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Topic: food saver

Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: food saver
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 2:32am

i gotta get a new one, the last one...well i guess i musta wore it out! spent almost 45 mins today trying to seal sweet corn for the freezer. it would suck it down good, but won't put a good seal on the bag. PfffffT! it sure has worked fine up til now.

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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 5:50am

Might try different bags?
I bought a cheap roll and they didn’t work well.
Heating element may have went bad.
Last year we tried leaving the corn on the cob. Worked well.

Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 11:40am

Try replacing the black oblong foam rubber seals, there are two of them. My food saver would'nt pull a vacuum either, the new seals fixed that. You can get new seals from Amazon they were not that expensive.

Dave

Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 11:43am

Oops, should have read the posting and paid attention to what you were saying that did not work.

Dave

Posted By: fixer1958
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 8:03pm

Been using one for a long time. Foodsaver brand mostly. It can be aggravating as hell sometimes. Moisture can be a problem on the sealing edge as in none there. Sweet corn has a lot. I just did some and had to put it the freezer bagged ready to seal for a couple of hours. Fine after that. If you question the seal do it again. Insurance.

Foodsaver bags are heavy duty. Makes for a problem sealing sometimes. They have others out there that work good too and not as pricey. I won't buy foodsaver bags because of the price and try to hit a happy medium on what I get and they work fine.

I did some corn that was dated years a few months ago and it was as good as what I just put in the freezer.

Boney meat will puncture a bag on vacuum. That's when I use the HD bags.

Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 10:01pm

What fixer says about partially freezing before trying to seal. My bride was trying to seal some butter beans and the bags wouldn't seal. I told her to put the beans in a pan in the freezer for about 15 minutes, then bag and seal them. Worked good. Now she thinks I am smart. Ground venison seals better when it is chilled and then bagged also.

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