Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Thawing game meat - what is your preferred method

I thaw serving size packs of meat in the sink in water in the bad it is stored in.

Yes. Better storage, easy/fast thaw.

We always thaw it on the counter, then leave it in fridge one more day. Might be in my head but seems like it becomes a bit more tinder. Give it a try.

Hot water

Sounds like some guys use water from the hot water heater to unthaw their meat.

I don't overthink it.

Set it out the night before in the refrigerator.

Set it on the counter in the morning.

Pull it out and run it under water.

Whatever

I'm not refined enough to notice the difference.


-Jake

The one I hear most is "unthaw" LOL
Mine gets thawed on the counter or in the fridge.....
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I got a metal flat plate with ridges.

It’s about half the size of a big cutting board.

Set it on the counter, with the paper removed.

It will un thaw in a matter of hours.

I been using it 4 decade…..not dead yet.

Look up defrosting tray.

They cost about $20

Didn't Ron Popeil sell those?

A man after my own heart

I forgot to mention this in my previous post, but I also have good luck quickly thawing out meat by placing it on my granite countertop. It seems to do a great job of dissipating the heat and thawing quickly.

Out on the counter over night.

Or, if it’s vacuum sealed, under running water.

How about for unthawing? 😎

Put it back in the freezer

I just take frozen roasts of moose or caribou, whole taters,water, salt, pepper garlic and put them on woodstove before bed. Usually tender by 8 hours atop wood stove.

No matter who shows up, no matter what time of night or day, always Dutch ovens full of moose, taters in broth.

big pot hot water for tea or coffee.

Come spring, whatever meat is left gets canned or smoked. I don't have refrigerator, freezer or electricty.

The better check points along the Iditarod race will have wood stoves dressed out with stew and hot water 24/7

Pull it out and put it in the sink before I leave for work in the morning. Cook it up as soon as I got off for the day.

This, however if I forget or there's a change in plans and I don't have time then I thaw in a hot water bath in the sink. Replenish hot water as it cools for faster thaw. If I'm doing backstrap on the grill I keep replacing the hot water until the meat is almost hot to the touch.
Keep meat in vacuum bags or burger bags until thawed. Water should not touch the meat! If it does pat dry with a towel. Never thaw in a microwave, that's just wrong.

Some kinda thawing... who cares? Its gonna get cooked or re-froze.

In warm water in the sink.

Same here.