Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says animals taste better when you’ve hunted them yourself.

Zuckerberg revealed his love for hunting and showed off his grilling prowess in a Facebook Live video ahead of the presidential debate on Sunday night.

The billionaire told his viewers he was smoking a brisket and some ribs for friends who were coming over to watch the debate with him.

Sat in his Palo Alto backyard in front of a Big Green Egg cooker he called ‘The General’ and another grill, he interacted with his audience for just over half an hour.

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Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla and baby daughter Max made a cameo in the Facebook live video on Sunday, in which he said animals taste better when you've hunted them yourself

In a video that has amassed almost 10 million views, he said he prefers to eat animals he has killed.

He believes that if you’re going to eat meat, you should know its origins.

‘Things taste better when you make them yourself,' he said. 'And they taste doubly better when you’ve hunted the animal yourself.’

Zuckerberg said he has been hunting for around four or five years, saying it's a 'good way to feel connected to nature.'

The Facebook found live streamed for 30 minutes from his Palo Alto backyard on Sunday

‘I feel like if you’re going to eat meat, then you should be a part of getting, you should get to know where it comes from and all that.'

He added: 'It's pretty fun, that's why so many people enjoy it.'

Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla and baby daughter Max made a cameo in the video later on before friends help him take the meat out of the cooker.

In 2011, Zuckerberg revealed he had set himself a personal mission to eat only what he killed.

He reportedly learned how to hunt with the aim of killing and eating a bison.

He told Fortune magazine he aimed to kill and eat a bison after slaughtering a pig, goat and chicken.

He spoke about smoking a brisket and some ribs to enjoy with family and friends while watching the presidential debate

In Sunday's video, Zuckerberg also spent time answering questions from fans watching from around the world.

In answer to one viewer’s question about what is new at the social network, he promoted Facebook the live streaming feature he was using for the video.

‘One of the new things that’s fun is Live,’ he said.

‘It’s been a new thing this year. A lot of people are using it from public figures or newscasters to get stuff out into the world.