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Good! Now please follow my common sense suggestion...put that bagged meat on a wire rack at the bottom of your refrig and don't pull it out again until you are ready to cut it! Over the next week to 10 days that bag will become a new skin on the meat and properly release moisture. And keep SWMBO at ease about "that big ol' chunk of meat rotting away" in HER refrig! Handling only raises the risk of breaking that bond or if handled roughly even tearing the bag. BTW I have a 18.5 pound ribeye now at day 28 headed for a 45 day run. The due date of April 22 isn't any thing special - I'm just aging this one to replinish my dry aged steak inventory in the freezer! Inventory takes management planning LOLRe-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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Good luck on your journey.
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Do the seals look ok?
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TarHeelBBQ said:Do the seals look ok?Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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I will do that. Would it better to cut off and completely and re seal? What about the rib eye loin?
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Overall disappointed. C+ grade. Cut into and everything looked right. Smelled a little funky with vinegar type smell to it. Grilled them up and they cooked a little faster than I thought so they were a little dry. Had a very strong "country ham" flavor to it. I don't think they were spoiled because we were able to finish it. Typically rotten meat you struggle for one bite. I gave it a shot. Didn't get the sensational flavor I was expecting. I have a strip loin aging since Easter. Any suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated.
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I have dry aged a couple ribeye subprimals and have found that I don't like going over 28 days.
I am now going to test out just wet aging.
smak
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I dry aged my first ribeye subprimal for 49 days in the UMAi bag. A friend did the same. We both found it to be too dry. Taste and tenderness was amazing, but too dry. Yes, it cooked much faster, no sizzle to it and not juicy at all, eventhough I didn't over cook it.
My theory is that 49 days was too long for the ribeye. There wasn't much of a fat layer on mine to protect it. One side had a small layer of fat, the other side hardly any.
Next time, no bag and will do 35 days and hopefully a piece with more fat on the outside.
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smak said:I have dry aged a couple ribeye subprimals and have found that I don't like going over 28 days.
I am now going to test out just wet aging.Re-gasketing America one yard at a time. -
TarHeelBBQ said:Overall disappointed. C+ grade. Cut into and everything looked right. Smelled a little funky with vinegar type smell to it. Grilled them up and they cooked a little faster than I thought so they were a little dry. Had a very strong "country ham" flavor to it. I don't think they were spoiled because we were able to finish it. Typically rotten meat you struggle for one bite. I gave it a shot. Didn't get the sensational flavor I was expecting. I have a strip loin aging since Easter. Any suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated.Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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