shrink wrap and freezer paper

Last year after picking up my shrink wrapped sausage and hot sticks I wrapped them again with freezer paper. Is that over kill? I keep them for about a year in the freezer.

I dont think it was an overkill you paid alot to have that meat processed. If you want to make sure it lasts extra freezer paper can't hurt.

If you don't have a vacuum sealer the next best thing is to wrap the meat tightly in saran wrap, once in each direction, then freezer paper. It works almost as well as a vacuum sealer. Tim

Depends on what plastic they use. Where I get my stuff done their plastic seems to rip open alot. I've complained numerous times but it doesn't seem to help. If tey are sealed in good paper them save the money. If you butcher your own deer and don't have a vaccum sealer them freezer paper them and put them in freezer ziplock bags and they will be good for along time.

Freezer paper is nice to protect the plastic, like if you froze your meat in ziploc bags like I did this past year during rifle season, warm weather had me butcher 2 deer during the middle of the week, didnt have my vac-sealer with. The zip loc bags get brittle in the freezer, break tear etc when rough handled sometimes. But as said, with the vac-sealer bags I think the paper would be un-needed.

The old way was to wrap in plastic wrap, then freezer paper. The vacuum seal bags actually do a better job. I have kept summer sausage for over 2 years with no old taste using my vacuum sealer.

Save the time and money....vac seal is all they need.

That is overkill if vacuum packed has all of the air out, but it will never hurt, just time and money