Bison Caveman Burger — Whole Animal Blend, 1 lb (Rock River Bison)
$16.95 · 1 lb package · Frozen · Rock River Bison
This is what ground beef looked like before the industry decided organ meats were inconvenient—sixty-five percent bison trim, fifteen percent heart, fifteen percent tongue, five percent liver. A whole-animal blend the way hunters and homesteaders made it, because nothing goes to waste and every part of the animal has something to offer.
Heart adds density and iron. Tongue adds fat and richness. Liver brings the nutrient load that makes organ meat worth seeking out; at five percent, it's present without dominating. The result is a burger that tastes like beef's more serious older brother and delivers more of what your body actually uses.
Rock River raises their bison naturally on Colorado grass without antibiotics or growth promotants. This blend uses the whole animal, which is the most honest thing you can do with meat that was raised right.
Good for: a burger that does more than just fill you up, anyone eating nose-to-tail or ancestral, a high-nutrient weeknight dinner, mixing into meatballs or meat sauce for a nutritional upgrade, anyone who wants to know what real ground meat tasted like before everything got standardized.
Comes frozen. Thaw in the fridge overnight. Cook to 160°F internal. The organ content means the flavor is deeper than standard ground — don't overcook it.
ABOUT ROCK RIVER BISON
Rock River Ranches is a family operation run by Rex and Julie Moore and their two sons out of Commerce City, Colorado. They run their own bison herds in Wray, Hudson, and Hartsel, Colorado. The animals are raised naturally on grass without antibiotics or growth promotants for about 18 months, then finished on hay and grain in small groups with room to move. They harvest in small groups of 10 to 14 bison every two to four weeks, which means fresh product is always moving. The same bison you're ordering from Sandy's Way is what's on the menu at Elway's, Tocabe, and Wolf's Tailor. I chose Rock River because of how they raise and handle their animals, and because they're Colorado's finest local producer.