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  • HerbcoFoodH Offline
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    HerbcoFood
    Regular Contributors Team Orange Sous Vide
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    hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, this will take a half bottle of dark water to properly think about.

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      Dr_Pain
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      I would be all over this idea HOWEVER I think the vaccum sealer may not like the continuous action, for that volume of air (in one shot). I guess I should say “the average consumer grade” vac sealer

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        glen
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        May work if you have enough flat counter space

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          #6

          I suspect any time savings achieved during sealing would be offset by the time required to fill the long skinny bag with product.

          Paul

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          • Ridley AcresR Ridley Acres

            So lets say hypothetically I wanted to make a long chain of product sealed in a continuous vac bag. What are you all’s thoughts.

            (I think something similar to this was brought up in a livestream pac when they revealed the new walton’s vac machines)

            So the thought currently is to have a 5’ or so bag on a counter sealed at one end and then pull a vacuum on the other open end. Have the products in groups leaving 2 -3 inches of collapsed bag space between groups of product. Then use an impulse sealer at each spacing. Not sure if it would be much of a time saver, but here is what I was thinking:

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            bocephus
            Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Veteran
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            Ridley Acres Why would you want to do this?

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            • B bocephus

              Ridley Acres Why would you want to do this?

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              bocephus said in Long vac bag:

              Ridley Acres Why would you want to do this?

              As others mentioned there may not be any real time saver, but if I can seal the same amount in shorter bursts it may free me up for longer periods of time.

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              • samspadeS Offline
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                samspade
                Team Orange Masterbuilt Sous Vide Team Blue Power User
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                If your cutting the long wrap any way, why bother, you cant stack in the freezer easily.

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                • Ridley AcresR Ridley Acres

                  So lets say hypothetically I wanted to make a long chain of product sealed in a continuous vac bag. What are you all’s thoughts.

                  (I think something similar to this was brought up in a livestream pac when they revealed the new walton’s vac machines)

                  So the thought currently is to have a 5’ or so bag on a counter sealed at one end and then pull a vacuum on the other open end. Have the products in groups leaving 2 -3 inches of collapsed bag space between groups of product. Then use an impulse sealer at each spacing. Not sure if it would be much of a time saver, but here is what I was thinking:

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                  fisherman43
                  Canning
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                  Ridley Acres I totally agree size 8×30 would be great for smoked Salmon fillet or whole fish also for summer sausages

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                    Ridley Acres I totally agree size 8×30 would be great for smoked Salmon fillet or whole fish also for summer sausages

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                    Brianzipperdog123
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                    fisherman43 I bought a 2000 foot roll of lay flat tubing which is 8 inches wide for bagging salmon fillets. I use a Food Saver machine and a device that fits in the end of the bag that allows a vacuum to be pulled. It is then drawn out of the bag so it can be heat sealed. A second heat seal is then put on as a back up. I’ve been using this method for 20 years and had to buy another roll two years ago

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                      That would be a huge waste of time. All so how would you keep the bag clean so the seal wouldn’t be lost

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                      • B Brianzipperdog123

                        fisherman43 I bought a 2000 foot roll of lay flat tubing which is 8 inches wide for bagging salmon fillets. I use a Food Saver machine and a device that fits in the end of the bag that allows a vacuum to be pulled. It is then drawn out of the bag so it can be heat sealed. A second heat seal is then put on as a back up. I’ve been using this method for 20 years and had to buy another roll two years ago

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                        Canning
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                        Brianzipperdog123 where do you get your roll of vac bags from and what is the accessories you use for pulling the vaccum other than your vac sealer

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                          Brianzipperdog123 where do you get your roll of vac bags from and what is the accessories you use for pulling the vaccum other than your vac sealer

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                          fisherman43 I buy 8” x 6mil poly tubing from Layfield. It cost about a nickel Canadian a foot and is smooth on the inside. I took the tubing out of two number 18 hypodermic needles and silvered them to the ends of a stainless wire so they were a nice fit in the tubing and held it taught. These needles were pulled back before the heat seal was made. To keep the mouth of the bag clean a large funnel is inserted in the bag and the fillet dropped in. A small amount of water with a little vitamin C is added before the vacuum is pulled. A second seal is then added as a backup. Sure hope the border opens up so I can go to Alaska and refill my freezer next year as I didn’t get drawn for a moose this season. It’s going to be a tough winter. Just made a batch of elk salami for our Thanksgiving

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                            i could do it in a chambered machine by making a smell cut between the seal wire and wall of the machine. vac pack that section. make a dead seal for teh bottom of the next bag, and repeat. i did some jerky that way for a nephew in college. thought it would be an economical way to use some long bags I had and not buy 2.5 X 10 bags. huge time eater and in the llong run i would have been better off buying the smaller bags. HerbcoFood …dark water sounds good as long as it is a Porter or a Stout

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                              Thanks for all the interesting comments. I agree with all the points that this sounds like a waste of time and resources unless it was the only thing available.

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                                Ridley Acres It is an interesting idea but we tested out the longest bag it would properly seal and around 6 feet was the absolute limit.

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