/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14921048]

hey /ck/!

Anyone have a vacuum sealer? Thinking about getting one for preserving things and maybe doing a sous vide from time to time. Or do you find that yours just sits around and collects dust?

[Anonymous No.14921470]

>>14921048
aw, I thought it was a steak printer at first. :(

[Anonymous No.14921520]

>>14921048
Anything will collect dust if you don't make a conscious effort to make good use of it. Don't buy if you are undecided.

[Anonymous No.14921593]

>>14921048
i use mine on the regular. recently discovered that i can freeze take-out pizza in these things and reheat months later and it's still good.

[Anonymous No.14921607]

>>14921048
These things are amazing just for freezing stuff alone. Never tried sous vide. Just freezing batches of food and i love it.
Btw, it´s also kino for marinating stuff.

[Anonymous No.14921614]

>>14921048
my dad buys meat in bulk (half a pig, half a cow, etc.) so he puts his to good use.

[Anonymous No.14921710]

Just use your mouth, god

[Anonymous No.14921732]

>>14921048
Chamber ones work better, and with the cost of bags, they’re cheaper in the long run.

[Anonymous No.14921751]

Get it if you buy bulk stuff like meat to freeze.
Start to buy bulk meat if you dont already.

[Anonymous No.14921778]

>>14921048

i hunt and fish alot so im constantly freezing meat. i ended up splurging for a low-mid end chamber sealer and i will never go back to a standard model

[Anonymous No.14921794]

>>14921732
>$500-1000
you'd have to plow through a lot of plastic bags before reaching the break-even point on cost.

[Anonymous No.14921999]

>>14921732
there's no reason for an average person to spend 1000 bucks for a chamber vacuum sealer.
they are also bulky as fuck compared to the standard ones.
the only real advantage is the you can easily seal wet foods or even liquids, but you can do the same with an external sealer by freezing it in advance (or just by manually squeezing out the air from the bag before closing it, for that matter).

[Anonymous No.14922756]

>>14921999
>>14921794
Both valid points. I hunt and fish a lot, and have the extra room. Maybe not the best fit for everybody.
The are the ink jet printer of the cooking world, they fuck you on the consumables, we have to agree on that point.

[Anonymous No.14922940]

>>14921048
I use mine a lot. Sous vide applications, but mostly I buy meat in bulk and split it into smaller portions and vacuum seal. Honestly, the sealer will pay for itself just through that and sous vide is just a bonus.

[Anonymous No.14922987]

>>14921710
And inoculate the bags with your oral bacteria. Yay!

[Anonymous No.14923085]

>>14921048
I sous vide the shit out of chicken because I’m a massive pussy when it comes to handling raw chicken and I’ve used mine twice now in the last week because I was running out of bags/the shitty pump that came with the Sous vide machine sucks.

Works pretty well and think I spent like $100 on the sealer plus a bunch of extra bags. Works well for me, again because I sous vide all the time.

[Anonymous No.14923088]

>>14922987
1) they're going to be in the freezer
2) you suck, you don't blow. The bag will have enough of a tunnel to tie a knot so your mouth will be far from the food

[Anonymous No.14923116]

>>14921048
I use my vacuum sealer often enough to make it worth it. Use it for splitting up bulk fresh meat from costco to put in the freezer. Use it for when we get a quarter of a cow or half a pig: it just comes to us in butcher paper, so we seal it up to make it last longer and avoid freezer burn. After making large quantities of biltong, we seal it in portions that we'll eat within a week. I've seen my friends use it for soups: they make a big batch of soup, then freeze it in small plastic tupperwares, once it is frozen, they pop it out and put it in a vacuum seal bag. When they want to eat it, they just let it defrost in the fridge and then dump the bag into a pot, I guess.

[Anonymous No.14923134]

>>14921048
>Or do you find that yours just sits around and collects dust?
I've had one for 6 or 7 years that I haven't used once. It's on my counter top right now. What am I even supposed to do with this thing?

[Anonymous No.14923142]

>>14923088
>you suck, you don't blow
It's a common misconception.

[Anonymous No.14923331]

>>14923134
I have one and don’t use it often. I just wrap the shit out it with plastic wrap and toss in the freezer. Seems to work well with steaks, sausages, and seafood for 6 months to a year. If I really need long term storage, I’ll vacuum seal, but it’s rare.

[Anonymous No.14924774]

>>14922756
I would buy a chamber vacuum sealer too if I had a lot of space in my house and money to spend on shit like this

[Anonymous No.14924898]

How do you guys vacuum seal anything with liquid? Even fresh meat sometimes fucks up the seal since the juices get sucked up.

[Anonymous No.14925051]

>>14924774
They’re really nice, but they’re also super heavy and take up a ton of room. The bags are much cheaper, tho. I have to pack a lot of fish, and mine works well for me.
>>14924898
Just prefreeze and pack once partially frozen.

[Anonymous No.14925065]

>>14925051
I can see that for meats, but how do you do that for soups without the shit just spilling in your freezer?

[Anonymous No.14925265]

i just sealed and froze a bunch of bulk ground beef.

do it, if only to reduce your beervirus shopping trips.

[Anonymous No.14925309]

>>14925065
Just use a tupperware container?

[Anonymous No.14925312]

>>14921048
mine collects dust. I just use freezer bags for storing meat and try to use it before it gets freezer burn.

[Anonymous No.14925313]

>>14921593
woah how do you reheat the pizza?

[Anonymous No.14925319]

>>14925309
Oh I see now. Don't freeze it in the vacuum bag.

[Anonymous No.14926170]

i mostly just use it for preserving, but the sous vide is fun from time to time

[Anonymous No.14926181]

>>14925065
i just double seal it, its worked so far

[Anonymous No.14926198]

>>14925319
Dumberican education for all to see.

[Anonymous No.14926206]

>>14926198
I live in Canada thanks.

[Anonymous No.14926215]

>>14926206
Enough said. That explains your lack of common sense.

[Anonymous No.14926216]

>>14926215
Obsessed. Rent Free.

[Anonymous No.14926226]

>>14926216
Using 4chan buzzwords? Sure you're not Dumberican?