Why do processors give you more than a pound?

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

Every deer cooler I've ever used always gives back the ground meat in 1.5 lb packs. Why is that? What a pain.

 

[Milkman]

Mine gives you the option of 1lb or 2 lb. Steve Leonhardt in Putnam County

 

[Semi-Pro]

I dont weigh it. I just look at it and say.....meh thats enough

 

[ugajay]

From doing my own, and I tried one pound packs, that ain't much meat at all. I usually put around a pound and a half in a pack. Wastes a heap of packaging I think

 

[transfixer]

I would imagine the more meat they put in a package cuts down on their wrapping time, and packaging costs. but usually they give you a choice, one I had done in ground and cube last year did all my ground in one pound tubes,

 

[fireman32]

Don’t know, but we package our ground and cube in one pound packs. Straps and neck are packaged big enough for several meals.

 

[elfiii]

I do mine in 1 lb packs because that's what most recipes call for.