Carrots and "chicken" floaters!

So tonight I tried sous vide some organic carrots and fake chicken. I vacuum sealed them using a chamber vacuum sealer for the default of 30s and stored in the fridge for a few days. As soon as I put them in the water bath at 90C within minutes it basically became a big pocket of air inside the bag. I couldn't get it to weigh down either as it floated to the top. Not sure what went wrong. Any suggestions?

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Brendan_Lee_56950

put a butter knife or two in the bag next time before you seal it to keep it from floating.

Rick_Ruiz_125018

Tried it but wasn't enough weight. I still don't understand why it released so much gas/air inside the bag.

Rick_Ruiz_125018

The more I think about this I think it had to deal with quick temperature change from refrigerated to 90C water bath, the fact it was a vegetable and not enough vacuum time. The seal was fine as it did not leak.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

It is the main reason of vegetarians being responsible for global warming, it is all the gas.