1lb. 80/20 ground beef = what macros cooked?!

[thewolf49]

I'm having a hell of a time figuring out what amount of fat gets cooked out of 4oz. of Kroger 80/20 ground chuck....I'm assuming protein stays the same. I cook it in a pan, with a tbsp of canola oil (14g of fat). I know on the package it says 23g fat per 4 oz. raw....about what would this be cooked? I was thinking I might have made up for the fat loss from the beef with the canola oil I added?

[beastybean]

It all depends on how much you cook it. Best bet would be to drain the fat and cook it then subtract. But I think your going a little overboard.

[beastybean]

It all depends on how much you cook it. Best bet would be to drain the fat and cook it then subtract. But I think your going a little overboard.

Drain and weigh*. Lol

[thewolf49]

well i just throw it in a pan, cook it until its brown, and then dump whatever liquid (fat) that is in the pan. i'm just looking to guess...what would you guys guess?

[hvactech]

It all depends on how much you cook it. Best bet would be to drain the fat and cook it then subtract. But I think your going a little overboard.

how do you drain the fat before its cooked? OP, if its that big of a deal then use 93/7

[hvactech]

Drain and weigh*. Lol

lol

[hvactech]

well i just throw it in a pan, cook it until its brown, and then dump whatever liquid (fat) that is in the pan. i'm just looking to guess...what would you guys guess?

its impossible to guess

[bla55]

Why not toss it on the george foreman and weigh what's left on the tray after your done?

[thewolf49]

i'm not that worried about it...just wondered if anyone had a guess. from what I can see online..4 oz raw is about 3 oz cooked...so 95g of fat per lb probably turns into about 65-70. Plus the 14g from canola oil so around 80-85.

[Sean1332]

I used to drain it, then wash the cooked ground beef in the strainer with water to really get all the grease off

and then I stopped giving a ****

[thewolf49]

I used to drain it, then wash the cooked ground beef in the strainer with water to really get all the grease off

and then I stopped giving a ****

haha, that's what I'm about to do

[TexasGuy]

Weighing after draining still won't be accurate as the beef will be losing blood (water) too.

Don't get too hung up on the hyper technical ****.

[bla55]

Weighing after draining still won't be accurate as the beef will be losing blood (water) too.

Don't get too hung up on the hyper technical ****.

True. I did once to get an idea of how much fat would come out of one of those standard boxed burger patties from Sam's club; weighted before, cooked on the grill, weighted after and then checked for the fat content on my george foreman. Most of the fat did come out, it ended up being about a 90% cut at the end of it, so I had to ditch it as I was looking for the fat.

Edit: I weighted the fat after it had solidified itself and drained away the water.

[OrganicShadow]

I used to drain it, then wash the cooked ground beef in the strainer with water to really get all the grease off

and then I stopped giving a ****

I dont see a problem with it. it's tasty and fits into my macros, so whatever. And if it really is a 90% reduction then I need to recalculate because I was eating for the fat content. Back to flank steak. I'm gonna try that little experiment and see what I get.

-OS-Team AppNut

[GreenEarth]

i'm not that worried about it...just wondered if anyone had a guess. from what I can see online..4 oz raw is about 3 oz cooked...so 95g of fat per lb probably turns into about 65-70. Plus the 14g from canola oil so around 80-85.

Out of curiosity...why the canola oil?

[Dirty Dan]

This doesn't really have anything to do with OP's question but I figured I would drop a little fun fact. I am a butcher at a well known supermarket in my area and what most people don't realize about ground beef is that 80/20 in my opinion is the best quality ground beef. Most grocery stores that sell ground beef like 93/7, 90/10, and 85/15 get sent 60lb boxes of pre ground beef. Meaning that we get these 60lb boxes which contain 6 individual 10lb tubes of ground beef that has already been pre ground so for connivence we only have to run it through our grinders once and then it's ready to be put in trays and packed out to sell. The problem with this is that whatever company supermarkets are buying these pre ground tubes from could be using low quality cuts of beef to save a few bucks. Most supermarkets usually always grind their 80/20 from scratch, meaning they take pieces of trim from strip steaks, rib eyes, London broils, and an assortment of other steaks and grind that up all together a total of three times and then tray it up to pack out for sale. We have to legally label it as 80/20 because the amount of meat to fat was not measured out prior to grinding it, but it's usually always leaner then that in the first place.

[Sean1332]

This doesn't really have anything to do with OP's question but I figured I would drop a little fun fact. I am a butcher at a well known supermarket in my area and what most people don't realize about ground beef is that 80/20 in my opinion is the best quality ground beef. Most grocery stores that sell ground beef like 93/7, 90/10, and 85/15 get sent 60lb boxes of pre ground beef. Meaning that we get these 60lb boxes which contain 6 individual 10lb tubes of ground beef that has already been pre ground so for connivence we only have to run it through our grinders once and then it's ready to be put in trays and packed out to sell. The problem with this is that whatever company supermarkets are buying these pre ground tubes from could be using low quality cuts of beef to save a few bucks. Most supermarkets usually always grind their 80/20 from scratch, meaning they take pieces of trim from strip steaks, rib eyes, London broils, and an assortment of other steaks and grind that up all together a total of three times and then tray it up to pack out for sale. We have to legally label it as 80/20 because the amount of meat to fat was not measured out prior to grinding it, but it's usually always leaner then that in the first place.

I initially liked you because of our likewise dirty minds. Now you just made me not feel bad for enjoying 80/20 all the time. Youre a good man Dirty Dan.

[Dirty Dan]

I initially liked you because of our likewise dirty minds. Now you just made me not feel bad for enjoying 80/20 all the time. Youre a good man Dirty Dan.

Lmao thanks my man. I'm just looking out for a fellow brother of iron and perversion.

[GreenEarth]

Hmm...interesting. Do the majority of all supermarkets do that, or can you only speak for your own?

[Dirty Dan]

Hmm...interesting. Do the majority of all supermarkets do that, or can you only speak for your own?

I can only speak for my own store but my coworkers have worked for other supermarket chains and they all pretty much get in the same ground beef. I'm located in the north east so it may be different around the country as far as what other supermarkets do.