Quote Originally Posted by Wulf202 View Post
The life of any frozen food can be extended almost indefinitely by coating it in water, vacuum packing or paying to have it cryovaced at the butchers. Cryovac's are basically shrink wrap bags that also vacuum pack, i've got bison that's 3+ years old that hasn't freezer burnt at all. Vacuum packers work well and are available at wal mart.

The cheapest way to do it is put the meat in a ziplock and add some water then set it in the freezer over night, then open the ziplock and add some more water and lay it on the other side in the freezer so it will be coated in ice. The ice will freezer burn, not the meat.
And while I will agree unless one has a large freezer and the means to keep it going.... Myself while I do vac-pac some items I just try and rotate between sales. I only have a 9cf freezer. Now that the kids are gone I watch it closer since we do not go through the food near as fast.

keeping up with the canned meats and goods is hard enough.