Dry-Aging with drybags

[carnie1]

Came across this awhile ago http://www.drybagsteak.com/ Anybody ever try these?   They claim you can't use a foodsaver to seal but I found out otherwise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytQGVYuHHKg There are a few places that claim you can use the food saver, so I ordered some to try, I will post results when I try them out

[squirtthecat]

Interesting..

Yes, let us know how it works out!

[Tenpoint5]

Tony,
Steve Graves, Ask-A-Butcher, has tried the drybags with some great success. Here is his assessment of them Dry Bag Aged

[Habanero Smoker]

It will be interesting to hear your results on this.

[NePaSmoKer]

so basicly its just a fancy foodsaver. I can do that

[Ka Honu]

so basicly its just a fancy foodsaver.

Apparently their bag is the key - some kind of membrane which they say bonds to the meat and does magical things.  Presumably FoodSaver & other plastic bags don't work.

[squirtthecat]

Would be worth trying a side-by-side comparison..

[Up In Smoke]

Anxiously awaiting results on this, i have not tried aging beef yet but am very interested in learning.
MMMMMMMMM Ribeye. :P

[seemore]

Looking forward to your review of this.
10.5, perhaps you could do a comparison of this product with other methods for your newsletter........
Mrs

[classicrockgriller]

Sounds like a killer idea!

Interesting link.

[carnie1]

OK, I ordered some of these and did the foodsaver "cheat"  Bought a 13 pound boneless ribeye primal cut


here is the drybag and foodsaver bag "strip"

sealing
Meat in the drysaver bag

  This is after 14 days
All sealed
Will post results when it is all done
It took a few times to get it to seal properly, just had to keep playing with it

[Habanero Smoker]

Was the difficulty of sealing the length of time the heat was applied during sealing? If that is the problem, most of the newer Foodsavers you can extend the sealing time.

[carnie1]

Was the difficulty of sealing the length of time the heat was applied during sealing? If that is the problem, most of the newer Foodsavers you can extend the sealing time.

Pretty much so, because I did get some moisture in the seal area even though I wiped it down

[manxman]

It would be interesting to weigh both bits of meat immediately on sealing them in the respective bags as one should lose moisture (dry aged in drybag) whilst the foodsaver one (wet aged in foodsaver bag) will not lose any moisture over time.

Dry aged meat can lose a good percentage of it's initial weight and it would be a good measure of how good the drybag is?

[NePaSmoKer]

Another thing to try one these days.