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12-09-2012, 04:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City
Posts: 931
M.O.C. #8757
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Vacuum seal
I like your thoughts on pre-cooking and vacuuming, freezing.
My question is what machine did you use or recommend. I had one 10 years ago and it was not as convenient as I anticipated. . Perhaps operator issues!!!
So, I am curious what equipment you use?
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12-10-2012, 01:41 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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We bought that one from Sam's Wholesale Club, has worked real well for years. forget the name, but it works great.
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12-10-2012, 01:56 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Crestview
Posts: 112
M.O.C. #12196
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It's called Food Saver. You can buy rolls to make the size you need or buy pint and quart size bags.
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12-10-2012, 03:54 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Forestville
Posts: 6,025
M.O.C. #496
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Mina, we use the Food Saver and it is easy to use. Costco sells them.
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12-24-2012, 04:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Victor
Posts: 940
M.O.C. #1709
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Food saver is good. Basspro also sells them.
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12-24-2012, 07:03 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Ft. Smith
Posts: 981
M.O.C. #116
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We got a Vac-Master Pro-130 last year from Bass Pro. It's been good so far. We were given an older foodsaver several years ago, it also works ok. The Vac-master is a bit larger than the foodsaver. We've been getting the cheapest bags in rolls. They have been working for both units.
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02-18-2017, 03:37 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Grandview
Posts: 100
M.O.C. #12154
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Well I don't even know where to start extolling the praises I have for my Food Saver Vacuum. I make 2# Meat Loaves and vacuum pack them after I cook them. My wife and I shop at Costco and Sam's and buy a lot of meat in bulk. I break down the packages into 2 serving portions and vacuum and freeze them. Of course I note on each package, its contents, cooking/reheating instructions and the date it was frozen. I love that machine! I had a real nice chicken breast the other night that I made chicken parmesan out of that was dated 2/17/2015. It was WONDERFUL. I don't have to put a lot of frozen meat in the Monty's freezer. I just put the vacuum packed stuff that I will need for the 1 or 2 week trip. Saves time when we're out camping too. Reheating a meat loaf is a lot easier than making one from scratch while we're trying to enjoy the trip. I learn new uses for the machine constantly. I highly recommend using one.
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02-18-2017, 04:10 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Edmonds, Wa
Posts: 401
M.O.C. #12491
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[Q Reheating a meat loaf is a lot easier than making one from scratch while we're trying to enjoy the trip. .[/QUOTE]
Great idea, For years I have made the meat loaf, froze it in the pan, then vac packed it. When I went to cook it (after thawing) I always looked forward to the cooking smell as much as the meat loaf itself. I think I will try your method next time and hopefully get the same satisfactory smell. Love meat loaf sandwiches.
Back to the thread - Myna, we use a Food Saver from Costco and buy their bags from the Food Saver website. They have great sales.
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02-18-2017, 04:40 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brandon
Posts: 3,944
M.O.C. #1034
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Food Saver here as well. Fantastic machine, use it lots.
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Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
2011/3500/Silverado/4x4/DRW/Duramax
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02-18-2017, 05:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: West Richland
Posts: 1,253
M.O.C. #17164
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Got ours at Costco years ago, still works great. Save a lot of money by buying when things are on sale and packaging it to the correct size for my wife to make our meals. Takes a little effort but well worth it. Vacuum packed food stays good for a long time.
Tom Marty
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02-19-2017, 09:15 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 894
M.O.C. #14417
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We use ours all the time also. It moves between the house and the trailer.
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2012 Montana 3400RL,680 Watts Solar,4xT-105 Trojans,GP-ISW2000-12 Inverter,Trimetric 2020, EMSHW50C
2009 Chevy Silverado 3500 LTZ Duramax 4x4 CC Dually, Banks Speed Brake
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03-30-2017, 08:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Pensacola (mail forward service)
Posts: 3,198
M.O.C. #13740
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I smoke cheese and vacpak it to age for a month before eating. Use the food saver brand fm2400 series. Better than they use to be and they weregood in the past. Haven't looked at the specs on the food saver bags, but used a commercial brand sealer for boiling fish, etc in the bags.
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04-02-2017, 06:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Frostproof, FL USA
Posts: 2,362
M.O.C. #13272
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Can't really add to what has been said. We have only had ours for about 5 months. Being a Sam's Club member we feel most of their meat is higher quality and much cheaper, but packaged in bigger quantities than we need. The Food Saver solved all those problems.
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03-08-2021, 05:10 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Marysville WA
Posts: 138
M.O.C. #26029
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I have the LEM MaxVac 1000 awesome machine we use the 4mil vac bags
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03-09-2021, 04:39 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 2,152
M.O.C. #25165
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I have 2 different Food Saver brand units, and the LEM MaxVac 1000 also. The Food Saver ones work well until you have a lot of things to seal at once. I process my own deer during hunting season so I needed the MaxVac to get the job done. The Food Saver ones work very well though, they just overheat after a few seals and cause you to wait too long when you have 4 or 5 deer to process.
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2019 Montana Legacy 3791RD 20th Anniversary Edition
2014 F350 4x4 6.7L SRW
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05-10-2021, 05:26 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Marysville WA
Posts: 138
M.O.C. #26029
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4 to 5 deer call I’ll bring mine over for a vac party lol
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05-10-2021, 06:50 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,773
M.O.C. #12156
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Also Foodsaver, got thru Amazon
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2002 3655 FL, 2005 3650RK
2010 3665RE, 2015 3910FB
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