Comments on: Kitchen gadgets http://blog.khymos.org/2007/10/11/kitchen-gadgets/ - dedicated to molecular gastronomy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:21:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swain http://blog.khymos.org/2007/10/11/kitchen-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-38346 Swain Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:18:10 +0000 http://blog.khymos.org/2007/10/11/kitchen-gadgets/#comment-38346 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. ====SWAIN:::--- 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.

====SWAIN:::—

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