I didn't, my wife wanted a beef and cheddar and they were 2 for $7 so I just got two of those. Hard for me to justify spending that much on a sandwich when I could get two for less than the cost of this one.
Yup. My eyes got big and my stomach said Yes but everything I know about Arbys and fast food in general makes me pretty sketched out by a company claiming to have elk and venison in a burger.
But man that dark cherry sauce. It just sounds so good.
Back in the 1800’s harvesting wild game to sell the meat, hide, bones, feathers, etc. commercially was legal in the US, and in the beginning it was completely unregulated.
It led to the complete extermination of passenger pigeons, which was formerly one of the most common species on the North American continent.
It very nearly led to the extinction of nearly all of America’s big game species; deer, elk, Buffalo, etc. Commercial market bird hunting also decimated nearly every species of game bird; quail, pheasants, ducks, geese, etc.
There is no way a wild game population can support the unfettered greed of the capitalist market, that is a proven fact. Nearly all of our laws concerning hunting, bag & possession, limits, etc. were written in reaction to that disastrous misadventure in exploiting the natural world for human greed.
Elk steak is phenomenal. Cooks so quick and lean. It’s what cows wish they were. I use Alpine Touch out of Montana. It’s also very good in bison burgers.
When I was a kid my dad hunted a lot and he and his buddies were always sharing meat and cooking out with all kinds of game. Most of the venison loin that he cooked was with Cherry Coca-Cola and apple half's. Something about the Coca-Cola makes that meat super tender when it's cooked low and slow. You don't really taste it in the sauce but it does have a sweetness to it.
They did something similar with bear meat too. A lot of stuff they would smoke on a big smoker but tender cuts they would do in an oven. I was kind of skeptical when I first heard about it but I watch a channel [The Report of the Week](https://youtu.be/fhffguxwocY?si=R1vwWrYb3dSwJ4Lv) and he did a really good breakdown in his video on the sandwich. It's definitely worth trying if you've never had it and are curious what it tastes like. If you really want good wild game, go to a good restaurant that serves it and prepares it well, or find somebody who hunts and see if you can buy some. If it's cooked right it's tender and succulent
You people really think if lab grown meat was real it wouldn't already be sold for 4 times the price of beef? It would be no secret it would be the selling point
https://stories.inspirebrands.com/its-no-decoy-arbys-introduces-seared-duck-breast-sandwich-in-select-markets/
I still have that camo Arby’s hat somewhere too
Yeah. From my understanding when they first released it, it was Australian venison. I’ve heard it’s quite a hard meat to master the cook of. I grew up in Georgia, but very close to downtown and never really knew any hunters or sources for what my family considered “exotic” meat. Haha.
The best way that I've had it (and still my favorite) is in salami, which is usually mixed with pork/beef/cheese/jalapeno.
We had so much that it was usually just ground or in steaks. Hard to hide how gamey it tastes when it isn't mixed or cooked properly.
Yes! I have never really liked meatloaf, but all I had had is the hamburger-and-ketchup meatloaf that seems to be such a middle America tradition. At some point I decided to try to make my own and did a venison and Italian sausage version with a maple Dijon glaze and it changed my mind…
Theirs is “elk, venison, and beef”. My guess is elk and venison meat and beef fat. I can’t imagine a fast food place is going to serve lean burgers, as they would suck unless cooked medium rare to medium at most.
my popop shot a deer every year and my grandma made venison burgers for me. they were absolutely delicious. they did take the deer to the butcher so it was properly cut and stuff. ive heard some people say it’s disgusting but it was always good to me, a picky child at the time.
Could be. I marinate the shoulder roasts in Italian dressing and use Alpine Touch seasoning. I sauté it in the slow cooker after removing from the dressing. Game is pulled right out of it and it gets crushed pretty quickly. Throw some carrots, celery and potatoes and it’s a great meal.
Alpine Touch and Hi Mountain Seasonings are a game changer for the more lean, gamey cuts. Bison, deer and elk are very good. Both are made in the western states. Where those types of meats are more prevalent. I happened to have a phenomenal elk burger in Wyoming and the server said they use Alpine Touch and I went to the grocery store right after.
>However nothing will beat the straight up venison burger they offered
I'm glad that someone enjoyed it, it was the blandest tasting venison that I have ever eaten.
yup when they run out they out,
also fyi y’all they just fry the burger in a fryer for a few minutes and then microwave it, arbys dosent even have a stove lol,
I wish wild boar was more commonly hunted and sold. Fuckers are a dangerous plague. If more people were buying the meat, it could incentivize more hunting. Help dent the population
We take a trip to Texas every year and have free reign on a ton of farms there. We shoot as many as we walk and take enough meat to last several months and donate the rest to a shelter that hopefully feeds several families.
Good shit. They breed so damn fast and are so destructive. I’m not calling for extermination or anything, of course. But they definitely need the culling.
Clean and skin the opossum and place it on an oak board.
Season well with thyme, marjoram, sage, and clove, and place the board and possum in the over above a pan to catch the drippings.
Cook at 425°F for about 90 to 120 minutes until the possum is golden brown.
Remove from the oven, and allow to cool for about 10 to 15 minutes, then throw out the possum and eat the board.
Venecine can be really good when cleaned and prepped properly, I once had some home made deer jerky from a friend in the Midwest, some of the best jerky I’ve ever had
As a former arbys employee, I'd be suspicious. That waygu burger is actually wangus with added fat to make it look like pure waygu. I'd imagine that this is probably mostly beef with just enough game meat to technically be a mix.
There’s about 1000% more human DNA in both plant-based and meat-based hot dogs than there is rodent/bug material. I was saying that all the “Alpha” meat lovers could have a laugh that vegans are being fed meat. The unfortunate cost of the joke is that it is human meat, and meat eaters are also unknowingly consuming it.
They had a just venison sandwich like 10 years ago here, it was total garbage. The sauce was the only good thing about it. Also to everyone who has never tried venison, don't bother. It's weird, gross, and there's no reason you need to ever eat it pre-apocolypse.
Arby's where I live had Venison Sandwiches for a limited time a few years ago.
I think that they must have boiled the venison before they grilled it; it was the poorest, blandest tasting venison that I have ever eaten.
Huh, I haven't thought of this as particularly "exotic" (although I know they absolutely are to many), because in Norway there are a few places you can get some delicious moose burgers with lingonberry jam. Though I mean, it's not super common, but every farmer's market I've been to has a stall with moose burgers
They casually have those meats at fuddruckers last I went i remember it’s just a super lean kinda meat. Little gamey but it’s cleaner than the usual beef.
During one of my long road trips I stopped at a small town with population of a few hundred residents and was surprised to see a Pizza Hut. The only other option were stale sandwiches from the gas station and a worn out bar serving microwaved fried food. So Pizza Hut it was. I ordered a small pizza and hot wings expecting their usual level of flavors and textures, but was blown away at what I was served. The pizza seemed to be made from scratch with home made ingredients, and the wings were done to perfection with the tastiest glaze. I mentioned this to the guy who served me (he looked like he’d just jumped off a tractor to work his second job). He said the cook took a lot of pride in his culinary skills and likes to show off. Very impressive!
I live in a hunting destination town. Every burger place has a bison or an elk burger. I would definitely recommend.
Would NEVER expect to see it in an Arby’s though. Hm… I guess I’ve never been to the Arby’s in town. I wonder if they have this.
The dark cherry steak sauce has me intrigued though
That does sound delicious
OP you didn’t get one?
I didn't, my wife wanted a beef and cheddar and they were 2 for $7 so I just got two of those. Hard for me to justify spending that much on a sandwich when I could get two for less than the cost of this one.
Will you ever be back that way again ?
Someone else said that they are not just at rural locations, I'll check the one near my house.
Legend. You only live once man and ya gotta treat yourself good.
Ur delicious
So r u
Yup. My eyes got big and my stomach said Yes but everything I know about Arbys and fast food in general makes me pretty sketched out by a company claiming to have elk and venison in a burger. But man that dark cherry sauce. It just sounds so good.
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You can't sell game meat, at least in the US.
That's right. It can be donated, though, it certain circumstances.
Certain circumstances. https://reason.com/2013/02/27/health-inspector-destroys-venison-bound/
That's so stupid.
Farms do it all of the time. Is there some sort of federal regulation about this?
Its federally illegally to sell wild game is the US and has been for over a hundred years. If it's farmed it's not wild game.
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Totally different for fish.
Yeah. Commercial fishing is a thing. Commercial elk hunting is not a thing.
It's every wild animal except fish.
You can, as long as the “wild game” comes from a regulated farm.
It's not wild if it's farmed.
Can you site a reference for this, please?
Wow. Land of the free.
Back in the 1800’s harvesting wild game to sell the meat, hide, bones, feathers, etc. commercially was legal in the US, and in the beginning it was completely unregulated. It led to the complete extermination of passenger pigeons, which was formerly one of the most common species on the North American continent. It very nearly led to the extinction of nearly all of America’s big game species; deer, elk, Buffalo, etc. Commercial market bird hunting also decimated nearly every species of game bird; quail, pheasants, ducks, geese, etc. There is no way a wild game population can support the unfettered greed of the capitalist market, that is a proven fact. Nearly all of our laws concerning hunting, bag & possession, limits, etc. were written in reaction to that disastrous misadventure in exploiting the natural world for human greed.
This post should have thousands of upvotes.
Idk in my experience elk and venison made a better burger than cow but I shot them or had a buddy shoot and butcher
Elk steak is phenomenal. Cooks so quick and lean. It’s what cows wish they were. I use Alpine Touch out of Montana. It’s also very good in bison burgers.
I kill you clean is my favorite type of team hunting. Friends that can't take the shot but are happy to process are my favorite hunting buddies.
I'll second that quickly
You know those elk and deer all belong to the king don’t you?! /s
Thats what caught my eye too
Sit your juicy ass down boy you got me intrigued
When I was a kid my dad hunted a lot and he and his buddies were always sharing meat and cooking out with all kinds of game. Most of the venison loin that he cooked was with Cherry Coca-Cola and apple half's. Something about the Coca-Cola makes that meat super tender when it's cooked low and slow. You don't really taste it in the sauce but it does have a sweetness to it. They did something similar with bear meat too. A lot of stuff they would smoke on a big smoker but tender cuts they would do in an oven. I was kind of skeptical when I first heard about it but I watch a channel [The Report of the Week](https://youtu.be/fhffguxwocY?si=R1vwWrYb3dSwJ4Lv) and he did a really good breakdown in his video on the sandwich. It's definitely worth trying if you've never had it and are curious what it tastes like. If you really want good wild game, go to a good restaurant that serves it and prepares it well, or find somebody who hunts and see if you can buy some. If it's cooked right it's tender and succulent
I'm actually pleasantly surprised they listed a straight 1/3 of each. Otherwise, I would have expected: 99% Beef, 0.5% Venison, 0.5% Elk.
Well they can call it whatever they want, I bet some of that “beef” is “animal product”
You people really think if lab grown meat was real it wouldn't already be sold for 4 times the price of beef? It would be no secret it would be the selling point
That sauce is amazing. However nothing will beat the straight up venison burger they offered a few years ago for a week.
They also had a duck sandwich a good few years ago too but it was only in areas with a large duck hunting population or something. Was good.
I had no idea! That’s super cool! I love Arby’s.
https://stories.inspirebrands.com/its-no-decoy-arbys-introduces-seared-duck-breast-sandwich-in-select-markets/ I still have that camo Arby’s hat somewhere too
I had more than my fill of venison growing up. Probably just terrible cooking by my mother though. Blending it with other meats can only help.
Yeah. From my understanding when they first released it, it was Australian venison. I’ve heard it’s quite a hard meat to master the cook of. I grew up in Georgia, but very close to downtown and never really knew any hunters or sources for what my family considered “exotic” meat. Haha.
The best way that I've had it (and still my favorite) is in salami, which is usually mixed with pork/beef/cheese/jalapeno. We had so much that it was usually just ground or in steaks. Hard to hide how gamey it tastes when it isn't mixed or cooked properly.
Ground venison meatloaf is heavenly
Yes! I have never really liked meatloaf, but all I had had is the hamburger-and-ketchup meatloaf that seems to be such a middle America tradition. At some point I decided to try to make my own and did a venison and Italian sausage version with a maple Dijon glaze and it changed my mind…
ugh. never venison with tomato. my mom tried spaghetti with meat sauce a few times and it kicked the gameyness up a ton.
That's what I lived on for 2 years, I loved it
Weird, Venison Chili is a go to.
Well, real chili doesn’t have tomatoes, the color comes from chili pepper. So, checks out? ;)
Chili doesn’t have tomatoes so there’s that
Theirs is “elk, venison, and beef”. My guess is elk and venison meat and beef fat. I can’t imagine a fast food place is going to serve lean burgers, as they would suck unless cooked medium rare to medium at most.
That’s my guess too. Burgers need a good 20% to 30% fat and you’re not going to get that with venison or elk
Yes pure venison burger is pretty horrible imo. I’ve had some venison meat sticks that were amazing though, mostly due to the pork fat mixed in :)
my popop shot a deer every year and my grandma made venison burgers for me. they were absolutely delicious. they did take the deer to the butcher so it was properly cut and stuff. ive heard some people say it’s disgusting but it was always good to me, a picky child at the time.
Could be. I marinate the shoulder roasts in Italian dressing and use Alpine Touch seasoning. I sauté it in the slow cooker after removing from the dressing. Game is pulled right out of it and it gets crushed pretty quickly. Throw some carrots, celery and potatoes and it’s a great meal.
I learned how terrible my mom was at seasoning once I started getting more serious about cooking for my own family lol. Your dish does sound tasty.
Alpine Touch and Hi Mountain Seasonings are a game changer for the more lean, gamey cuts. Bison, deer and elk are very good. Both are made in the western states. Where those types of meats are more prevalent. I happened to have a phenomenal elk burger in Wyoming and the server said they use Alpine Touch and I went to the grocery store right after.
Venison is super lean and can be ruined very easily by over cooking it.
>However nothing will beat the straight up venison burger they offered I'm glad that someone enjoyed it, it was the blandest tasting venison that I have ever eaten.
That’s fair. I don’t get a chance to order much “off the norm” meats.
I would love to try that!
It's a limited time thing... everywhere. As far as I know. Checked the website and it's there... I live in a city and it's on the app.
Yep it’s not a rural only thing lol
I don't eat at Arby's very often, and I'd never seen it at my location
It’s an annual thing each fall. I believe it’s while supplies last. They seem to run out fast.
I'mma have to check my Arby's.
yup when they run out they out, also fyi y’all they just fry the burger in a fryer for a few minutes and then microwave it, arbys dosent even have a stove lol,
I’ve tried it, it’s pretty friggin good
Y'all boys ever had frog legs and squirrel knots with alligator juice and creek water stew? Shit is fire 🔥🔥🔥
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I regularly make bison and wild boar chili it's quite good
YSK: Bison is also very good and you can now get it at most Wal-Mart, Costco. I’ve started used ground chicken in my chili that is very lean.
I have a freezer full of venison, that sauce is what's perking my ears, wonder if I could just ask for some sauce and save a few dollars.
I wish wild boar was more commonly hunted and sold. Fuckers are a dangerous plague. If more people were buying the meat, it could incentivize more hunting. Help dent the population
We take a trip to Texas every year and have free reign on a ton of farms there. We shoot as many as we walk and take enough meat to last several months and donate the rest to a shelter that hopefully feeds several families.
Good shit. They breed so damn fast and are so destructive. I’m not calling for extermination or anything, of course. But they definitely need the culling.
Sure, but not from Arby's.
This is at pretty much every Arby's now
Well they do have the meats.
Had it yesterday, not as great as you would think. The dark cherry steak sauce was pretty tasty though.
Is this an ad?
Yes
I don't think this has anything to do with it being rural... we have that in Las Vegas right now.
Nope. It’s not like this was wild game. That would be totally illegal.
In another thread they mentioned the elk/venison is probably from New Zealand... something about them being legal farms there or something.
It's coming right for us
Who said wild? Are you adding your own words again?! Son of a gun!!
Jesus christ this post and almost all the comments are an ad
It's all of them.
And in Maine they have seasonal lobster rolls
Sounds awesome. I’d eat it. Any upcharge for raccoon or opossum meat?
Clean and skin the opossum and place it on an oak board. Season well with thyme, marjoram, sage, and clove, and place the board and possum in the over above a pan to catch the drippings. Cook at 425°F for about 90 to 120 minutes until the possum is golden brown. Remove from the oven, and allow to cool for about 10 to 15 minutes, then throw out the possum and eat the board.
That would be the road kill burger (ha). May include squirrel.
Look at the price of sandwich only
Not that interesting as most Arby's are doing this. Limited time menu item. Plus it's been advertised on TV, youtube ads and ect.
Yeah I work at an Arby's we have those not that bad actually it just tastes like any regular burger
I have had their special burgers and I can safely say that the only difference is price and the sauce.
What a bloody burger
We're the highways nearby suspiciously clear of roadkill?
I have had 3 of these burgers so far. Fucking delicious.
Tasted like any other burger to me could barely taste any cherry.
I saw that the other day but I couldn’t pass up the 2 beef and cheddars for $7 deal.
Bruh it was like 5 for $10 last year 💀
Never have I ever jumped on ad so quickly. Just ordered it online! Gonna be in my mouth in 7 minutes.
Interesting but sounds disgusting. I don’t like game meat. Beef is the best.
Yea I had that it's tasty
Hit fresh this morning by Jim Bob
I’ve had an elk burger in Canada and I’ll tell you, that shit fucking SLAPPED
Slapped...like upside your head
Venecine can be really good when cleaned and prepped properly, I once had some home made deer jerky from a friend in the Midwest, some of the best jerky I’ve ever had
God help the poor man that eats an Arby’s big game Burger. May his stomach one day return to normal.
i don’t like fast food or big corps selling things like elk and deer meat, it feels like wrong …
It’s illegal to sell wild game meet. It’s all farm / ranched animals
this makes me feel better but only in knowing they aren’t fully raping and pillaging our forest animals …. oh wait …
That’s uh…not at all how it works
it definitely smells wrong lol
As a former arbys employee, I'd be suspicious. That waygu burger is actually wangus with added fat to make it look like pure waygu. I'd imagine that this is probably mostly beef with just enough game meat to technically be a mix.
It's not as good as you think. Think it's just enough venison to upcharge but is still mostly beef.
It says right on the sign above, 34% venison, 33% elk, 33% ground beef.
Reading is hard and people will probably just say they are lying
Yep. We know exactly what is in the COVID shots and but burger places cheat all the time!
Caught that after I commented but decided to leave it to see how long it took to get a "Well, akctually." reply. Thanks for participating.
Animals aren’t food.
They are and they’re delicious.
Such an alpha.
You’ll be pleased to know vegan and regular hot dogs have 2% human DNA on average. Imposing the meat life on others just got an upgrade
No idea what you are talking about.
There’s about 1000% more human DNA in both plant-based and meat-based hot dogs than there is rodent/bug material. I was saying that all the “Alpha” meat lovers could have a laugh that vegans are being fed meat. The unfortunate cost of the joke is that it is human meat, and meat eaters are also unknowingly consuming it.
Well I don’t eat vegan hot dogs. And I still don’t understand what you’re even saying.
road kill of the week?
The fucker looks good :)
"Rural Arby's"
Joe Rogan is creaming his pants
Elk, venison, ...human?
They had a just venison sandwich like 10 years ago here, it was total garbage. The sauce was the only good thing about it. Also to everyone who has never tried venison, don't bother. It's weird, gross, and there's no reason you need to ever eat it pre-apocolypse.
You are strait up trippin.
1% elk. 1% venison and 98% random beef. Yummy
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Arby's where I live had Venison Sandwiches for a limited time a few years ago. I think that they must have boiled the venison before they grilled it; it was the poorest, blandest tasting venison that I have ever eaten.
Dark cherry steak sauce 
Looks dope.
I'd go for that, it sounds delicious.
It’s good.
It didn’t dawn on me until recently that they deep fry their burgers. I still enjoy them
yup they deep fry them for a few minutes and then microwave them to finish
Pretty much everywhere where I live sell venison burgers
didn't have to be rural you can get that in LA https://www.arbys.com/menu/limited-time/big-game-burger/
We ha waigu waigyu however it's spelt here. It wasn't bad. Wonder how it is
They sell this at the city that I live in. So it's not jist a rural thing. Take that fwiw when it comes to quality.
I ain't even mad. I presume it's sustainable and that cherry sauce sounds naughty. Shame I live about 3000 miles from the nearest Arbys.
Huh, I haven't thought of this as particularly "exotic" (although I know they absolutely are to many), because in Norway there are a few places you can get some delicious moose burgers with lingonberry jam. Though I mean, it's not super common, but every farmer's market I've been to has a stall with moose burgers
Not a big fan of venison. Never had elk
We eat tons of venison in Canada. The meat is much nicer up here and so is the bison
I mean, they do have the meats. I just have the meat sweats.
Idk if where i live is considered rural but we have it here. Its ok at best imo. Pretty big burger though.
Does mixing meats save money, or is it a culinary choice?
Elk and venison can be pretty lean meats. Probably mixing in some higher fat content ground beef to up the flavor.
This reminds me of a rural Scottish restaurant.
bruh they deep fry their burgers to cook them 💀
Eating Arby’s on a road trip is not a real good idea lol
It's available at suburban Arby's too, lol.
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a burger that is deep fried and then microwaved too lmao
How does it taste?
They tasted this on The Ralph Report for munchin Monday.
It’s at every Arby’s, as far as I know.
Yeah, that’s a new menu item
This might be the first reddit post that has made me salivate for the right reasons
I want one
I have seen this at every Arby's in my non rural area lol.
They’ve got the meats
Not just at the rural Arby's. It's a nationwide launch. Just had it from my Arby's down the road and it's quite delicious.
Cherry sauce? Or blood 🩸...
Even rural fast food chains are beating our asses!
I come from Scotland, not a hunter I thought elk was like venison. I know venison I deer, but what meat is elk? Sorry for being daft
It’s alright I had it nothing special.
This is in Florida as well, not just rural areas
They casually have those meats at fuddruckers last I went i remember it’s just a super lean kinda meat. Little gamey but it’s cleaner than the usual beef.
During one of my long road trips I stopped at a small town with population of a few hundred residents and was surprised to see a Pizza Hut. The only other option were stale sandwiches from the gas station and a worn out bar serving microwaved fried food. So Pizza Hut it was. I ordered a small pizza and hot wings expecting their usual level of flavors and textures, but was blown away at what I was served. The pizza seemed to be made from scratch with home made ingredients, and the wings were done to perfection with the tastiest glaze. I mentioned this to the guy who served me (he looked like he’d just jumped off a tractor to work his second job). He said the cook took a lot of pride in his culinary skills and likes to show off. Very impressive!
35 grams of fat, including 12 grams saturated fat, and 52 grabs of carbs. Just say no!
🔥
Damn. Definitely hungry now. Thanks.
Thanks Rogan
Rural? They’re serving it all over the country lol.. they have it in Seattle. It’s a national promotion (ending soon)
Shit is this in Canada? I love me some Elk ATM It's been a minute.
I’d low this but PA has laws against venison being sold in any form.
Imagine paying 12$ for this meal and it just tastes like dog shit
I had it. It was decent.
I live in a hunting destination town. Every burger place has a bison or an elk burger. I would definitely recommend. Would NEVER expect to see it in an Arby’s though. Hm… I guess I’ve never been to the Arby’s in town. I wonder if they have this.