How to Save Money on Steak | Eat Cheaper on Carnivore! Food Saver for Freezing Steak


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How to Save Money on Steak | Eat Cheaper on Carnivore! Food Saver for Freezing Steak Cutting a whole Beef Tenderloin: …

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  1. San Autin
    San Autin says:

    My price point for buying steak (ribeye, t-bone, new york strip) is 5.99 U.S. per pound. I have two deep freezers and they are always stocked.
    My method of freezing is simple, I wrap each steak in plastic wrap and label them with type of steak and date purchased. I then place the individually wrapped steaks into large freezer bags, as many as can fit into each bag.
    Each Monday I write out my menu for the week and move all the meat I need from the deep freezer to my refrigerator freezer. I'm careful to always pull according to date.

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  2. Lisa Hodge
    Lisa Hodge says:

    Read the directions for your food saver. The top of the bag goes into the green slot. It should seal on it's own after vacuuming. The seal button is used to just seal without vacuuming.

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  3. Janice Thoreson
    Janice Thoreson says:

    I think we have the same model of Food Saver. The sous vide setting makes a thicker heat seal, so that the bag holds up better to the sous vide cooking time while the bag is in the water. I thought that I read the wet setting was for items that have liquid like freezing bags of chili or stew or meat with a marinaide. It draws the air out slower to not draw out the liquid. The dry was for anything that did not have liquid in the bag, like your steaks and other meats and dry items. And the machine is very finicky (at least mine is) on just where you place the top of the bag into the machine. I only got a good seal when the top of the bag was in just the right place and the top edge was laying perfectly flat in the machine. Took me a few trials & errors to get it right. 😊

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  4. John Eubank
    John Eubank says:

    It's a sub primal. And that ribeye sub you got may be a cut down sub primal.

    You're doing fine! Those look like good steaks. Butchers "waste" a lot (they don't really) – but they do ultra trim down steak to make it look pretty. They square it off. They cut off fat and gristly parts we might eat – for normal customers (which is sad).

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  5. luvacub
    luvacub says:

    It helps tremendously to lay your filled bag onto your thick cutting board or a folded towel pushed up to the edge of your sealer. It’s easier to spread out the wrinkles and get a secure and smooth seal without the downward drag to the countertop.

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  6. Gloria Prater
    Gloria Prater says:

    I do the same and usually buy the same size. My last purchase was 12.50 lbs of NY strip and It cost me 6.99 per pound. Had a great fat cap. Your doing great. I almost lost a finger so be very care slicing.

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  7. Reva Gratton
    Reva Gratton says:

    We buy loins all the time from costco. As for the food saver, they can be finicky. If it doesn't seal on its own, or takes too long. There is a sound I listen to that I know it has taken all the air out and ready to seal. Sometimes it isn't placed quite right in the machine and it isn't sensing all the air is removed. If you just stop the process, and realign it, most times it will work properly the second time.

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  8. Dizzie Chef
    Dizzie Chef says:

    I have a problem on carnivore. Did you go through this. For three days I’ve lost my appetite. I need to eat meat and fat and I can’t eat. No appetite . Is this normal on carnivore.

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  9. Sandra McDonnell
    Sandra McDonnell says:

    I bough my vac sealer to seal coins for post, but have found at some stage I got melted plastic on the heat strip, which made me discard it to my appliance graveyard, has anyone else had this problem I wonder? ❤

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