F4T6UY’s Big Fat Thread of Accountability

I need to work on my smoked chicken game, but these were just thrown in the oven for me (wife and kids went to dinner with in-laws tonight). Oven at 375ish for 40ish minutes. Internals temps ranged from 165-180. Good enough.

When I’m eating like this, I’m not real picky. I mean, I eat for pleasure normally, but when I’m in full-on keto mode I truly look at meals like fuel and it’s almost just something I do in the day like taking a shower.

But I’ll put that effort mentioned the next time I’m smoking chicken. Thanks

 

Vacuum sealer. The bags come in a big roll. I get the 11” wide roll and cut em to size (about 10”x5.5”). I have a cutting/sealing session when I open the box up. You can buy them precut in quart size I think, and for a lot cheaper on Amazon than the name brand. But I tend to stick to the name brands (ziploc, FoodSaver).

 

Most definitely. My 11yo boy was hanging around when I was sealing the chicken and usually likes to vacuum seal some random item. That’s a pair of socks. Hard to tell from the pick, but that’s a solid cotton head thumper that’ll leave a welt on your onion.

But yes, you can never remove all the air from a regular ziploc bag, and besides those bags are actually “breathable”. If I take meat on the road, I still trust the meat in the vacuum bags in my fridge a week in. Ziploc bags, not so much.

But I would vacuum seal fresh venison, freeze it, and still fresh about a year later. The smallest amount of air is the enemy.

But I just do this because it’s what I know, being a hunter and saving game for long stretches.

 

And just for fun, here’s my daughter’s snoopy doll we sealed a couple months ago…

 

Been there done that. Back in ‘19 when I lost that big weight, had to buy all new stuff.