Mark wrote:
> Here's a machine I'd never heard of until a few minutes ago.
>
> http://www.exterior-accents.com/remafotu.html
>
> It's a food tumbler! Regularly $199, but these
> humanitarians are offering it for only $149!
>
> Allegedly, the combination of vacuum and tumbling
> allow meats to be marinated in a few minutes,
> rather than hours or days. Vacuum is believable,
> and some vacuum sealing machines offer a way
> to use the vacuum for marination. If the meat
> is submerged and you're pulling a vacuum, how
> does tumbling help? I suppose it may allow you
> to economize on marinade.
The tumbling is supposed to tenderize the meat. Here's a review from a
reader at
http://blog.khymos.org/2007/10/11/kitchen-gadgets/
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I've had the Reveo tumbler for a couple of years. I must say it works very
well. I use about 1/4 the marinade that I would normally and I get about a 2
day marinade in 20 minutes.
The only thing to watch out for with the device is the tumbling action. It
can break down meat a little much. In those cases I will tumble for 5 or 10
minutes and then just let the vacuum jar sit for another 20 minutes. This
method allows me to coat the meat well but not damage it in the process.
Just a note about time. I placed a nice rib-eye in the machine, turned in on
for 20 minutes, and welll that was way toooooooo long. It was like mush when
it popped out of the vacuum jar. So a better time for the rib-eye would have
been about 10 minutes. Just stuff to test as you use the machine.
If you have a FoodSaver a similar result can be hand by using their vacuum
jars that normal ship with the saver. Use 1/4 the marinade, vacuum with the
FoodSaver external hose, and self tumble to coast the meat. Then let sit for
20-30 minutes in the vacuum and tumble every now and again. I do think the
results out of the Reveo are better than the foodsaver it will give you a
good day marinade quickly.
If you have a chamber vacuum packer it will also produce good results in a
short time, and all in a nice little bag.
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Bob