Oven Bake recipe

Bison

One pan. Mix with egg, carrot and broccoli, bake, slice and portion. Complete and balanced to AAFCO Adult Maintenance when made as written, with the daily feeding guide below.

At a glance
1,050kcal per kg, as made
37 / 40 / 23% of calories from protein / fat / carbohydrate
1.15 : 1calcium to phosphorus

Calculated values for the recipe as made, before cooking losses. Meat and produce weights are raw.

Ingredients

Grams in the first column scale with this. Keep every line in the same proportion.
IngredientOne batchAbout
Ground bison, grass-fed, raw454 g16.0 oz
Whole egg, large50 g1 egg
Carrot, finely grated32 g½ cup
Broccoli, finely chopped32 g½ cup
WellyChef Oven Bake base mix150 g5.3 oz
Water900 ml3 ¾ cups
Makesabout 1,618 gone 9 × 13 in pan

Weigh the meat and base mix. One large egg is about 50 g; ½ cup of grated carrot or chopped broccoli is about 32 g. 900 ml of water is 3¾ cups.

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (165°C). Line a 9 × 13 in (23 × 33 cm) pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the raw meat, grated carrot, chopped broccoli, egg, the weighed Oven Bake base mix and the water. Mix until even.
  3. Spread into the pan and bake about 30 minutes, until the centre reads 165°F (74°C) on a food thermometer.
  4. Cool, then cut into daily portions. Refrigerate up to 5–7 days; freeze portions for longer.

Bake to 165°F (74°C) in the centre. Grocery-store meat is sold to be cooked; the loaf is done when a thermometer says so, not by colour.

Daily feeding guide

Grams of the made food per day for an adult dog. Start in the range, then adjust to keep an ideal body condition. Split into two meals.

Adult dog weightLess active
under 1 hr/day
More active
1–3 hr/day, high intensity
Small and medium breeds
5–10 lb (2.3–4.5 kg)167 – 280229 – 383
11–20 lb (5–9.1 kg)303 – 474414 – 649
21–30 lb (9.5–13.6 kg)490 – 641670 – 877
31–40 lb (14–18.1 kg)655 – 794896 – 1,087
41–60 lb (18.6–27.2 kg)811 – 1,0781,109 – 1,475
Large breeds
61–80 lb (27.7–36.3 kg)1,093 – 1,3381,495 – 1,832
81–100 lb (36.7–45.4 kg)1,350 – 1,5831,847 – 2,166
101–120 lb (45.8–54.4 kg)1,593 – 1,8132,181 – 2,481

Feeding 50% or 25% of the day as this recipe with the rest kibble? Use the same share of the grams above.

Nutrition, as made

Calories1,050 kcal ME/kg
Moisture74.0%
Crude protein11.1%
Crude fat4.9%
Crude fibre1.5%
Ash1.6%
Calcium0.25%
Phosphorus0.22%
Sodium0.09%
Calcium : phosphorus1.15 : 1
Omega-6 : omega-31.53 : 1

Calculated from the recipe as written; values do not account for cooking losses. Full method and standards on the page for veterinarians.

Before you start

Follow the meat specification. Each Oven Bake recipe sets its own base-mix dose for its meat. Swapping a different meat into the same grams changes calcium, phosphorus, zinc, iron and copper, so use the recipe written for the meat you buy.

Transition over a week. Days 1–2: 25% new food. Days 3–4: 50%. Days 5–6: 75%. Day 7: all new. Hold a stage an extra day if stools soften. The switching guide has the details.

Kitchen food safety. Wash hands, utensils and surfaces that touched raw meat before they touch anything else. Refrigerate or freeze within an hour of cooking. Thaw in the refrigerator.