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I agree the vacuum sealer is preferable for most cooks, but I don't own one large enough for this hunk-o-cow, so the turkey brining bag was a good alternative. It was large enough, tough, and food-safe. I kept the zipper out of the water to reduce the potential of leakage at the zipper.
The Anova came recommended by a "foodie" friend. It's one of the original immersion units and has a solid reputation.
As far a storage goes, it's only a little larger than a rolling pin, so it really doesn't take much room. :cool:
True to form, the second one took less than half the time to build that the first did. I didn't bother taking any pics of the second, as it looks darn near identical to the first.
With just the wife and I to cook for, a couple of 20 place racks should be plenty, unless the extended family gets...
Just got finished with this, pretty pleased with how well it came out, so gonna make at least one more. With a max capacity of 20, we all know it's not gonna make enough of 'em! :D
The large holes are 1 1/16" (the largest the ironworker at work can punch) the small holes are 7/16" for smoke...
This is a write-up I posted over in the BBQ (etc) section on Jeepforum of a cook I did for Thanksgiving last year. I did another for Christmas for the other side of the family. Both were very well received.
I've simply copy-n-pasted the post and repaired one image link. Sorry if this is any...
Been smoking various things (meat, fish, cheese, cream cheese, butter... ) for a few years now, got introduced to Sous Vide about two years ago now. These two techniques probably account for 50% of our cooking at home, with the Traeger picking up another 25% or so.
I've got a write-up I posted...