I do this all the time at the campground..put rice in my salt and spices shakers. Keeps the moisture from clumping things together. ALSO, I dropped my phone in some water,,oh gawd, but I dried it off and put it in a bag of rice overnight..phone is still working several years later. there is something to this. Just never tried on meat. just sayin. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.