Vacuum sealer containers.

alaskanassasin

 Having done absolutely no research I am leaning into the forum brain trust for guidance.  I finally received my Vacmaster Pro 360 (replacing a food saver) and I think it will have a permanent spot on my pantry counter.  It came with that little jumper hose to suck the air out of containers.

  Do any of you guys regularly use these containers and if you do what for?

Langner91

I don't use the containers, but I use the jar sealer attachment on mason jars all the time. 

I think pickled onions pickle quicker/better in a sealed jar, but I don't have any science to back that up.

I store pasta, flour, sugar, rice, coffee, etc.  I seal all of those in vacuum sealed mason jars.  

The containers look handy, but I have a bunch of mason jars, so I haven't bought any of the containers.

Legume

We use them now and then.  Agree, seems to help with quick pickling.  It’s supposed to accelerate marinating, I guess that’s the same but I’ve only tried this with marinating meat once or twice and didn’t notice anything.  

Mostly we use them the way we would use a vac seal bag, but when we have something we don’t want to crush.

alaskanassasin

I am flush with mason jars @Langner91. Sounds like a good place to start.

Canugghead

I have a bunch of those round FS containers, to keep dry stuff fresher. Over time most of them leak, don't waste your money. Also have the square marinator, like someone said not sure if it makes any difference,  ended up cracking it in the chamber sealer even with premature manual stopping 

I now marinate in chamber sealer bag, again never done a control test to verify effectiveness. Just find it convenient to toss in fridge and massage the contents occasionally. 

nolaegghead

Canugghead said:

I have a bunch of those round FS containers, to keep dry stuff fresher. Over time most of them leak, don't waste your money. Also have the square marinator, like someone said not sure if it makes any difference,  ended up cracking it in the chamber sealer even with premature manual stopping 

I now marinate in chamber sealer bag, again never done a control test to verify effectiveness. Just find it convenient to toss in fridge and massage the contents occasionally. 

I do the same for marinating.  The bag contents aren't under vacuum once you vent the chamber, but the cycle of vacuum/release does help the marination some.  Sometimes I'll put my marinade/meat bag in the chamber sealer while I process other stuff or just cycle it a few times.

Canugghead

nolaegghead said:

Canugghead said:

I have a bunch of those round FS containers, to keep dry stuff fresher. Over time most of them leak, don't waste your money. Also have the square marinator, like someone said not sure if it makes any difference,  ended up cracking it in the chamber sealer even with premature manual stopping 

I now marinate in chamber sealer bag, again never done a control test to verify effectiveness. Just find it convenient to toss in fridge and massage the contents occasionally. 

I do the same for marinating.  The bag contents aren't under vacuum once you vent the chamber, but the cycle of vacuum/release does help the marination some.  Sometimes I'll put my marinade/meat bag in the chamber sealer while I process other stuff or just cycle it a few times.

Interesting, guess it’s like opening the ‘pores’ and infusing repeatedly?
Now you got me wondering … what if air is not fully extracted from the sealed marinade bag and you over process other stuff, can the trapped air pop the bag like a balloon? Yes I’m overthunking this 

nolaegghead

Canugghead said:

nolaegghead said:

Canugghead said:

I have a bunch of those round FS containers, to keep dry stuff fresher. Over time most of them leak, don't waste your money. Also have the square marinator, like someone said not sure if it makes any difference,  ended up cracking it in the chamber sealer even with premature manual stopping 

I now marinate in chamber sealer bag, again never done a control test to verify effectiveness. Just find it convenient to toss in fridge and massage the contents occasionally. 

I do the same for marinating.  The bag contents aren't under vacuum once you vent the chamber, but the cycle of vacuum/release does help the marination some.  Sometimes I'll put my marinade/meat bag in the chamber sealer while I process other stuff or just cycle it a few times.

Interesting, guess it’s like opening the ‘pores’ and infusing repeatedly?
Now you got me wondering … what if air is not fully extracted from the sealed marinade bag and you over process other stuff, can the trapped air pop the bag like a balloon? Yes I’m overthunking this 

It could happen, it has looked like it would happen, but it hasn't happened.

One of my old sealers had the tube and a function called "marinate".  Hit that button and the pump would cycle, vent and repeat for a certain amount of time.

Canugghead

nolaegghead said:

Canugghead said:

nolaegghead said:

Canugghead said:

I have a bunch of those round FS containers, to keep dry stuff fresher. Over time most of them leak, don't waste your money. Also have the square marinator, like someone said not sure if it makes any difference,  ended up cracking it in the chamber sealer even with premature manual stopping 

I now marinate in chamber sealer bag, again never done a control test to verify effectiveness. Just find it convenient to toss in fridge and massage the contents occasionally. 

I do the same for marinating.  The bag contents aren't under vacuum once you vent the chamber, but the cycle of vacuum/release does help the marination some.  Sometimes I'll put my marinade/meat bag in the chamber sealer while I process other stuff or just cycle it a few times.

Interesting, guess it’s like opening the ‘pores’ and infusing repeatedly?
Now you got me wondering … what if air is not fully extracted from the sealed marinade bag and you over process other stuff, can the trapped air pop the bag like a balloon? Yes I’m overthunking this 

It could happen, it has looked like it would happen, but it hasn't happened.

One of my old sealers had the tube and a function called "marinate".  Hit that button and the pump would cycle, vent and repeat for a certain amount of time.

I may try simulating that by setting seal duration to zero, repeat few times before closing it up.