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Foodsaver bags

Boyd_Garrett_31034

The folks at Foodsaver say that their bags work well for sous vide, but I'm curious if any folks here have an opinion on the matter, especially for higher temps. Has anyone here used the Foodsaver bags for large, heavy, high-heat cooking? If so, did you experience any problems?

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fisher23

They work fine, no problems.

Brandon_Byrd_40557

Yep... they work just fine.

nico.beemster

Same here (the heavy duty bags, not the bags-on-a-roll you have to cut/ seam yourself)

AngelArs_240456

The two best bags to use are the FoodSaver and the Sous Vide Supreme bags according to many tests I've seen. Sous Vide Supreme also makes a nice pouch rack for around 16 bucks.

jhaarlow

Totally. I've done a bunch of Joule cooking in Foodsaver bags, the best test being Thanksgiving turkey...that's legs @ 165 degrees for 12 hours then add breast @ 131 for 8 hours. Images (admittedly, not my best in the Thanksgiving rush) here. My minor gripe is that the texture inside the bags imprints on the food, so you need to be mindful of what touches the textured bag side. Plus, there will be times you don't want the food textured at all, so a ziploc makes more sense. Hope that helps.

Scott_Hysmith_251824

I've done the CS corned beef recipe, which is in the bath for 48 hours, using FoodSaver bags. No issues

Boyd_Garrett_31034

Is there a problem using the self-made bags (not to be confused with a self-made man, I suppose), or do you just not use them yourself?

nico.beemster

The self made bags work fine for normal cooks (max 70C, max 90 mins, something like that) but the seams fail at higher temps/ longer cooks.

Yes, I found out the hard way, twice; I double seamed a bag for a 8 hour, 75C pork belly cook. They both failed when I pulled out the bag. I single seamed a bag for a one hour, 90C potato cook. It failed during cooking.

Since then I always use the heavy duty FS bags for these kind of preparations.

Boyd_Garrett_31034

Ah, heavy duty Foodsaver bags, I didn't know they have those, but I see them now. Thanks for the feedback, Ome.