Freezing A Packer?

[SlushDeezey]

I bought a 14 lb packer a couple weeks ago because it was on sale. It's been in the freezer since then. How long can I keep it frozen before it starts losing quality at the cook? It's in there in the cryovac package only.

[CeramicChef]

If you froze it immediately upon getting it home and it is in original cryovac pack you should be fine for at least a month. I try and use all my frozen goods within a month or 6 weeks of freezing. I also vac pack everything that goes in the freezer so it doesn't get freezer burn.

[Jerod Broussard]

I cook stuff that is 1-2 years frozen. Beef.

[HorseDoctor]

Correct! In its cryovac bag or vacuum packed, meat will be in good shape for a LONG time. I found some venison loin in one of my freezers that was well over 1-2 years and it was just fine.

[SlushDeezey]

I remember as a kid that we had a big chest freezer stocked full of meats and leftovers (there were 4 kids so stockpiles were necessary) and one year for Thanksgiving we had a turkey that had been frozen for three years. Maybe it was the luck of the draw, maybe it was mom's way with food but t was delicious and nobody died.

[Jerod Broussard]

I've had numerous beef roasts in my freezer for a year, only to find out that my dad had had them in his freezer for a year when he brought them over.

[SlushDeezey]

I'm going to call it "deep cold aged".

[DWCowles]

I too have kept meat in the freezer for over a year with no problem

[Mosca]

The one I did on the 4th had been frozen since November.

[jharner]

I also keep meat in the freezer for close to a year, mainly venison. Never goes bad. I think the longest a have kept a cryovac brisket is probably two months, only because I cook a lot of brisket and when I find what I want I buy it and freeze it ( usually have two or three in the freezer ) but when you cook about four a month they don't stay in there long.