First use of AGS vacuum tumbler

[smoking b]

I ordered one of the AGS vacuum tumblers from Todd during his Cyber Monday deal. I had been thinking about ordering one for a while & went for it.

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

First impression was that it was larger than I expected lol.

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

I decided I needed to try it out tonight so I put in 2 3/4lb of chicken along with some Italian dressing based marinade I make.

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

It would have held a lot more meat than the 2 3/4lb ha

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

The pump worked well & required no effort at all to draw vacuum in the canister. I set the timer for 15 minutes & started it up. It was not overly loud either. Here it is doing its thing...

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

It shut itself off after 15 minutes & I opened it up. All the marinade had been absorbed nicely & it was ready to cook.

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

I added some Slap Ya Mama to it & cooked it on my Char Griller Duo that I picked up on CL like new for $50 - I seasoned my new AMNPS on it after I got done cooking so I was able to kill 2 birds with 1 stone

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• smoking b
• Nov 29, 2012

And here it is done & ready for me to eat 

  It turned out great & had flavor throughout every bite. Not too shabby for only 15 minutes. I have the rest of the chicken saved to heat up for lunch tomorrow. The vacuum canister was easy to clean as well.

So far I am impressed with the vacuum tumbler & can't wait to try it out curing some bacon 

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Looks good!!!!!!!

I've got one here that I can't wait to fire-up when I'm finish remodeling the kitchen. :biggrin:

~Martin

 

[smoking b]

Thanks Martin! You are going to really like it once you get a chance to use yours...

 

[tjohnson]

Very Cool!

I used Italian dressing and some extra lemon juice

It's crazy how much marinade these chicken breasts absorb

TJ

 

[smoking b]

Very Cool!

I used Italian dressing and some extra lemon juice

It's crazy how much marinade these chicken breasts absorb

TJ

I will try that next time I do some chicken - didn't think of the lemon juice & I like lemon herb chicken. Thanks for the tip!

 

[smoking b]

Well I decided to try it out again tonight. I used a recipe from TasunkaWitko for Hawaiian grilled pork chops.

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• smoking b
• Dec 3, 2012

Here is 3lb of pork with a little over 2 cups of marinade

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• smoking b
• Dec 3, 2012

After 15 minutes every last bit of marinade was gone 

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• smoking b
• Dec 3, 2012

Into the grill...

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• Dec 3, 2012

And done! Once again flavor was all throughout the meat & I have the rest saved for tomorrow. I like this thing 

 

[linguica]

Your recipe  TasunkaWitko for Hawaiian grilled pork chops. sounds good. When I google "TasunkaWitko" all i can see is that he was "Crazy Horse" Sounds like a strange person to be grilling Hawaiian pork chops..

NEVER MIND, I found the correct thread.