Buying guide: vacuum machines

Vacuum packaging is a method of preservation that allows to considerably extend the life of food by keeping them isolated from the air, which prevents both oxidation as the proliferation of microorganisms. It's a common technique in the commercial field, since much of the packaged food is subjected to a treatment of vacuum to increase its duration; but it is also beneficial in catering premises and homes.

The vacuum packaging applications

Professional

Fresh food packaging for direct sale. Shops like butchers, Delicatessens, cheese shops and even fishmongers to rely on vacuum to pack their fresh cut products while drying. This has two advantages:

The customer ensures receive always the freshest possible product. Even if does not consume it the same day, cut food will retain its freshness while do not remove them from the bag.
Professional can cut food in advance without fear that from drying out, allowing you to better manage time and a more relaxed workday.

Use of surplus on hotel premises. One of the great economic losses in bars and restaurants is due to excess of food, not be cooked the same day, must shoot before they spoil. Packaged them into the void, products significantly prolong its freshness and can be stored from one day to another without losing its quality. This method is especially useful for pieces of meat, but can also be used, if handled properly, with most perishable items like fish.

Improvement of the conditions of frozen food . When foods are stored in normal containers, it is frequent the freezer causing ice crystals that can affect the quality of the product. Packaged them vacuum prevents the formation of crystals, avoiding contact with the ice and greatly increases the time that frozen food can be maintained in good condition.

Avoid cross-contamination . Preserving food vacuum is isolated from any outside influence, which prevents any accidental contact with substandard food or allergen ingredients.

Domestic

Economic savings , especially in two aspects:

or Use of the surplus. Equal to that in the professional field, households can conserve products that abound, both raw and cooked, and thus avoided to throw them away.

or Taking advantage of the offers . It is possible to take advantage of much better offerings of stores and supermarkets buying discounted food and storing them into the void until they are needed. With a little planning, you can get significant savings.

Time-saving . In homes where the time is a problem, the vacuum packaging enables storing cooked food and keep them for a long time. In this way it is possible to devote a day to the kitchen, packed in several bags vacuum plate and always have some prepared dishes that only need to be heated.

Shipment of products over long distances . In the case of people living in remote places, as families who have one of their members living in another community, the vacuum packaging provides optimum protection for shipment by transport agencies.

Ease of access products for people with food intolerance. When a person with any type of intolerance has to start your journey, it is not always easy to find products adapted to your needs. A celiac person (for example) can save vacuum several adequate food, take them with him during the trip and resort to them if necessary. In addition, thanks to its isolation, vacuum-packed foods do not stain nor leave any kind of smell in my suitcase.

Several culinary uses

Vacuum machines are gaining more and more followers in its culinary instrument. Not only form a fundamental part of cooking at low temperature, but that the effect of the vacuum can be used in several ways during the preparation of the dishes, either allowing cooking various ingredients separately or already concentrating the flavors of spices during cooking.

Multitude of recipes that take advantage of the machines vacuum and adapted to all levels can be found on the internet: from easy dishes that use basic vacuum machines to very elaborate dishes that need more advanced models.

Vacuum machines: features and differences

In Webmenaje we have multiple models of machines vacuum of Lacor, adapted to all kinds of uses and needs. In this article, we shall confine ourselves to the three most popular.

VACUUM HOME 110W OF LACOR MACHINE

It is the basic model vacuum machine. Although your choices are limited and it is not very versatile, it is a small and economical model that covers the basic needs of a home and has a very easy to use.

Basic characteristics:

Only works with dry food. It's perfect for cheeses, meats or raw meats and cooked dishes to which removed them sauces and all kinds of external moisture.

Allows packaged sauces and liquids provided that they have been previously frozen and are completely solid.

It works with a single button and a single speed. Very easy handling.
Used with pouches and reels of Lacor. Also it can be used with specific vacuum containers using an adapter.
It has a button of stamping for the coils, and sealed bags automatically.

VACUUM MACHINE LUXE 120W OF LACOR

Most versatile found the machine Home, although still manageable, and economic machine Luxe. Compared to the previous model, the machine Luxe allows humid food packaging and has two-speed work for different types of food.

Basic characteristics:

It works with both dry goods and wet products. It allows packaging cooked food whose surface follow wet with water, oil or some rest of sauce that may have formed during the processing.

NOT allow to pack liquids or food dipped in sauces, just moist foods. Liquid may damage the machine.
It allows packaging sauces and liquids provided that they have been previously frozen and are completely solid.

Its handling is very simple. It has two speeds:

Soft speed (0.60 bar) is suitable for packaging the most sensitive, such as cakes or fish food.
Speed turbo (0.80 bar) accelerates with less fragile product packaging.

Used with pouches and reels of Lacor. Also it can be used with specific vacuum containers using an adapter.
It has a button of stamping for the coils, and sealed bags automatically.