How does this perform at sealing cooked meats for freezing, foodsaver wont seal well if moisture is present between bag layers??
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We raise and sell chickens. We've had a few problems with bags coming unsealed but it's usually a pinhole somewhere in the bag and not because of moisture in the bag, or where it was sealed. We do make it a point of wiping the excess moisture from the area that's going to be sealed before we seal it. The chickens that are sealed keep fresh for a very long time. We are very happy with their purchase and do recommend this item.
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Every bag has sealed,has big sealer tape.When I had a foodsaver and sealing something wet and juicy,i would place a paper towel inside the bag at the top before sealing.frozen paper towel hurt's nothing.Good Luck
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IMHO, if moisture is in the sealing area... it will not seal. the "trick" is to get your food into the bag without wetting the area to be sealed. e.g. use a much larger bag and fold the bag down so that the sealing area will be dry when the food is inserted. Food saver has a pricey bag "designed" to help avoid the problem- I do not know how well it works.
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Neither will this. Its just another Food Saver, just built better. No vac bagger can deal with liquids of any kind, but, freeze it first and it becomes a non issue. I also put a sheet of paper towel at the inside top of the bag, but before the seal area, to catch the juice as its squeezed out. Never had an issue.
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YES! I accidentally found out how much better vacuum sealed steaks tasted vs ziplocked and I was HOOKED. I'll grill out mass quantities off meats (pork chops, chicken thighs, chicken breasts, hamburger patties... you name it, let them cool slightly and seal 'em up. I call them "meat snacks". I've actually sealed chili, ground turkey and tomatoes, ham and potato stew... pretty much anything. Really helps to be able to grab something from the freezer at work vs going out for fat food. (Typo intentional, lol.) Protip... if your sealer seems to be losing suction after say a year or so, just moisten the foam rings prior to using. Gotta do it each time, but it beats buying a new unit.
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Hi Michelle- YES! a problem with sous vide is the meat floating in the water bath-using the foodsaver will virtully get ALL air out of the sealed bag. You might want to double seal the ends just for safety, also a small wire baking rack could help keep the meat submerged if neesed. Good Luck!
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YES, I have been using this item for several years, recently I have been using ZipLoc Perfect Portions to place whatever food I am going to place in my Handi-Vac bags, this will keep the food fresher and also keep freezer burn from happening. Can't say enough good things about this product, I always use this when I buy in bulk for chicken, steaks, or anything else I freeze. I was the used bags with soap and water and let them dry, and use them again. Hope this was helpful and answered your question.
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People braver than me have experimented with & succeeded in using ziplock (thin plastic) type bags on the vacuum sealers, but one such person said he wouldn't do it on a new machine, suggested getting one cheap from a garage sale, Goodwill, etc. Do a YouTube search on the topic to get more specific details. The quality of any sandwich is going to suffer after being frozen. Good quality bread freezes well. Any ingredients with a high water content that's in the sandwiches may ooze water when defrosted & cause the bread to be mushy.
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My sister has used hers for 3 years. All of her seals have held in the freezer. She has only used it with meats. I just bought mine and it is because my sister's works great! I just finished 50 lbs. venison sausage and it worked well.
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I seal anything with some liquid that could get sucked up in another bag first. I either use a cheap zip-lock bag & push the air out of it, or a regular food storage bag and do the same push the air out and twist it, then put it in the Waring bags & seal it. This keeps the liquids from being vacuumed into the machine, or at least you can see it seeping out & can stop before they start seeping up to the vacuum. I usually get a pretty good seal before that happens. This makes cleaning your resealable bags easier.
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I haven't sealed any moist foods just because from reading other reviews when the sealing strip gets wet it won't seal. I would recommend freezing your corn first in a glad lock then once frozen peel away the glad lock and transfer into a foodsaver bag then suck the air out and seal it. �
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I use several Zip Lock brand freezer bags to store this food. (Freezer bags are thicker, seal more tightly, and keep food fresher than regular storage bags.) I keep it in our climate-controlled pantry, and it lasts for months this way. (I wouldn't recommend storing it in the garage if you live down South like I do.)
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I have used it to seal a number of 5 gallon size mylar bags for food storage. It is a simple matter of squeezing it together for 6 seconds or so for the first section, then overlapping perhaps an inch and sealing the center and then sealing the final edge, once again with an overlap on the middle seal. Once sealed, the mylar has a series of tiny ridges so it is easy to see what has already been sealed. The part which overlaps gets heated twice, but that doesn't seem to make any difference and it works fine. I just let it cool for few seconds between sealing sequences. When sealing food, the oxy-absorbers get thrown in the small opening just before the last part is sealed. A five gallon mylar bag is probably about 15 inches across.
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Hi John, yes, probably. I bought some vacuum rolls by mistake. I used my sous vide bag sealer and it worked fine. I'm guessing that your food saver machine also seals bags by melting the plastic.
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Yes you can just seal s bag, just hit the seal button once you insert the bag. I have never tried using regular bags, but I think they would be too thin and not melt properly, and possibly ruin the vacuum slot. Not recommended by Foodsaver.
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i seal the opened end then cut and fill bag. leaving approx 3".( it works better if a minimum amount of liquid is on food.) seal bag.good product in my opinion.
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When saving items like soup, stew, ground meats, I dry the inside of the bag before starting the sealing process. I listen to the sound of the vacuum pump and watch as fluids get close to the sealing strip, then I press the "seal" button instead of waiting for the automatic stop. I get a great seal that freezes nicely. Hope this helps.
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I use my vacuum sealer to seal chopped chicken meat I purchase large amounts and it is great to put them in portion sizes and freeze... been doing this since I purchased the unit and have had no problem whatsoever! Great machine.
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Actually, there is a way to do it: cut strips of Foodsaver bags about 1" x 6" and discard the smooth side. Insert the checkered strip lengthwise into the bag, leaving about 1/2" sticking out. Seal as usual (with oxygen absorbers), making sure the strip is pushed down into the vacuum chamber. The checkered strip serves as a pathway for the air to be pulled out of the bag.I have an almost 100% success rate using my $30 Rival vacuum sealer. Never had a problem with the sealer not being hot enough.
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I've actually gone a further step and freeze the meat before I seal it. I have found that when I try to seal meat, especially if it's moist at all, it won't seal half the time. Freezing it first makes it 90% effective. You will still want to check the seal the day after to make sure it worked.