Bag sizes?
Asked by Felix on Tuesday, August 30
What determines the size of bag to use?
Why do I need to use several bags rather than a single large bag for several pieces of meat or fish?
I notice in the recipes that if you're doing say 4 steaks, they recommend 1 or 2 steaks per pack irrespective if you have a large bag that will accommodate all 4 steaks?
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Good question! The size of the bag is based on 2 things. How much food you are cooking and how large your water bath is. In general, you want to make sure your food is in a single layer in the bag, and that all the food is completely submerged in the water. So for most cases the above example works well, and if I tried using 4 steaks in a line (unless they're smaller steaks) I wouldn't be able to fit them comfortable into the water bath I use (though some people have larger water baths).
So the rule of thumb is have them in a single layer and make sure they fit comfortably into your water bath and you'll be all set.
Answered by Jason Logsdon on Tuesday, August 30
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