What I Smoked with My New Bradley

[begolf25]

The foodsaver sounds like a great idea.  I had been thinking about getting one since i am sure i will be smoking plenty of food i want to save for later.

Any suggestions on which one to purchase?  Or which one to stay away from?

[bubbagump]

Great job, Begolf! It looks like you've been using the Bradley for years.

Bubbagump

[IKnowWood]

We got a very small foodsaver and its adequate.  Of course I cannot find the model we got.  They got better since then.  

We use it all the time, even used bags with things like Soup, Stew and Pasta Sauce.  Yes, in a bag.  We did this for my sister last year when she was put on bed rest in her last tri-mester, of course my nephew cam early and my mom helped them cook them.  I think we likely froze the liquid then used some paper towels at the very top and it sealed good.  At least I think that is what we did.

[jaeger]

<font size="3"><font color="blue">Nice Job begolf25 and Welcome to the forum!!!</font id="blue"></font id="size3">[:D][:p][:D]
I use a Foodsaver for food storage also. The bags are a little expensive but the machine works well for home use. The new models have a three position switch. They use to be :<u> Cut only</u>, vacuum and seal and extended vacuum and seal. The newer models have:(With a 3-position sealing adjustment switch for: <u>seal only</u>, vacuum and seal, and vacuum and extended seal.)
I think the <u>seal only</u> would be a handy feature. Kohls store had the 800 model on sale for only 69.00 recently (in store) Online shows 99.99. http://www.kohls.com/products/product_page_vanilla0.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=54045151&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=140881477&bmUID=1140701719733

As far as the expense of the bags, I use other storage methods/products for storage when I don't need vacuum storage.
Example: When we smoke cheese, we buy larger size blocks and cut them to size before we smoke. After I smoke them, we usually just wrap in Saran Wrap and store in the refrigerator. These are usually used up within a couple of weeks, and the use of vacuum bags is not needed IMH. If I smoke meat, anything that I plan on freezing I vacuum suck, but if it is something that will be reheated in a couple days, I just store in air tight container etc..





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[JJC]

Welcome and congrats, Begolf!  What an awesome start!

John
Newton MA