Ground Beef
| Ground Beef | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Raw Meat and Fish |
| Type | Beef |
| Hunger | -40 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 300 |
| Fresh | 2 days |
| Rotten | 4 days |
| Cook Time | 50 min |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.MincedMeat
|
Ground Beef is raw minced beef. It is a very filling cooking ingredient and goes into burgers, tacos, pasta and stews. A pack weighs 0.3.
It must be cooked before eating, since raw beef can make the character sick. It also spoils very fast, within two days. Ground Beef is found in restaurant freezers and fridges, butcher shops and supermarket meat counters. The Rancher is the best occupation for raw meat and fish. It starts with the most Butchering skill. The Chef and the Fishing Guide also start with some Butchering skill.
Eating
Cooked Ground Beef lowers hunger by 40. It holds 300 calories, with 46 grams of protein and 30 grams of fat. That makes it a strong food for keeping body weight up.
It is better hot and worse cold, so it should be eaten straight after cooking. The game also marks it as worse when cooked in a microwave. Eaten raw it is dangerous and can cause food sickness.
A Steak lowers hunger by the same 40 with 220 calories. A Beef Patty also lowers hunger by 40 but carries 612 calories. Ground Beef sits between them and is more flexible in the kitchen.
The table shows the game figures for one serving. Negative hunger and thirst fill the character up, and negative unhappiness and boredom cheer them up.
| Item | Hunger | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Beef | -40 | 300 | 0 | 46 | 30 |
Cooking
Ground Beef cooks in 50 minutes and burns after 70. That long cook time is best spent inside a dish.
It adds 20 hunger to Pizza, Stew, Pie, Pasta, Rice and Stir Fry. It adds 10 to a Burger, a Hotdog, a Taco or a Burrito, but only once it is cooked. In a Sandwich it adds 5, also once cooked.
Two recipes use it directly. Make Meat Patty turns Ground Beef into a Beef Patty. Make 4 Cabbage Rolls needs a Cabbage, Ground Beef, rice, an Onion and Marinara, and gives 4 Cabbage Rolls.
These dishes take the Ground Beef as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 20 | - |
| Pie | 20 | - |
| Pizza | 20 | - |
| Rice | 20 | - |
| Stew | 20 | - |
| Stir Fry | 20 | - |
| Burger | 10 | Cooked only |
| Burrito | 10 | Cooked only |
| Hot Dog | 10 | Cooked only |
| Taco | 10 | Cooked only |
| Sandwich | 5 | Cooked only |
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Ground Beef as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make 4 Cabbage Rolls | Cabbage Roll | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.CabbageRoll
|
| Make Meat Patty | Beef Patty | 
|
- | Cooking: 0 | /additem Base.MeatPatty
|
Storage
Ground Beef stays fresh for only 2 days and is fully rotten by day 4. A fridge slows both counts down, and a freezer keeps it far longer. Freezing it as soon as it is found is the safe choice.
Locations
Ground Beef is a common find wherever meals are made. Burger, Italian and Mexican restaurant freezers are almost certain to hold it. Butcher freezers and fridges hold it most of the time. The Gigamart kitchen meat counter holds it often.
Chinese kitchen, cafeteria and diner freezers hold it about half the time. Burger, Mexican, Italian, cafeteria and diner fridges are good places to look too. Gigamart and grocery store meat counters carry it fairly often.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Burger kitchen | Freezer | 100% |
| Butcher | Freezer | 78.4% |
| Butcher | Fridge | 78.4% |
| Burger kitchen | Counter | 68.7% |
| Gigamart kitchen | Butcher display case | 66.7% |
| Chinese kitchen | Freezer | 48.5% |
| Cafeteria | Freezer | 44.4% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Freezer | 44.4% |
| Diner counter | Freezer | 43.2% |
| Diner kitchen | Freezer | 43.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Italian kitchen | Freezer | 100% |
| Mexican kitchen | Freezer | 100% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 68.7% |
| Mexican kitchen | Fridge | 38.1% |
| Italian kitchen | Fridge | 30.8% |
| Mexican kitchen | Counter | 29.9% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Kitchen | Freezer | 12.8% |
| Living room | Freezer | 12.8% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Fridge | 12.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage room | Freezer | 11.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Freezer | 7.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Freezer | 5.6% |
Notes
- Always cook Ground Beef; raw meat can make the character sick.
- It adds 20 hunger to a Stew, Pasta, Pizza or Rice dish.
- Freeze it at once, since it rots within four days.
- Burger, Italian and Mexican restaurant freezers almost always hold some.
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