Steven Rinella Explains How He Contracted Trichinosis on an Episode of MeatEater 

Moral of the story: If you're even going to eat Steven, cook him well enough.

Steven Trichinella

So, the bear had the last laugh?😂

My wife's a physician and she has always warned me about bear and rabbit meat, but she didn't give me the birds and the bees version that you just did.

I love how your only takeaway from this is that you're immune to cannibals

Plot twist: Arthur Morgan didn't die from tuberculosis, that was a misdiagnosis... Pearson didn't cook the bear meat Arthur and Hosea brought him long enough and he got severe Trichinosis.

Sounds pretty un bearable

We need an hour of every episode! WE DEMAND IT!

I'd be pissed. I'd be like, " You said it was okay!"

Unless the person eating you properly cooks you!!

As someone who worked in restaurant kitchens in the past. As soon as he said “picking through what he thought was done”, basically that means it’s not done. Like a cook saying, I picked through under cooked chicken and served what I thought was done.

I think you should do an another hunting episode with all the same buddies and at the end they all get to punch you in the gut.

Glad y'all can laugh about it in retrospect but man! Better you than me!!! :-)

I just watched the episode with the bear and realized this is how everyone got sick

Note to self: Do not eat Steven Rinella. Got it!

Could you please do more explanation videos in this format?XD it's so entertaining to watch

TRICKRINELLA .......... ;)

The real question here is why are they emailing people about their symptoms instead of calling?

Anyone want some bear meat?

Guess that Bear "Trich'ed" You Guys

that is one of the most interesting and terrifying stories I've ever heard.

did not see the end coming about the apocalypse but shit that made me laugh.

So remember boys and girls, never eat an undercooked Steve. It's best to slow roast him til he's falling off the bone, and then serve him with Texas BBQ sauce.

As a paramedic I highly recommend the field guide to wilderness medicine 4th edition to covers all from trichinellosis,brucellosis,tularemia, lung flukes etc etc good video Iam new to RU-vid just saw your videos 👍🏻

Steven is just prepping for 2021, 2022 when everything goes crazy.

That's no illness to play around, I've seen a few cases of that as a Army Medic can do terrible damage to the heart and can be fatal or at the very least cause a debilitating disability for the rest of your life. Take care my friend and watch you six!

In been binging your show on Netflix... absolutely love it. Lots of inspiration to get out there and hunt

You won't have the last laugh if they cook you well done. Can't believe two grown men with all your experience missed cooking the bear well done. But you have much respect coming out with your mistake. Edit: Three years later and I can’t believe I forgot to mention this. Notwithstanding trichinosis I still would avoid eating people in a doomsday scenario. Nobody was around for the mad cow scare in the 90s? Prions, look it up. Am I the only one to have seen _The Book of Eli?_

Great Video!!! You constantly crack me up with the stories!! Absolutely an OOPS Moment!!!

Literally the happiest man with worms ever.

things like this is why i have trust issues when it comes to meat being fully cooked or not,

dat ending caveat I had a good chuckle. Good show.

I contracted trichinosis back in 2002 from dried wild boar sausage. I was six years of age and the doctors at the child hospital were so scared they ran blood tests on me every single day for two weeks straight. Getting stung was like good morning to me, but I lost fear from needles witch made me look like hero with the rest of the kids.

Funny how it appears like it wasn’t a big deal for you guys when it’s considered one of the more severe parasites in medical literature. Thanks for sharing and I hope you fully recovered.

I love how you find an upside to this!

Crazy, I thought these cases would be few. Thanks for sharing.

I’m never eating bear meat after watching this ... it’s been on my bucket list for YEARS now but this has me wayyyy to freaked out

No medical student who watches this video could ever forget Trichinella. Thanks for sharing your story! - future doc

Man Steven, you surprised me with that ending. I'm still cracking up!

Good info on symptoms. Good lesson

"eat me and pay the price" probably the last thought going through that bears head lol

“Eat me you will pay the price” my ex wife said this on our first date

LOL, always finding the silver humorous lining. Love what you do brother.

that's a nice little twist on the story right there at the end. thank you for that

I remember watching that episode and thinking “damn that bear meat looks pretty damn rare for bear” lol sure enough it wasn’t cooked properly as bear meat should always looked well done and maybe a little more well than well done with any hint of rare meat being sketchy

this is gross fucking burning bear and pork meat for now on

a responsible video with very interesting story and info, thanks

That was unfortunate, but hilarious. I love your videos. Keep ‘em coming. From a fellow Michigander.

You never know next time your out hunting it might be the bear that get you. Then you can give it back to them and the cycle starts all over again.

I would hate knowing my muscles are infested with worms. That would really suck.

Just finished the meat eater book. Best hunting book I've read so far. Closely followed by bill heaveys misadventures!

Best video I've seen all day.

"Eat me and you will pay the price!" I love it!

"Blame it on the Rain .. ♪ ♫ ♬" ~ Milli Vanilli

Finally watched the episode!

I never handed in the United States and I cannot believe you made a mistake of eating raw bear meat. And is pretty cool the fact that you have knowledge you make the mistake. And is insanely funny what do you say at the ending of the video. You're awesome Steve

Thank you for this video. I have hunted for 30years mostly deer, Turkey, small game , waterfowl , and upland game. I got sick after a dove hunt. I think it must have been a mild case of salmonella or similar. The dog had the birds in their mouths, I handled the birds with bare hands. But I did not consume these birds I gave my limit to another hunter. Symptoms; for about 3-4 days I defecated white stools that had the consistency of a white mucous. No stomach pain or intestinal pains, it cleared up so I didn’t go the Dr. I guess it could have been worse. Also one time I was field dressing a deer and I could see a worm in its guts. I field dressed it and moved on, I assumed it was not in the muscle tissue, I took it to the meat processing plant - which turned it into salami , deer stix and hamburger which I assume killed anything bad as mostly hamburger was cooked well and mixed with beef meat and beef fat. No reported ill affects. Be careful out there people cook wild game well. I am not an expert but I know you can get sick and badly.

I cant bear the thought of catching Trichinosis

Why is a it so easy to listen to Steve explain stuff? Thanks Joe Rogan Podcast.

Lol I love how he ended that story "eat me and you'll end up with trichinosis"

I was eating gummy bears while watching this now I feel sick

What a great friend

There was a wild game processor in SC died of organisms from cleaning and butchering for folks, they think he had a cut and was not wearing any gloves, it was from pig, they did not figure it out until the autopsy. Modern food technology has safety methods in place and the exposures are not seen in most hospitals to know what to treat..

Note to self: make sure to thoroughly cook Steven Rinella before consuming.

Can't believe it took that long for these guys to connect the dots! Hmm we were eating half cooked bear and now we don't feel well. I wonder what it could be 🤔🙄

This was a great warning and also hilarious

Oh damn bro that blows! I just watched that episode. I even wondered what the hell trichinosis was when it was mentioned.

Steve eating the slightly singed raw bear meat made me groan lmao

Maybe this is common knowledge where I live, but I was raised to NEVER undercook bear meat for this exact reason.

That last line was the best!

His best video ever

I just found Steve through JRE, first thing I hear is how he got rushed by a bear because they decided to sit in eat sandwiches under a tree with a hanging carcass, now I see this video him explaining they got a virus from eating undercooked meat. You'd be fucked if you caught me trusting this guy.

Me:I love hunting *watches video Me: Pass

Oh my God! That last bit made me laugh so hard! Hahaha

That last part had me cracking up

Yes, I'll have a fillet of Rinella... medium rare please.

Eat me, and you'll pay the price. EPIC

Steve I’ll make sure you are well done buddy!

I knew this would happen after watching that episode. You were kind of hesitant with that first bite of bear meat.

You're a fool, Steve! Now they will see this video and be sure to fully cook you in order to avoid trichinosis.

Tainted meet! lol

A part of me wonders how much the larvae affects the taste considering there’s so much of it

I tried to find the weight of the typical trichinella larva so that I could find out what percentage by weight the meat would actually be larvae. Couldn't find that info.

So all in all hes pretty happy he got trichinosis lol :)

Damn Steve ur crew trusted you and u ended up giving them lifelong parasites

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll cross you off the menu.

Good story and good to know

Just watched JRE, the guy from living below zero. Even he says Bears are filthy animals full of parasites and it’s Not from just the meat! It’s their fur as well which has has worn eggs that can survive most conditions and easily get ingested thru your nose and mouth to hatch and burrow into your brain and/ or eyes. He only ate Bears out of pure necessity but he did enjoy the Fat; I do remember that.

It loks like the BEAR had the last laugh

I would’ve had that rare bear meat on my mind till the symptoms started, surprised they didn’t think that right away

The hardest part is to accept that another organism is LIVING INSIDE YOU AND YOU CAN NOT KILL IT.

now i'm rethinking hunting for black bear.

Thats how Bob in TWD got GRETH when they ate him

4:58 the bear speaks through Steve

Steve you funny as hell

Sadly I contracted this disease from spicy wild opossum sausage meat back in 2009. The doctors were going crazy and they couldn’t do anything about my situation. When I saw some specialists they basically told me good luck, till this day I still have worms climbing out of my ass and ears

Thank you Steven, takes a big man to admit when he is wrong - or made a mistake. Kinda gross, like bot fly, but needed warning.

@4:55 Made me laugh pretty good. Reminded me of the walking dead “tainted meat” episode lol.

Did Denver contract it too? haha. That would suck. Great story Steven!

So does that mean you now have those worms forever?