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General Discussions => Anything Goes!! => Topic started by: old sarge on February 22, 2020, 10:13:25 AM
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For those without a food vac sealer or just wanting a new unit, Woot has the Food Saver Game Saver at a ridiculous price:
https://home.woot.com/offers/foodsaver-gamesaver-vacuum-black-1?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_home_11_5
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I have a cabelas brand vac sealer, but that said, I love it! Regardless of brand name, these things are game changers when it comes to freezing food. I made four bags of green chile stew last night and they store so well, lying flat.
And for bbq, they work great for left overs!
Get a Sous Vide machine and you are on the way as well!
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I will personally never buy another 'Foodsaver' product... they're low quality, fail constantly, are hard to use, and very expensive to operate. I switched to a VacMaster Pro purchased from https://vacuumsealersunlimited.com/ along with their bags and I couldn't be happier.
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I have a probably 15-year-old Food Saver that is still kicking, and I have no problem with the Food Saver sealers. I still like to use my Food Saver when seasoning and letting my full racks of ribs get happy as I can't fit a full rack of ribs in my chamber sealer. The bags that I can make from the rolls work perfectly. So, I still can't get rid of the trusty old Food Saver.
My parents have a Vacmaster Pro 350 suction pump sealer and I have a VacMaster VP215 Chamber Sealer and I am happy with both of them too.
The one advantage of the VacMaster products is that they have a number of replaceable parts that allow you to replace items to keep your sealer going whereas Food Saver is a little more limited. I found that the key to keeping my Food Savor going is to rub a little food-grade white oil on the gasket occasionally.
The cheaper suction pump sealers are great and I would highly recommend getting one if you can't afford or want to spend the money for a chamber sealer. I absolutely love my Chamber sealer, but I just wish that it could be a little lighter as it weighs a ton!!! I transport it a couple of times a year to my parent's house for "Sausage-A-Palooza" and "Snack-Stick-A-Palooza" and it is a bear to carry. Thankfully I usually have my boys to help their old man out when moving it.