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Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => SOUS VIDE COOKING => Topic started by: Tailgating is my game on February 15, 2018, 03:53:53 PM
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Sorry for asking this but .......If i took three steaks could I place them in a bag stacked against the side 1,2,3 or must they have both sides open/exposed to a bag wall. same with burgers etc. How much food can you put in a bag & what happens (if allowed) to the cooking times? Thanks Richard
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When cooking steak sous vide, you should cook them flat - not stacked. You want all the surfaces exposed to the hot water.
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I have stacked two steaks together a few times, but only for very thin cuts that I planned on using for fajitas. I put a few japalenos and seasoning between them. They turned out great, but I would not do that for burgers, chicken , or any thicker cuts.
BP
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It would take an extraordinary time to get the middle steak to temperature. While the middle one finally gets to temperature, the outer steaks might suffer from too long a cook
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Interesting question. Something tells me that it wouldn't be the best way to go but I'm not sure exactly why.
You usually cook a 1-inch steak for about 1-3 hours, a 2-inch steak for 2-6 hours, and a rib roast for 5-10. It would seem that if you stack steaks and cook them like you would a comparably sized roast they should cook relatively evenly and turn out okay but I'm guessing that the result would be somewhere between the texture of a roast or steak cooked "properly" and steaks left in too long (mushy?).
I'm not curious enough to try it out myself but please let us know the results if you do.
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I always vacuum seal steaks, fish, etc... in individual bags and use my rack in container to keep the meats from touching each other, so that I guarantee the water gets to every edge of meat.
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Sorry for asking this but .......If i took three steaks could I place them in a bag stacked against the side 1,2,3 or must they have both sides open/exposed to a bag wall. same with burgers etc. How much food can you put in a bag & what happens (if allowed) to the cooking times? Thanks Richard
I would not stack them and then seal them
Individually bagged is best. FWIW...I have cooked 1.5 inch thick. NY strips for 9 hours @130F.....and would put them up against the finest steak tou will ever eat. But the critical thing here is to NOT use any "tenderizer" type of seasons....those would make a steak into baby food. :D
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Interesting question. Something tells me that it wouldn't be the best way to go but I'm not sure exactly why.
You usually cook a 1-inch steak for about 1-3 hours, a 2-inch steak for 2-6 hours, and a rib roast for 5-10. It would seem that if you stack steaks and cook them like you would a comparably sized roast they should cook relatively evenly and turn out okay but I'm guessing that the result would be somewhere between the texture of a roast or steak cooked "properly" and steaks left in too long (mushy?).
I'm not curious enough to try it out myself but please let us know the results if you do.
Thanks to you all but based on what i have read I guess it will be one in a bag
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Interesting question. Something tells me that it wouldn't be the best way to go but I'm not sure exactly why.
You usually cook a 1-inch steak for about 1-3 hours, a 2-inch steak for 2-6 hours, and a rib roast for 5-10. It would seem that if you stack steaks and cook them like you would a comparably sized roast they should cook relatively evenly and turn out okay but I'm guessing that the result would be somewhere between the texture of a roast or steak cooked "properly" and steaks left in too long (mushy?).
I'm not curious enough to try it out myself but please let us know the results if you do.
Thanks to you all but based on what i have read I guess it will be one in a bag
Uh....o.k.?... so why did you ask us for opinions/user experiences? ::) 8) ;D :D
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Interesting question. Something tells me that it wouldn't be the best way to go but I'm not sure exactly why.
You usually cook a 1-inch steak for about 1-3 hours, a 2-inch steak for 2-6 hours, and a rib roast for 5-10. It would seem that if you stack steaks and cook them like you would a comparably sized roast they should cook relatively evenly and turn out okay but I'm guessing that the result would be somewhere between the texture of a roast or steak cooked "properly" and steaks left in too long (mushy?).
I'm not curious enough to try it out myself but please let us know the results if you do.
Thanks to you all but based on what i have read I guess it will be one in a bag
Uh....o.k.?... so why did you ask us for opinions/user experiences? ::) 8) ;D :D
Because I wanted to try it if I got mostly
positive answers . I read this as mostly no
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Hmmm...well - maybe I misunderstood. Are you asking if it is a good idea to put several pieces in ONE bag?
****Nevermind....I was not reading your response correctly. Late Fridays can yield lower comprehension skills than usual...***
::) 8)
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Hmmm...well - maybe I misunderstood. Are you asking if it is a good idea to put several pieces in ONE bag?
****Nevermind....I was not reading your response correctly. Late Fridays can yield lower comprehension skills than usual...***
::) 8)
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Thats ok I just lost my Aunt after a 4.5 year battle to keep her alive so I am not sure what I wrote. If I could afford to gamble on the steaks I would take one for the team. Not at the moment. As after 4.5 years I need to find work again. Then I can gamble lol
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I hope that you can find some peace and comfort after rate loss of your aunt. I am just un-winding from a really hectic week. Tomorrow early a.m. - I am heading for Nashville for a couple of days. Maybe re-gather my wits..... ;D
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...Maybe re-gather my wits...
Good luck with that. I think they'e scattered over a much larger area than NC & TN.
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...Maybe re-gather my wits...
Good luck with that. I think they'e scattered over a much larger area than NC & TN.
Should the winds prevail in my favor, I shall crepitate reveille in your direction ;) ;D
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I hope that you can find some peace and comfort after rate loss of your aunt. I am just un-winding from a really hectic week. Tomorrow early a.m. - I am heading for Nashville for a couple of days. Maybe re-gather my wits..... ;D
Thanks tee we all need r&r