New Toy!
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Been wanting one of these for some time and Costco finally has a deal I bit on. It is a hell of an impressive machine and they way it pulls the vac is fun to watch. Doubt seeing it suddenly shrink will ever get old!
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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardening
I have looked at them also, just haven’t been able to go for it yet.
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$599 shipped + extra $50 off $500 coupon finally tipped me. I currently keep my VacMaster 350 in a kitchen cabinet. This thing is 85lb so plan to put it on a stainless prep table in basement to use. No way I’m lugging this upstairs to use each time and is too big to keep in kitchen.
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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to Jamieson22 on last edited by
Jamieson22 If I get one I would keep it on a cart in a spare bedroom and wheel it out when I would use it.
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lkrfletcher Sous Vide Canning PK100 Team Blue Power User Colorado Military Veterans Veteranreplied to Jamieson22 on last edited by
Jamieson22 Chamber vac’s are awesome
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Is there any difference between the oil filled units and the drive pumps?
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to samspade on last edited by
samspade I think oil pumps allow continuous use without cool-down breaks. Though in my home environment doubt that would matter much. I usually do 20-25 bags max at once.
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I have this unit currently. It works quite well. At some point down the road I would like to invest in a more robust machine…but until that days comes this one seems to hanging in there! What you really need to watch out for is working with very moist or wet items and especially liquids. Watch your pump oil and change it a few times a year depending on how much you use it. Oil is cheap and one issue with this unit is that repair parts can be hard to find.
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Jamieson22
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to luke on last edited by
It is definitely slower. I only used for some leftover pulled pork but will say it seems to pull a much better vacuum than my VacMaster 350. I think a bag of 12oz of pulled pork took 50 seconds.
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Jamieson22 very nice, did Costco have the sealer in the store or did you have to order off their web site.
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cdavis Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User Sous Vide Oklahoma Team Camoreplied to Jamieson22 on last edited by
Jamieson22 that is awesome. Congrats
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to Jesser on last edited by
Jesser I bought it online with free shipping. I saw a post that some stores got a few of them in at same price.
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Bob Stehlik Team Blue Traeger Canning Veteran Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans Coloradoreplied to Jesser on last edited by Bob Stehlik
Jesser In many cities COSTCO will have a COSTCO Business Center location that carries restaurant and food prep equipment and supplies.
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It is slower than some sealers but has a MUCH better vacuum and seals in two separate strips. We do a few hundred pounds of sausages, around 100 pounds of bacon and a couple hundred pounds of salmon every year. So far no issues. Just change the oil. We also make large amounts of BBQ beans and various meat sauces and seal them too. One of the most important things to consider is the bags that you use. I recommend going to a local butcher supply and see what quality of bags they have to offer instead of buying the “cheapo’s” from Amazon. The bags can make quite a difference too. If you are mostly sealing “dryer” food types like jerky snack sticks cheese and so on you will be just fine. We make alot of our own “snack packs” for the kids to munch on through the year. Works great for those.
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Jamieson22 thanks for info
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I pulled the trigger on one of the Chinese chambered units. Under 400. Works really well much better than foodsaver style. So far I’ve only found that bags end up being smaller than you need. Example-a 8x10 bag sounds big but does not hold enough. IMO buy bigger bags than you need. Also since you can use foodsaver rolls you can make longer bags is needed. All in all I love this chamber vacuum sealer
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to samspade on last edited by
samspade I ended up ordering 1000 each of 10x13, 8x10, 8x12, 6x10, and 6x15" bags. Between bacon, bbq, fresh sausages, smoked sausages I always found myself wishing I have a slightly different sized bag. Like I did my andouille as 9-10" links but filling a 8x12 bag was way too many so went for some 6x15" to better fit. Now these bags will be part of any inheritance I leave. LOL
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Sweet butter nutts!
