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dry age fridge for only $ 1000 ? ?

pantsypants
pantsypants Posts: 1,191
in Off Topic
is it me or does this seem ridiculous ?

http://uncrate.com/stuff/steaklocker/

 "Billed as the world's first at-home dry-aging fridge"

Toronto
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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    No way...buy 2 of them. :)
    Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/  and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
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  • pantsypants
    pantsypants Posts: 1,191
    I know my fridge was free and it does this ....
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    Toronto
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,872
    Dang @pantsypants-after your table purchase I figured you were "game-on" for this buy :)>-
    BTW-enjoy the dry-aged creations you have waited to enjoy!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • pantsypants
    pantsypants Posts: 1,191
    lousubcap said:

    Dang @pantsypants-after your table purchase I figured you were "game-on" for this buy :)>-

    BTW-enjoy the dry-aged creations you have waited to enjoy!

    I am selling all the dry age to pay for the table

    :((
    Toronto
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,020
    pantsypants said:
    is it me or does this seem ridiculous ?

    http://uncrate.com/stuff/steaklocker/

     "Billed as the world's first at-home dry-aging fridge"

    No it isn't just ridiculous -  it is someone trying to bring their invention to market by trying to appeal to a small margin of knowledgeable consumers, but by using some health fear hype, generalities and plain bull **** to mesh it together.
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Dammit Son! We are heading towards an intervention here.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • pantsypants
    pantsypants Posts: 1,191
    Little Steven said:

    Dammit Son! We are heading towards an intervention here.


    B-)
    Toronto
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    Okay maybe I'm on my own but I love it- this will catch on and prices will come down if it's popular. My issue- says humidity monitored no controlled. If they fix that would consider but probably not over $500
    Greensboro, NC
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  • pantsypants
    pantsypants Posts: 1,191


    Wolfpack said:

    Okay maybe I'm on my own but I love it- this will catch on and prices will come down if it's popular. My issue- says humidity monitored no controlled. If they fix that would consider but probably not over $500

    Why wouldn't you just use a regular fridge ?
    Toronto
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,833
    Use a regular fridge and if you want humidity control get a ultrasonic humidifier and humidity controller. Then if you want a curing chamber, get an external temp controller.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    A regular fridge is iffy because temperatures vary from level to level even unless you have a commercial fridge. Also when the fan cuts off temps can move a few degrees. Where you tested your fridge at 36 when the fan cuts off and the door was opened is now 42 and in the danger zone. When my wife got me a kegerator she made sure she got one that has shelves as options and you can digitally set the temp you want it to hold down to 32 degrees so if it ever doesn't have a keg it will have a chunk of meat. Haven't tried it for meat yet but my PBR is always 34 degrees.
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,833
    I should also have said, don't use a fridge that is opened many times throughout the day.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    The air temp in a fridge will vary as the door is opened and closed throughout the day.  However, large objects with mass are going to be very stable through small, intermittant bumps in ambient temp.

    In our labs, we have to constantly monitor refrigerators and the way we do that is put a temperature probe in a 40 mL vial filled with glycol. You can open the door for a few minutes then close it and the temperature of the glycol will barely, if at all, budge.  All that mass keeps the surface temperature along the lines of the internal temperature.

    Take a block of ice from the freezer and put it in your oven.  Measure the surface temp of it. It's still going to be freezing, even through the ambient temp is high. 

    If any of you remember your calculus, integrating the temperature over time and getting a resulting area give you a rough measure of that objects condition over that type of variation.  This is the same principle chunks of meat use for cooking.
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    +1 with what he ^^ said
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Let me add a piece of practical advice - your refrigerator or freezer work better if they're full.  All the mass and surface area of the contents help buffer the wild swings in temp by opening the door, and if the power goes out, the temperature drops slower than an empty or sparsely filled box.
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,387
    edited June 2014
    I saw this on another forum, and plan to build one as soon as I can find a glass front fridge for cheap on CL:


     Don't see why it can't be used for curing meats and dry-aging steaks, maybe just not at the same time, I could be wrong though. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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