Help me out!!!! Meat in the freezer.

[Artos]

2 years on meat ...6 months on fish is my thing.

I freeze all my catches in water as well. Freezer ziplock & get all the air out.

[bigchiefj]

I've used badly freezer burned meat for stews and soups in a pressure cooker and you couldn't tell the difference from fresh meat.

[meltingfeather]

Maybe the guidance is for regular freezers as opposed to deep freeze?
Those times seem awful short and my experience is consistent with those who have eaten 3-4 year old venison and couldn't have told a difference.

[hooligan]

I cooked some vacuum sealed breakfast sausage that was 3 years old the other day. tasted great.

Like everyone else as long as it's packaged properly I go by smell and look instead of age

[Traildust]

That looks more like a chart sponsored by the American Council of Meat Producers.

Ya.... Bacon 1 month? Hail, bacon never goes bad in the freezer!

[JDALEX]

just cooked a ribeye that was vacuum packed in 2017, tasted great.

[lovetohunt]

If it is vacuum packed it could last for years

[Hunter Dan]

I go through a lot of meet, but if it stays in the freezer 2 years I toss it.

[JeffK]

One of my SILs gave us a copy of a Refrig/Freezer food storage chart from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

These are for the freezer!!

Steaks 6 to 12 months
Chops 4 to 6 months
Roasts 6 to 9 months
Liver never JK, I don't do liver
Cooked meat 2 to 3 months
Ground meat 4 months
Poultry 9-12 months (pieces - whole)
Bacon 1 month
Sausage 1-2 months
Ham (cooked) 1-2 months

This chart should have been tossed right away.

[150class]

I'm thawing axis ground meat from 2017 for spaghetti tonight.

Eyes and nose test should be the primary route IMO. As long as things are vacuum sealed correctly meat will last for years

[rjtkdplus]

As long as it’s not freezer burnt I’ll chow down.

Me too!