Arby’s Big Game Burger features a blend of 34 percent venison, 33 percent elk, 33 percent beef, and 100 percent farm animals. It will probably sell out
The Ultimate Red Meat: Venison vs Beef Two of our favorite red meats go head-to-head in a venison vs beef showdown
Aaron Binaco
With beef prices expected to rise this year, and the brief stretch of meat shortages we saw in grocery stores last year, a lot of folks are taking more interest in venison as their primary red meat. And this trend had been happening well before COVID-19 as health-conscious consumers from Seattle to Brooklyn were demanding “grass fed” and “free range” fare.
The flaws in beef supply only seem to highlight the qualities of venison. With the latest (and strongest) trend in dining being all about eating organically and locally, there should be no meat trendier than deer right now. Not to mention that the whitetail deer population, approximately 15 million in the U.S., has never been larger than it is today.