Just wondering how many have a cryovac machine, and is it worth investing in one,
good points,,bad points ??
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Just wondering how many have a cryovac machine, and is it worth investing in one,
good points,,bad points ??
Don't ave one but want to get one, use I'll for home as well as keeping stuff fresher for camping.
Helps prevent freezer burn on meets
The wife is a great one for this
makes your meat last longer and
ideal for rice meals and curries
when camping
Have one but rarely use it. Was going to use it at home but its a pain in the butt. I use ziplock bags for Everything at home and its great, everything in the freezer is in ziplocks. Cooked rice stacks great in ziplock sandwich size bags in the freezer.
For camping though its very good for pre cooking meals. For touring though I buy the best meat with the longest used buy at the last stop before heading remote, upto 2 weeks in the fridge without trouble.
They are getting cheaper and cheaper. Pre cooking meals is really all I use mine for.
Yup, I have 2 different cryovac machines.
1 is a ziplock version (portable) and the other is a standard one that heat seal s the end.
Worth every bit and come in handy for anything, use it heaps for packaging my jerky I make.
I'd love one for my hunting trips and farm kills. Be handy for pre cooked meals too
I have had one for a few years and its well wort it.
When i go remote camping i will prepare meals and cryovac them and they keep very well in the fridge and easier to pack.
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Originally Posted by threedogs
Have had one for a number of years. Have only used it for meat products.
We freeze any meat products first. Then use the cryovac. Otherwise it looks likes it been in a hydraulic press, and I wondered if juices are being sucked into the pump.
From my understanding the pump on most brands will continue to operate and then the machine will seal.
Sunbeam use to make one that had a manual switch for the pump that allowed you to control how much vacuum to use, but at the time I think it was up towards the $200.
The one we use, cost about $90 at the time, it can seal, with or without vacuum. Does the job well and worth the money.
Ours will take the plastic rolls up to 30cm wide.
Have heard of people using them to keep greased spare wheel bearings.
Note: Not recommended for cakes
Attachment 40922Attachment 40923having my OP soon so after that Im taking off for a while. seems sensible to cryovac in meal sizes. save a lot of waist as well.
I've tried a few of those meals from 4WD TV and yeah not bad, even tried the lamb shank in a bag job. Any brand to avoid??
Like most I love my roasts but if only me and maybe another that's a lot of meat for one meal, could batter and deep fry the left overs.
Just got an alloy camp over I'm dying to try.
X2 exactly..Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD