’ll want to look for meat that has the same thickness and consistency throughout. Plus, you’ll also want to look for marbling which helps hold the smoke flavoring. Watch and learn as we share our favorite tips for choosing the best meat for smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eovjOts2yw Video Transcription What do I look for When Picking the Meat I would Like to Smoke? Hey, this is Alfonso with North 40 Outfitters. And today I'm going to talk to you about meat selection for your smoking purposes. When it comes to smoking and meat selection, what I really look for is a piece of meat that has nice presentation on it. What I'm really looking for is some consistency throughout the piece of meat. So, I just want things to be the same thickness throughout. O...

Preparing pork for smoking in a smoker is easier than you think. Watch and learn as we share our simple step by step instructions for delicious and savory smoked pork. Video Transcription How do I Prepare my Meat for Smoking? Hey everybody, this is Alfonso with North 40 Outfitters. And today I'm going to show you how to prep pork for smoking on your grill. First thing we're going to do is going to take a look at our meat and do a little bit of trimming. Really what I'm looking for is I want to have good presentation to whoever I'm serving this. You want to have something that looks nice and is pleasant to eat. I'm going to trim a little bit of this fat on there. How do I Trim and Season my Meat Properly for the Best Smoke? This is a pork butt which is a pretty big piece of meat. As you can see, it's got a lot of fat on ...

Ribs are a delicious summer grilling must do, but where to start? Watch and learn as Discount Meats helps us to better understand the difference between Spare ribs, Baby back, Country style ribs. Then, go get your grill on! https://youtu.be/VASqVIWxLgg Video Transcription Why Should I Choose Baby Back Ribs? There's three styles of ribs that come from pork. There is spare rib, baby back rib, and country style ribs. So starting out, we'll go with the actual baby back ribs. They're smaller, meatier. With your baby back ribs, they don't have the fat content as spare ribs do so they don't have that rendering of the fat to keep that moist. So they will dry out if you tend to cook them longer, faster. So something to keep an eye on when you do smoke them. They actually come out of this section rig...

The Tomahawk steak is a show-stopper steak that every grill master should learn how to grill. But what is a Tomahawk steak? Start at the beginning, watch and learn as Discount Meats explains why the Tomahawk steak is so special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Rz1Ylh9lA Video Transcription What Cuts do I Need to Make for a Tomahawk Steak? What's going on guys. My name's Garet. I'm from Discount Meats. I'm here with North 40 today. I'll be showing you how to turn this bad boy here into a Tomahawk steak. This is called the wing rib. It's the midsection of a cow. You can get rib-eyes, rib steaks, cowboy steaks, but we're going to be focusing on the Tomahawk steak today. First thing I'm going to do is cut this bottom section off right here. That way you get your standard rib bones coming off of there...