Freezing Ribs???

[texas bound]

What is the best way to freeze ribs? I have ribs from the hog I shot last weekend and Im wanting to freeze them but the freezer bags are not long enough and I have the 1 gallon bags.

[kfd82]

Butcher paper and masking tape, just like the processers use.

[texas bound]

Where can I get the butcher paper at?

[Spike]

The best way I've found to put them up is,wrap them in plastic wrap real well and get the big 2 1/2 gal zipper bags and put the plastic wrapped ribs in them.Make sure you try to get as much air out of the bag as you can before sealing it.I've never had problems with freezer burn putting up meat this way.

[Burnadell]

Where can I get the butcher paper at?

Grocery store? Wal-Mart?

They may also have some 2 gallon Ziplocks

[kfd82]

Where can I get the butcher paper at?

Grocery store? Wal-Mart?

They may also have some 2 gallon Ziplocks

Spot on Randy!

We have bought it at Kroger, HEB, Brookshires.... My wife buys some large family packs of steaks and pork chops, then wraps them in smaller single meal use amounts.

[mharris1]

I wrap in plastic, then butcher paper if I dont use my vacuum sealer. Never had a problem.

[HEARTBUSTER]

I wrap in plastic, then butcher paper if I dont use my vacuum sealer. Never had a problem.

same here wrap em and pack em, good for aleast 24 months

[Texas Grown]

I saw-em down to 4-5" long with a hack saw or a band saw. This will make more slabs and easier handling/cooking/eating. A sawz-all will work too. Then vacum-pack-em. This also makes it easier to put in the larger 1-2 gallon zip lock bags.

Next time, give me a call. I have this meat saw band saw looking thing with some kind of grinder on the side of it, in my garage . Also have vacum packer and will show ya how its done

[holdem]

I saw the panels two ways for easier handling. These just came off, save your ribs !!

[Horitexan]

At the grocery store it's often called ""Freezer Paper" and I know Reynolds make some- they carry it at Randalls- and it has wax or some kind of protective coating on one side. It's a little better than the old fashioned butcher paper that wasn't coated. I like to double wrap the ribs to give 'em as much protection against freexer burn as possible and try to keep the wrapping as tight as possible and tape it shut really well- the less air that's inside, the better. Also, pat the ribs dry- any excess water/moisture on the meat can cause it to become freezer burnt quicker.

I usually have to eat mine long before I get a chance to freeze 'em, though!

Nick

[texas bound]

Thanks for all the help guys

[Coon]

Put 'em in the freezer.


Dave

[ken]

I use butcher paper. Make sure you get the freezer tape that is on the same shelf as the butcher paper. I usually cut each side of ribs into 2 pieces and stack all the ribs on tops of each other so they aren't so bulky.

[Bill]

ZipLock makes 2.5 gallon bags that are really good for ribs. Just be careful you don't poke a hole in a corner from a sharp bone somewhere.

I just thawed and cooked elk steaks from last Sept that I'd wrapped in freezer paper in Oregon and sealed with duct tape (1,000,001 uses for it, when you forget the freezer tape), then put into a 2.5 gal ZipLock. The meat was perfect.