Umai bag question

Big N Hot · Jan 2, 2019

I've had some Umai bags for a year that a friend sent me. I have a new vacuum sealer from Christmas. I'm dying to dry age some beef. Question is, does it stink up a fridge at all? My woman would make me buy a garage fridge if it emits an odor. While that would be cool, I think about the utility bill during the summer.

JJJBBQ · Jan 2, 2019

Not terribly much. A little bit of an odor and that was in my dedicated beer fridge which never held anything but cans and bottles. But I guess it could also depend on how long you left it in to age. Never could wait more than 28 days. The primal cuts take up a heck of a lot of real estate though.

Home Farm BBQ · Jan 2, 2019

I didn’t think it was bad.

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AKMIMNAK · Jan 3, 2019

Eleven days in haven't noticed any smell at all.

sudsandswine · Jan 3, 2019

I would just tell your woman it makes a smell even though there is not much of one, that way you're greenlighted for a garage meat fridge :thumb:

EdF · Jan 3, 2019

I've done 35-40 days - no odor that I noticed.

cowgirl · Jan 3, 2019

I've noticed no odor with 30 to 60 day dry aging.
I place the slab on a rack with foil ball "feet" underneath, to let the air circulate around the meat.

http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2016/03/how-bout-45-day-dry-aged-ribeye.html

I like to cut into steaks before trimming the edges.

45 day dry age is my favorite.

sthamm · Jan 3, 2019

cowgirl said:
I've noticed no odor with 30 to 60 day dry aging.
I place the slab on a rack with foil ball "feet" underneath, to let the air circulate around the meat.

Good idea using foil to prop that rack up! What's the film covering the umai bag? Is that some sort of compression netting?

I'm 4 days in with my first umai subprimal. No odor.

cowgirl · Jan 3, 2019

sthamm said:
Good idea using foil to prop that rack up! What's the film covering the umai bag? Is that some sort of compression netting?

I'm 4 days in with my first umai subprimal. No odor.

Thanks! It works well.
My vacuum sealer is an inexpensive one. It doesn't always remove as much air as I'd like.
After sealing, I place the whole bag into a woman's stocking. It helps the bag adhere to the meat. I remove the stocking after the first week.

Leftwngr · Jan 3, 2019

Did a bone in ribeye for 39 days (Christmas arrived and I started late). No smell. If it smells, something went wrong.

Only concern is if using main fridge, that's a lot of opening and closing. I'd watch temp, personally.

I used hockey pucks to lift the grate.

Jason TQ · Jan 3, 2019

sudsandswine said:
I would just tell your woman it makes a smell even though there is not much of one, that way you're greenlighted for a garage meat fridge :thumb:

Exactly this!!

You don't have a garage fridge?? The extra electric is not much. I used to have 2 garage fridges and a freezer. Down to just one fridge and the freezer as I wasn't always needing the 3rd fridge. Sometimes around holiday's and event I sure do miss that 3rd fridge :becky:

EdF · Jan 3, 2019

cowgirl said:
Thanks! It works well.
My vacuum sealer is an inexpensive one. It doesn't always remove as much air as I'd like.
After sealing, I place the whole bag into a woman's stocking. It helps the bag adhere to the meat. I remove the stocking after the first week.

Smart move, but I think I've said that before!

EdF · Jan 3, 2019

Leftwngr said:
Did a bone in ribeye for 39 days (Christmas arrived and I started late). No smell. If it smells, something went wrong.

Only concern is if using main fridge, that's a lot of opening and closing. I'd watch temp, personally.

Umai encourages opening and closing the fridge for air flow.

Big N Hot · Jan 3, 2019

Looks like I'll heading to Costco soon for a big hunk of beef!

Pedro7 · Jan 8, 2019

Just ordered some of these bags to do a ribeye. Is there a certain temp i need to keep my fridge? Going to do a 45 day age.

Also, do you need to cut the "bark" off when done? Would resealing and freezing each steak lower the quality?

CentralOhioBBQ · Jan 8, 2019

Big N Hot said:
I've had some Umai bags for a year that a friend sent me. I have a new vacuum sealer from Christmas. I'm dying to dry age some beef. Question is, does it stink up a fridge at all? My woman would make me buy a garage fridge if it emits an odor. While that would be cool, I think about the utility bill during the summer.

C'mon man....I've got 5 refrigerators running in my garage as i type this. Man up.

EdF · Jan 8, 2019

Pedro7 said:
Just ordered some of these bags to do a ribeye. Is there a certain temp i need to keep my fridge? Going to do a 45 day age.

Also, do you need to cut the "bark" off when done? Would resealing and freezing each steak lower the quality?

34-38F, and open the door frequently for air flow. Otherwise, just don't touch the package once you sealed it.

Bark is a matter of taste. You may find some white mold on it at 45 days. Dip a paper towel in cider vinegar and wipe it off (it's harmless). I tend to just slice it into steaks and let the audience decide whether they want to cut it off at the table. But it's cool to cut some or most of it off, and save it for stock, or feed it to the dogs, who will love you forever.

EdF · Jan 8, 2019

Like this, or like Jeannie showed untrimmed. I find the "pellicle" tasty myself.

Pedro7 · Feb 13, 2019

Umai Dry Dry Aging Thread

Have to start a new thread as the last UmaiDry one is too old. I was thinking there may be enough interest in these things now that it may be worth a bigger thread anyway.

I'm doing an almost 18lb Costco Prime Ribeye in UmaiDry bags for the first time for 30 days. I have to say next time I will use a smaller piece of meat or cut it in half and use two bags. The bag was pretty maxed out for this one and my Foodsaver had a tough time getting a decent suck/seal on it. i did finally get it, however. I put a stocking over it for the first week to keep the bag pressed tighter on the meat. Since I took it off the bag has "loosened" a bit, but UmaiDry says 75% bag coverage is fine. So, fingers crossed I'm ok.

Got Prime mismarked at Choice price. Thanks, Costco!

This pic was at a week. I'll get a 2.5 week pic tonight as i started on 1/26.

mkf350 · Feb 13, 2019

Can't wait to see the results!

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