Anyone actually check weight of oil absorbed?

[KyleB]

I don't eat super lean ground meat, beef, turkey etc. Just too much $ for what it is. However I'm not opposed to using a couple napkins to absorb 85% fat ground beef or turkey.

Has anyone here weighed how much fat they have absorbed while cooking doing this? I'm about to see what my 85% lean meats up being.

I should be able to weigh food first(for this sake, say the single serving which on nutrition label is 4ounce), the napkin before use , adsorb fat mid cooking, put napkin after zereod out on scale to see how much actual fat is being removed right?

 

[genetic freak]

Except the napkin will also absorb water, so you will not know how much is fat and how much is water.

 

[beefnewton]

I'd just get a leaner percentage, but 85% definitely tastes better. I go by the rule of thumb that it cooks down by 25%. So that 4oz precook becomes 3oz after cooking. This only matters if you're going to try and get multiple meals out of a package. It's not exact, but I don't eat red meat often enough for any big errors to add up. This isn't exactly what you're asking, but I think at some point you just have to accept some margin of error. Sounds like you're trying to get the taste of 85% for the leanness (or close to it) of maybe 95%.

I'm coming off salmonella poisoning so cut me some slack. I think most of what I wrote didn't even address the question.

 

[Thrawn]

I'd just get a leaner percentage, but 85% definitely tastes better. I go by the rule of thumb that it cooks down by 25%. So that 4oz precook becomes 3oz after cooking. This only matters if you're going to try and get multiple meals out of a package. It's not exact, but I don't eat red meat often enough for any big errors to add up. This isn't exactly what you're asking, but I think at some point you just have to accept some margin of error. Sounds like you're trying to get the taste of 85% for the leanness (or close to it) of maybe 95%.

I'm coming off salmonella poisoning so cut me some slack. I think most of what I wrote didn't even address the question.

@beefnewton would know it's in his name! For medical reasons I don't eat sugar and carbs are very limited. For me more fat the better.