Dried meat vs. cooked meat vs. smoked meat

[Viztep]

I just made myself a bamboo dryer assuming it was for fruit, to make dried fruit that last longer, because meat already has a way top make it last longer (cooking it). But since I know that it's for meat now I was wondering why/when to use it in stead of cooking meat. And while I'm here, i might as well ask about smoking meat. So what are the differences between smoked, cooked, and dried meat?

[włatca dymu]

You can check the difference here:
https://greenhell.gamepedia.com/Consumables

[ждун]

dried food stays fresh double amount of time compared to cooked food. Usualy dried meat stays fresh for 4 days, while cooked food only 2 days. The nutrition stays same however. you gain same amount of proteins and fat from dried food compared to cooked food.

[miamew3]

The way you cook food will give different benefits, for example if your going on a long journey it would be best to take dried meats with you as it lasts a lot longer then cooked meat, but it will contain slightly less protein, energy and sanity vaules then cooked meat.

Or your busy tasking and need a quick energy, protein boost cooked meats would be more beneficial.

The link bartosz posted above will show you all of the food values and decay times. There may be a few foods/meats/soups missing as i haven't got round to adding those yet.

[Viztep]

Originally posted by bartosz:

You can check the difference here:
https://greenhell.gamepedia.com/Consumables

Originally posted by ждун:

dried food stays fresh double amount of time compared to cooked food. Usualy dried meat stays fresh for 4 days, while cooked food only 2 days. The nutrition stays same however. you gain same amount of proteins and fat from dried food compared to cooked food.

Originally posted by miamew3:

The way you cook food will give different benefits, for example if your going on a long journey it would be best to take dried meats with you as it lasts a lot longer then cooked meat, but it will contain slightly less protein, energy and sanity vaules then cooked meat.

Or your busy tasking and need a quick energy, protein boost cooked meats would be more beneficial.

The link bartosz posted above will show you all of the food values and decay times. There may be a few foods/meats/soups missing as i haven't got round to adding those yet.

Thanks, got it.

[Graf Schokola]

Cooked meat: 2 days
Smoked meat: 4 days
Dried meat: 5 days ~4 hours

[Viztep]

Originally posted by Graf Schokola:

Cooked meat: 2 days
Smoked meat: 4 days
Dried meat: 5 days ~4 hours

Thank's, that is very helpful.

[madvillain]

best way to "store" food is cook bone broth (and other broths) and dump them into coco bidens.

[Graf Schokola]

Originally posted by madvillain:

best way to "store" food is cook bone broth (and other broths) and dump them into coco bidens.

Yes, this is the best way.

- Make sure that the bidon is on the ground. Then open your backpack and drag the coconut half (stayed at the fire) with the soup to interact with the bidon.
- drinking direct from the bidon wastes 50% of it because you drink 20 water but dont get the double of proteins and fat. So if you want to drink some soup -> fill it from the bidon to a coconut half
- Not working for soups: Dragging the bidon to interact with the coconut half to fill the bidon doesnt work with soups! This is only working for water only.

[Kerdh]

Hi guys. I don't understand, maybe it's buggy or I'm dumb.

If I use smoke or dryer stuff, well... it rots four times faster. I just used a full wooden dryer, I picked up the meats on 25% of the "life circle", and... everything instantly went rotten once it was in my inventory.

It was pecari & caiman meat so I'm not very happy.
What do I miss? Thanks

[Virago]

Kerdh, The way the system works is that when you place something to dry the decay timer doesn't stop but when it reaches zero the food doesn't rot unless you pick it up before it finishes drying.
Whether this is a bug or by design we don't know.

[UnkemptGamerTTV]

Originally posted by Virago:

Kerdh, The way the system works is that when you place something to dry the decay timer doesn't stop but when it reaches zero the food doesn't rot unless you pick it up before it finishes drying.
Whether this is a bug or by design we don't know.

It's gotta be a bug because you can leave the meat on there forever, and as long as you right click/eat without picking it up it is perfectly fine to eat. But if you take it it will rot instantly in your backpack.

[UnkemptGamerTTV]

Originally posted by Kerdh:

Hi guys. I don't understand, maybe it's buggy or I'm dumb.

If I use smoke or dryer stuff, well... it rots four times faster. I just used a full wooden dryer, I picked up the meats on 25% of the "life circle", and... everything instantly went rotten once it was in my inventory.

It was pecari & caiman meat so I'm not very happy.
What do I miss? Thanks

Oh and FYI this thread is almost a year and a half old. The stuff way above about nutrition being the same and being able to put broth and soups into bidons are no longer in the game.

[Sammontz]

Originally posted by UnkemptGamer:

Originally posted by Kerdh:

Hi guys. I don't understand, maybe it's buggy or I'm dumb.

If I use smoke or dryer stuff, well... it rots four times faster. I just used a full wooden dryer, I picked up the meats on 25% of the "life circle", and... everything instantly went rotten once it was in my inventory.

It was pecari & caiman meat so I'm not very happy.
What do I miss? Thanks

Oh and FYI this thread is almost a year and a half old. The stuff way above about nutrition being the same and being able to put broth and soups into bidons are no longer in the game.

Shouldve read this before i tried pouring soup into my bidon and wasting a lot of bone broth xD

[Jaunitta 🌸]

18 Nov, 2018 thread. Bideons nolonger store broths or soups.
Best method is to leave on dryer eat straight from dryer never expires. Once dried meats are placed into bag timer starts.
Soup in bowls stacked will not expire.