It will still not beat a vacuum sealer , but it's the best way to get the air out of the bag manually. A vacuum sealer not only pulls the air out of the bag but it also pull the air out of the product or itself , most notably with meat . You can use it to marinate a meat significantly faster for example . It's a good investment, trust me . Don't blow 100 on expensive vacuum sealers , there are very good ones for 30 $ to 50 range .
Been doing this for years and glad to see someone put it on video for others. I put a coffee stick in the corner and squeeze around the food to get out as much air as possible.
@@wsgup LOL you know, those little coffee stirrers that look like miniature straws? Not sure of your age, but nearly everyone over the age of 30 has a horror story where they tried slurping hot cocoa through one of those! 🤦♂😂
I have contemplated buying a food saver for over a decade but the bags are so expensive (50-72cents/bag) and I've seen a lot of complaints about bags failing. I considered a more expensive chamber vac and the bags are much less expensive (7.5cents) but a few years ago they were $550 and are now $1100. Ziploc gallon freezer bags are 12 cents and this technique is fantastic. In the past few days I cut up 2 large hams and packaged them into 6 freezer bags getting a perfect airless seal every time using this method. Additionally I also froze several packages of English muffins and it's amazing how the bag is sucked in around them, it's indistinguishable from a vacuum sealed bag. I'm so glad that I never made the mistake of buying a food saver or a chamber vac when this works so well and unlike those other options is completely silent and requires no equipment that takes up valuable kitchen real estate. I'm sure the vacuum sealers may do a slightly better job and you should have realistic expectations but this works great, well worth the maybe 1% difference. On a related note, we ONLY buy Ziplock gallon freezer bags as the quart sized are only 2.5cents/bag less as are the gallon STORAGE bags so not really worth buying anything but the gallon freezer bags. Generic gallon freezer bags are only 7cents/bag but honestly for the 100 bags or so we use in a year it's a matter of saving only $5/year and I prefer the Ziploc quality and features but you may feel differently. Thank you for showing this incredible technique so well.
@@Mandy_39 We do our best to rotate through everything in 6 months but even after a year it's still good. I just bought another 15lbs of ground beef and rotated the older to be on top of the new and in the next few weeks I'm going to make the Butterball turkey from around thanksgiving then the pork shoulder we bought on sale about 3 months ago. This will free up room for us to buy a dozen whole chickens when they go on sale for 99 cents/lb which is a 6 month supply for us.
@@Emivioricomex They're pretty much available everywhere and they should be near the quart size. Make sure you get the freezer ones which I use for everything as they're thicker and do a much better job in the freezer. Cheers!
First time seeing any of your videos. I was totally impressed with this. Love the way you get right to the point. Only way a video should be. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing more of your videos 😊
I've been doing this for years. Works awesome for fish. Once a seal bit my hand and stole my salmon filet when I was leaning over the dock vacuum packing. Safer to use a 5 gallon pale if there are predators that way you can avoid stitches. :)
@@allancrow134 Yeah that makes sense. I worked in a special needs school and got bitten on the hand. "Luckily" human teeth aren't very sharp so only needed a couple of stitches as it was mostly a crush injury. The hepatitis vaccinations afterwards weren't very nice though. AND to add insult to injury (literally) the report Into my injury got their facts backwards and sent me a couple of menacing letters about a disciplinary review into my behaviour towards a student. 😳 That was about the time l decided that getting spat on, kicked, hit, bitten and scratched daily for minimum wage was not actually worth it.
Perfect timing. My FoodSaver had a habit of continuing to block up with food juice, subsequently causing the machine to take FOREVER to suck the air out of the following bag; I just put it in the donation bin. Brilliant. Cheers, Kenji!
KENJI: I have a quote that applies to You, Sir. "BRILLIANCE is the Art of Simplifying the Complex". It is a quote of my own from a Book that I wrote in 2016 called "Deception Squared". The quote perfectly aligns with your "Brilliant" demonstration of simply utilizing natural water pressure to vacuum seal food. It is Quiet, it is Cheap, It requires No electricity, It is quick, and it requires No special equipment. Plus it is EFFECTIVE. The very definition of my quote. I am soooooo Happy that I found your Video. Thank You! Greetings from Ontario, Canada.
Excellent video! I would have never have thought of doing it this way. I'd been wanting to buy a vacuum for the last many years, but I didn't want to fork over the money to get buy one. You just saved me a LOT of money by not having to buy a vacuum saver and all the plastic bags I'd need to go with it. I give your video a THUMBS up!
Only used about 6 times so far but food turning out great. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxK2YRU9uBOXzuIEV660Qo3sX7dJDJLg72 Nice tender roasts. You do want to get a lid to go over your stock pot to keep water from evaporating. I've used it for 6-48 hours with lots of luck. A lot is trial and error to figure out since thickness and cut help determine the best time. 135 always gives a perfect med (pink all the way through). I cooked frozen solid 3 1/2" roast for 48 hours ... it was so tender its almost falling apart. Nice to put it in and just forget about it, with silicone lid I didn't have to add water at all during 48 hours.
Hello!! So obvious and yet my brain never suggested to me I should do this! Glad your brain did!! Thank you! And thanks for no dilly dallying...yer video is short, concise and doesn't throw a 2 minute intro at us. We all know about subscribing and we all know about the like button, thanks for not hitting us over the head with it.
Not bad if you are vacuuming sealing in bulk. I personally prefer to use a straw to suck the air out of a similar sized opening. Then zip it closed while removing the straw from the bag using my mouth.
I almost always double bag, especially for longer cooks, as I've observed that water passes through my Ziploc freezer bags. Its cheap insurance against ruined food, and the outside bag is clean. If my bags were better made so as to prevent transfer through the bags I wouldn't have to clean the immersion circulator (Anova) and stockpot after each cook. But even through two Ziploc freezer bags hung over the side and clipped my water ends up flavored, and there's a little water between the bags, but there isn't noticeable penetration into the inner bag with the food.
i found that if you 1) slide the bag almost closed. 2) hug the bag flat to your chest. 3) use your hands to force all the air out against your chest (use fingers around edges .. basically grabbing the food) 4) use other hand to close the bag The results is that virtually ALL the air is removed. it 'almost' looks vacuum sealed. This is not for months of storage in a freezer (for that you want ALL the air removed) but it works for 90% of your storage, Marinating. leftover in the refrigerator needs. I find that it is PERFECT for storing multiple items and keeping them separated so the dont freeze into one lump in the bag. IE., chicken pcs or 2 steaks in one bag, this allows u to freeze together but get them out individually. Another method is to set the bag on a counter. almost close it and suck the air out with your mouth (DO NOT exhale into the bag first). And before you go flaming me. this is perfectly sanitary as long a your mouth is dry and the only people eating is your family (you do kiss them occasionally yes?). And if you live alone then there is no worries at all.
Great tip and no time wasted. Cheers. I've always just squashed the bag a bit and sucked the rest out myself. (Not with raw meat of course.) Once l started living with other humans I thought it was a bit unhygienic so l stopped. It's great to have a cost free hygienic alternative method.
Physics hacks like this always blow my mind. As soon as you said "water displacement" I was thinking "of course!" And then I realized my instant pot is not one with a sous vide setting. So I guess I'm still waiting till I can afford an actual sous vide cooker.
ruclips.net/video/Ub8OaUtiNB8/видео.html Serious Eats did another video on how to do Sous Vide without having the setup. Basically just use a cheap beer cooler after heating the water to the desired temperature. Not quite as painless as the vacuum sealing but does the trick in a pinch.
Sous vide is the cooking technique, the device is called a immersion circulator. Get a temp probe to get the water to the correct temp and stir the water gently every here and there.
do you think those fancy vacuum sealers give a "Air-Free" result as well? Shirley, they give a better result, but "Air-Free"? Sorry for calling you Shirley.
@@thedude4795 Yes the vacuum machines do a better job. Much better then you could do otherwise or by hand. This video gives you an alternative which is good but when you start up adding the price of the bags used here over the long run it's going to cost more. The size bag used in the demonstration could have been much smaller and that is gradable by a simple cut to size and in quantity the cut to size rolls are much cheaper and will pay for the unit in a short amount of time. I did the math. Yes of course you can call me Shirley anytime. ;) ..
i just watched a video where a lady said that meat would be good for a few months, which seems short to me. but more importantly, she said that if you pat the meat dry then you won't get freezer burn.
You could also use a straw inserted in the bag and close the zip right up to the straw. Submerse bag Into the water, air escapes through the straw allowing air to escape - then remove the straw as you complete the zip-seal, simple!
Never seen someone get to the point so damn fast thanks!
This was before people started making 10 minute videos of bs so they can put ads on it
Awesome and Quick Presentation !!!
Thank You for Sharing With Us ★★★★★
You’re telling me you don’t want a 10 minute video that starts with a whole personally back story and history of this method? Lol
@@PazHimself Looool
Exactly!
Great instructional videos- minimal fluff, straight to the point, ideal for many of us who have the attention span of a cat
*throws lint ball*
hiss
my cat disagrees
What about those with the attention span of a Gnat?
What were we talking about ?
This is the best video on the Internet! STRAIGHT to the point. Thank you 😊
Great demo without a lot of unnecessary chit chat! Thanks!!! You just saved me $99 on a vacuum sealer!
It will still not beat a vacuum sealer , but it's the best way to get the air out of the bag manually. A vacuum sealer not only pulls the air out of the bag but it also pull the air out of the product or itself , most notably with meat . You can use it to marinate a meat significantly faster for example . It's a good investment, trust me . Don't blow 100 on expensive vacuum sealers , there are very good ones for 30 $ to 50 range .
Brilliant video. Straight to the point, no unnecessary preamble. Thank you!
Yeah, these are rare on RUclips.
you needed a video for this. This is common sense. I been doing it since my vacuum sealer broke.
The fact that it’s this quick and simple… now I’m gonna go through all your videos. Instant subscribe
Been doing this for years and glad to see someone put it on video for others. I put a coffee stick in the corner and squeeze around the food to get out as much air as possible.
thanks for the tip!
If I'd have known I get 2.1 million views I 'd have already put the video up long ago.
Good tip 👍🏽
wtf is a coffee stick cmon broseph
@@wsgup LOL you know, those little coffee stirrers that look like miniature straws?
Not sure of your age, but nearly everyone over the age of 30 has a horror story where they tried slurping hot cocoa through one of those! 🤦♂😂
I have contemplated buying a food saver for over a decade but the bags are so expensive (50-72cents/bag) and I've seen a lot of complaints about bags failing. I considered a more expensive chamber vac and the bags are much less expensive (7.5cents) but a few years ago they were $550 and are now $1100. Ziploc gallon freezer bags are 12 cents and this technique is fantastic. In the past few days I cut up 2 large hams and packaged them into 6 freezer bags getting a perfect airless seal every time using this method. Additionally I also froze several packages of English muffins and it's amazing how the bag is sucked in around them, it's indistinguishable from a vacuum sealed bag. I'm so glad that I never made the mistake of buying a food saver or a chamber vac when this works so well and unlike those other options is completely silent and requires no equipment that takes up valuable kitchen real estate. I'm sure the vacuum sealers may do a slightly better job and you should have realistic expectations but this works great, well worth the maybe 1% difference. On a related note, we ONLY buy Ziplock gallon freezer bags as the quart sized are only 2.5cents/bag less as are the gallon STORAGE bags so not really worth buying anything but the gallon freezer bags. Generic gallon freezer bags are only 7cents/bag but honestly for the 100 bags or so we use in a year it's a matter of saving only $5/year and I prefer the Ziploc quality and features but you may feel differently. Thank you for showing this incredible technique so well.
How long can you store foods in the freezer before they get freezer burned? Thanks
@@Mandy_39 We do our best to rotate through everything in 6 months but even after a year it's still good. I just bought another 15lbs of ground beef and rotated the older to be on top of the new and in the next few weeks I'm going to make the Butterball turkey from around thanksgiving then the pork shoulder we bought on sale about 3 months ago. This will free up room for us to buy a dozen whole chickens when they go on sale for 99 cents/lb which is a 6 month supply for us.
@@Emivioricomex They're pretty much available everywhere and they should be near the quart size. Make sure you get the freezer ones which I use for everything as they're thicker and do a much better job in the freezer. Cheers!
@@tomj528 thank you!
First time seeing any of your videos. I was totally impressed with this. Love the way you get right to the point. Only way a video should be. Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing more of your videos 😊
I've been doing this for years. Works awesome for fish. Once a seal bit my hand and stole my salmon filet when I was leaning over the dock vacuum packing. Safer to use a 5 gallon pale if there are predators that way you can avoid stitches. :)
Ew what if you get the fish wet?
Can you do it with fragile items like cookies?
Oh dear. Hopefully the great story you get to tell has well compensated you for the stitches and the loss of the fish.
@@nikiTricoteuse One thing is for sure, they were the most painful stitches I ever had. Lots of nerves in the hand and fingers. Cheers. :)
@@allancrow134 Yeah that makes sense. I worked in a special needs school and got bitten on the hand. "Luckily" human teeth aren't very sharp so only needed a couple of stitches as it was mostly a crush injury. The hepatitis vaccinations afterwards weren't very nice though. AND to add insult to injury (literally) the report Into my injury got their facts backwards and sent me a couple of menacing letters about a disciplinary review into my behaviour towards a student. 😳
That was about the time l decided that getting spat on, kicked, hit, bitten and scratched daily for minimum wage was not actually worth it.
Perfect timing. My FoodSaver had a habit of continuing to block up with food juice, subsequently causing the machine to take FOREVER to suck the air out of the following bag; I just put it in the donation bin. Brilliant. Cheers, Kenji!
wow! I love this video! No time-wasting fluff and you just saved me 100.00 while avoiding having to buy a Seal-A-Meal. I'm going to subscribe.
everything was just so concise and to the point I couldn't help but like and subscribe
Good teacher, straight to the point. Thanks for the easiness & clear clarification. I appreciate. We are looking for people like you.
Once again Kenji is to the point and easy to understand. Perfect.
KENJI: I have a quote that applies to You, Sir. "BRILLIANCE is the Art of Simplifying the Complex". It is a quote of my own from a Book that I wrote in 2016 called "Deception Squared". The quote perfectly aligns with your "Brilliant" demonstration of simply utilizing natural water pressure to vacuum seal food. It is Quiet, it is Cheap, It requires No electricity, It is quick, and it requires No special equipment. Plus it is EFFECTIVE. The very definition of my quote. I am soooooo Happy that I found your Video. Thank You! Greetings from Ontario, Canada.
Thank you for not making this a 10 min and 1 second video.
Chef for several years and this is completely new to me
That was amazing so glad someone took the time to film and share. Thanks
You the Man Stan, I was about to buy an expensive vacuum sealer but, you came along and saved me MONEY !, Money ! !, MONEY ! ! !
Well this just saved me $80. Thank you!
this video is so helpful, I will use to make my halal beef jerky. thank you so much!!!!!
This was awesome thank you so much at a time like this, this is very economical and friendly be blessed!
Excellent video! I would have never have thought of doing it this way. I'd been wanting to buy a vacuum for the last many years, but I didn't want to fork over the money to get buy one. You just saved me a LOT of money by not having to buy a vacuum saver and all the plastic bags I'd need to go with it. I give your video a THUMBS up!
Truly wonderful! Thank you for this kindness tha does not require us to use a straw.
Quick pro tip, substitute the water for mercury for an even tighter seal!
pro'er tip replace mercury with molten lead
Nah man, the lead acetate goes in the inside for that sweet flavor. The mercury is just for the god like powers you get from inhalation.
Look, I'm sure in 1985, mercury is available in every corner store, but in 2016, it's a little hard to come by.
thanks! will consider
+acarmyofone Great Scott!
Thanks man... nice precise and concise... without any mumbo jumbo.... Great!!
Omgoshhhhhhhhh ...U ARE A GENIUS!! THANKS A 1000,000! you saved me a buy not only of the vacuum sealer but the expensive bags!!! Big Thank you
Perfect and straight to the point. Fantastic tutorial
Only used about 6 times so far but food turning out great. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxK2YRU9uBOXzuIEV660Qo3sX7dJDJLg72 Nice tender roasts. You do want to get a lid to go over your stock pot to keep water from evaporating. I've used it for 6-48 hours with lots of luck. A lot is trial and error to figure out since thickness and cut help determine the best time. 135 always gives a perfect med (pink all the way through). I cooked frozen solid 3 1/2" roast for 48 hours ... it was so tender its almost falling apart. Nice to put it in and just forget about it, with silicone lid I didn't have to add water at all during 48 hours.
That is just amazing!!! And people are wasting money on expensive machines. God bless you for sharing this with us! 🕊️✝️🕊️
Oh wow! Nice to know and direct to the point!
Hello!! So obvious and yet my brain never suggested to me I should do this! Glad your brain did!! Thank you! And thanks for no dilly dallying...yer video is short, concise and doesn't throw a 2 minute intro at us. We all know about subscribing and we all know about the like button, thanks for not hitting us over the head with it.
This man is an absolute legend when I heard his name I knew who he was. Thank you for all your cooking tips.
Thanks for sharing The valuable information! You have solved my problem ✌️
Thank you for making this no-nonsense video.
You literally saved me thousands of dollars THANKS
Short and to the point. AWESOME! THANK YOU!
Thanks for sharing The valuable information..✌️
Not bad if you are vacuuming sealing in bulk. I personally prefer to use a straw to suck the air out of a similar sized opening. Then zip it closed while removing the straw from the bag using my mouth.
I mean, best you tube help I've ever got so fast
Thank you! I was just looking at vacuum sealers and remembered seeing this once. ❤
Awesome! Could you use this technique also for airtight sealing flour and alike?
Great idea. I was looking for a cheap solution to store my 3d printer filament in an airtight bag. This should work for that as well. Thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing. Great idea
Wow!! thank you so much for sharing. Anymore food tricks up your sleeve to share? I anticipate.
Wow!... that was "wit da quickness"...as we use to say... Bravo!
I almost always double bag, especially for longer cooks, as I've observed that water passes through my Ziploc freezer bags. Its cheap insurance against ruined food, and the outside bag is clean. If my bags were better made so as to prevent transfer through the bags I wouldn't have to clean the immersion circulator (Anova) and stockpot after each cook. But even through two Ziploc freezer bags hung over the side and clipped my water ends up flavored, and there's a little water between the bags, but there isn't noticeable penetration into the inner bag with the food.
Hey you are so awesome for sharing these food hacks. Thanks.
pro tip. use salt water for more dense water.
What does that do?
This advice saved me alot of money!!
Thank You very very much :)
Amazing! Thanks for getting too the issue promptly.❤
So practical and easy! Thank you!
Perfect perfect perfect just the sort of thing I was looking for, thank you!
Wow!!! Great idea! I never thought of this!!! Thanks!
i found that if you
1) slide the bag almost closed.
2) hug the bag flat to your chest.
3) use your hands to force all the air out against your chest (use fingers around edges .. basically grabbing the food)
4) use other hand to close the bag
The results is that virtually ALL the air is removed. it 'almost' looks vacuum sealed. This is not for months of storage in a freezer (for that you want ALL the air removed) but it works for 90% of your storage, Marinating. leftover in the refrigerator needs. I find that it is PERFECT for storing multiple items and keeping them separated so the dont freeze into one lump in the bag. IE., chicken pcs or 2 steaks in one bag, this allows u to freeze together but get them out individually.
Another method is to set the bag on a counter. almost close it and suck the air out with your mouth (DO NOT exhale into the bag first). And before you go flaming me. this is perfectly sanitary as long a your mouth is dry and the only people eating is your family (you do kiss them occasionally yes?). And if you live alone then there is no worries at all.
Great tip and no time wasted. Cheers. I've always just squashed the bag a bit and sucked the rest out myself. (Not with raw meat of course.) Once l started living with other humans I thought it was a bit unhygienic so l stopped. It's great to have a cost free hygienic alternative method.
Wow, thanks a lot! I am less dependent on buying millions of products for the kitchen now! :)
Great tip and no time wasted. Cheers!
Thanks for not making this an 8+ minute video! ❤
Direct to the point. I appreciate it!
Good vid !fast to the point ! and 100%work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼thanks
This video is superb👌👌👌
One of the great discovery tick👍
Great video tutorial.
Great tip! Going to have to make sure my sink is empty before I go Grocery shopping and use it instead of a container
nice prof pic had me scratching my screen ha
tried this today works like a charm pro tip
Straight to the point
Wow brilliant idea .
Thank you. Just got a lot of bud and wanted to keep it fresh
Very nice method sir
Physics hacks like this always blow my mind. As soon as you said "water displacement" I was thinking "of course!"
And then I realized my instant pot is not one with a sous vide setting. So I guess I'm still waiting till I can afford an actual sous vide cooker.
ruclips.net/video/Ub8OaUtiNB8/видео.html
Serious Eats did another video on how to do Sous Vide without having the setup. Basically just use a cheap beer cooler after heating the water to the desired temperature. Not quite as painless as the vacuum sealing but does the trick in a pinch.
Sous vide is the cooking technique, the device is called a immersion circulator. Get a temp probe to get the water to the correct temp and stir the water gently every here and there.
Very easy & quick.. Tq
best how to video on youtube.
I love it...straight to the point
Super de bonne idée je vais essayer dès aujourd'hui. Merci pour le bon conseil.
Brilliant, I have to try this.
Brilliant and short! Thank for not wasting our time😂
absolutely brilliant.
Great idea! The only problem is those ziplock bags are not air tight.
Thanks dude, never thought a simple buoyant force law could be applied here.
Wow that's so simple 👍
Brilliant! Thanks!😍❤
Very usefull!
Good vid ! No long life story ! thank you
Great presentation do more easy, simple and straight to the pointy. Thanks.
Does it work using a toilet?
Yes
I can confirm this.
Yes, at your own risk. How does airtight piss/chlorine/feces particles sound like?
donbasuradenuevo
sounds like McD's
+mad thumbs nice
Awesome thanks for posting..
Tried it and it really works !
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Love this. So simple
Well not Air-Free but close enough to do the job that was intended.
do you think those fancy vacuum sealers give a "Air-Free" result as well?
Shirley, they give a better result, but "Air-Free"?
Sorry for calling you Shirley.
@@thedude4795 Yes the vacuum machines do a better job. Much better then you could do otherwise or by hand. This video gives you an alternative which is good but when you start up adding the price of the bags used here over the long run it's going to cost more. The size bag used in the demonstration could have been much smaller and that is gradable by a simple cut to size and in quantity the cut to size rolls are much cheaper and will pay for the unit in a short amount of time. I did the math. Yes of course you can call me Shirley anytime. ;) ..
@@curiosity2314 😙
@@curiosity2314 youre right, i use this myself since, its just fine... Shirley
@@thedude4795 Cool Shirley... ;)
So clever, love it
CHEERS from AUSTRALIA
About how long do you think this will keep beef or any protein in freezer for? Liked and subbed
i just watched a video where a lady said that meat would be good for a few months, which seems short to me. but more importantly, she said that if you pat the meat dry then you won't get freezer burn.
Genius! Thank you very much!!!
Brilliant! Thanks a lot!
This is amazing video. no time waste
You could also use a straw inserted in the bag and close the zip right up to the straw. Submerse bag Into the water, air escapes through the straw allowing air to escape - then remove the straw as you complete the zip-seal, simple!
best tutorial on the internet
OMG! This is sooooo useful!!! Thank you👍
I love your Boston!!