[pct-l] Vacuum Sealing Issues

[Diarmaid Harmon]

I discovered that the most failures I got was from debris (food particles) left in the sealing area. Rice usually won't puncture standard sealing bag material. I also noticed on my foodsaver brand unit it likes to cool down between operations or it won't seal the bag properly if I try to do a high production run. 

Irish. 

Mistyped and autocorrected by my iPhone

> On Nov 20, 2013, at 5:26 AM, Alan Miller <alan.miller401 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So, we are getting pretty good at making and dehydrating meals now.  I
> figure now is the time to try vacuum sealing, so I borrowed my parents
> vacuum sealer and tried it out on some stir-fry we had made.  Well, of the
> eight bags I sealed, 5 of them lost their seals.  I figure it is probably
> because the rice is poking holes in the bags.  Has anybody else experienced
> this?  Any tricks I should know about or are there any heavier duty bags
> out there?  Thanks, Alan
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