Food vacuum sealer, any suggestion ?

[Valv]

I would like to get a food vacuum sealer for fish, deer, etc.

Any recommendation ?

[Deitz Dittrich]

valv- I would ask this or do a search in the foods forum.. I have a food saver and it works great.

[Valv]

Excellent idea Dietz, lets see if any moderator can move this so I don't post doubles.

[Leaky]

I also have a food saver. I stock up on meat when it goes on sale and this thing works great.

[pushbutton]

Old school food saver here, probably 15 years old. You just have to figure out the little tricks of how much to add and the right angle/position to get a good seaI, but am sure technology has improved. Just bought 7 lbs of chicken last night for 4.99 and bagged it up. You will really like having one Valv.

[otterman91105]

I've had my food saver brand sealer for about five years they work great. Never had a problem with it. Keeps foods fresh for a long time.

[mnguy152]

I got one right afterdeer hunting they were giving a 100 qt cooler with it thebig one for free. But worked great so far will the deer and fish. Any place to find the bags or rolls cheap?

[Jim Almquist]

I have a Model 750 Food Saver that has worked very good for the past 7 or 8 years with quite a bit of use. I like that model because it has the external port that can connect there hose for vacuuming quart jars. If you decide to use that system make sure to only use the large mouth model because the small is very unreliable. I like to make 12 to 15 quarts of spaghetti sauce and I vacuum the jars before I freeze them. Just have to leave a little room at the top. Never had a jar crack yet and it taste just as fresh as the day I made it.

[Walleyehooker]

They work well but the bags are still WAY over priced.

[rumeye]

Menards has a universal bag thats half the price as food saver they work just fine and are just as heavy duty.

[KEN W]

I also but them at Menards.

[Walleyehooker]

Ill have to check Menards. Maybe I will actually use mine then. About the only thing I have packed with it in 5 years is fresh salmon.

[grundy]

You can go to Hantover.com and get bulk (100 qt size bags) called VacStrip. Basically the same as food saver bags but a lot cheaper. I use them all the time in my Food Saver and I think they work better than the food saver bags.

[Mrs Boilerman]

I have a Food Saver, but I went with the one (a little higher priced) that has the moist and dry settings. I can use it to package venison steaks, corn I just cut off the cob and anything else I care to freeze instead of can. I like the moist settings for making and vacuum packing BBQ, shredded turkey with gravy, large amount of any leftovers. But the best part is when I get all in the mood to cook. I can make lasagna in square disposable aluminum pans, then I cover them with cheese and vacuum pack. It sucks the cheese down into the lasagna. Freeze it (before baking) and you have a simple meal you can pull out of the freezer. I did the same thing with shepherd pie, spaghetti sauce with meat included, bags of chili, and even pre-cooked pounds of ground beef.

The bag prices are a bit of a bear, but I just watch for them on sale, and never buy the premade ones - always the rolls.

[lakeshoremunster]

love the foodsaver, I use it alot in the winter to freeze fish and to make pre cooked meals to eat on the ice when fishing, I make the meal and seal it up and then freeze them, pack them the day im leaving for the ice and when I get hungry I grab my sunflower heater and a pot with lake water and boil it up to heat the contents in the bag, cut it open and eat.

[Valv]

Thanks everybody !! I bought a Foodsaver and I cannot believe I did not have it before today. I am using it for almost everything.

[Cobra]

When trying to get a seal, you have to have a dry surface and the vacuum sucks fluids into the seal area. These things work great, but I sometimes have to put the items I am bagging on a cookie sheet for a bit in the freezer to solidify the fluids before bagging. If you encounter any sticky to the cookie sheet put a thin coating of PAM, vegetable oil or crisco on the sheet before freezing.

The roll of non-precut bags that you cut to the size you need seem to be a cheaper form of the bags too.

[Joe]

I have seen the foodsaver and the oliso both in action. The oliso has many features that the food saver doesn't. Take a look at the video.Oliso

[Valv]

Cobra, when you seal the bag fold a paper towel and place it before the seal, this will absorb all the fluids before they reach the seal area. It will not hurt anything if left in the package.

[Scott M]

So glad I got one. Makes a big difference. Looking forward to butchering deer and freezing steaks.

[reinhard1]

they are also good for pre-made meals and frozen to take along for hunting or camping. good luck