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    JoeB
    Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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    Food saver has a high end model with a vac port and a marinate function. For around $30 you need the vac topper for the jars, and a marinate container for that function. Saw a hack on making a pressure cooker into a vac chamber for jars. number of jars and size depended on the size of the cooker. $60 vac pump fm HF, and a few feet of hose. the cooker could be used as intended after, it wasn’t altered . They were vac canning grains, rice, and non refrigerated food items. Didn’t alter the need to refrigerate perishables. They just stayed fresh longer.

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      RJ Adventures
      Sous Vide Canning American BBQ System Team Blue
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      I have a vacmaster vp210 with the oilers pump, have had it for about 4 years or 5 maybe now… have sealed A LOT of stuff… thousands and thousands of bags and absolutely love it, will eventually have a nice floor model to expand my abilities for expanding the business but for now, love these chambered table tops

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        I have a vacmaster vp210 with the oilers pump, have had it for about 4 years or 5 maybe now… have sealed A LOT of stuff… thousands and thousands of bags and absolutely love it, will eventually have a nice floor model to expand my abilities for expanding the business but for now, love these chambered table tops

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        Chef
        Canning Dry Cured Sausage Primo Grills Team Blue Sous Vide Power User Cast Iron
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        RJ Adventures I agree, I have likely sealed 15,000 bags over the years with the VP210. It will most definitely outlive me.

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          RJ Adventures
          Sous Vide Canning American BBQ System Team Blue
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          Yeah I was concerned as to whether or not to get an oil less or oil one they say oiless will last a lifetime and oil generations lol but it should get my money’s worth that’s all I care about!

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          • B bedcitty

            Trying to decide on a upgrade from my food saver. It would be for processing wild game. Looking at weston 2300, weston 2600 and weston 3000. Found a 2300 for $250 but not sure to buy it because mixed reviews breaking in a year or less.

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            Joe Hell
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            bedcitty a huge upgrade to home processing would be a chamber vac. If you and your processing buddies go in on one it will pay for itself in no time. I’ve never had luck with foodsaver over the slightest extended period of time

            Better Living Through BBQ!

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              I’m looking at the external vacuum sealers. Weston 2300, 2600 I think is the new version of the 2300 and the 3000

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              • J John Belvedere

                PapaSop said in Vacuum sealer:

                John Belvedere
                Wish you the best on the sneaking part. Been there… done that. LOL

                Currently on my third Foodsaver. Could have paid for a chambered one and then some.

                You mean I can’t use the “Look what I found in the basement” line😂

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                YooperDog
                Team Orange Masterbuilt Big Green Egg Dry Cured Sausage Sous Vide Canning Power User
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                John Belvedere Yeah, I tried that once, sorta bummeranged on me a bit farther down the road.

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                  I got a 2300 I don’t know how many years ago (at least 10, probably closer to 15), and it’s still going as strong as the day I got it. I use it so much that it has a permanent spot on the counter.

                  I had a Foodsaver “Pro III” that lasted all of 3 years. When it died, I got replaced it with the same “Pro III,” and that one died after 6 months. The replacement I got from that lasted about three weeks. I asked my BBQ buddies what they used, and they pointed me to the 2300. I also noticed it was the one my homebrew supply shop was using to package bulk hops, minerals, and grains into smaller packages. That said, I believe I’ve heard that they aren’t as reliable as they used to be. However, I have to believe that they still are better than Foodsaver.

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                    I got a 2300 I don’t know how many years ago (at least 10, probably closer to 15), and it’s still going as strong as the day I got it. I use it so much that it has a permanent spot on the counter.

                    I had a Foodsaver “Pro III” that lasted all of 3 years. When it died, I got replaced it with the same “Pro III,” and that one died after 6 months. The replacement I got from that lasted about three weeks. I asked my BBQ buddies what they used, and they pointed me to the 2300. I also noticed it was the one my homebrew supply shop was using to package bulk hops, minerals, and grains into smaller packages. That said, I believe I’ve heard that they aren’t as reliable as they used to be. However, I have to believe that they still are better than Foodsaver.

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                    JoeB
                    Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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                    TexLaw my 2300 works about the same, but i did have to replace the seals and heat wire once. Both under $15

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                      Alright yall I just bought the weston pro 2300 for $275 I think is a good deal. Thanks again for your help

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                        Alright yall I just bought the weston pro 2300 for $275 I think is a good deal. Thanks again for your help

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                        Team Blue Masterbuilt Yearling Sous Vide Canning Power User Regular Contributors Military Veterans
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                        bedcitty you won’t be disappointed. 2 things I’ve learned about that machine. Maintain your cooling time between vac / seals. Too little cooling time. (Less than 15sec) could cause the bag to seal before full vac. Also hold the lid down for about 3sec when starting a vac. CONGRATULATIONS 🎊🎉🎈

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