Dry Age Bags for Meat, Easily Create DIY Aging at Home, No Vacuum Sealer Required. Breathable Membrane Kit for Beef 4pcs. 10x20 in (25x50 cm) 2-12 lb 1-5 kg - Artisan Meat LAB

First time aging steak in this type of bag. Have completed the process previously using plastic bag. Bags arrived on time and were large enough to fit a 11 lb loin. It has been in the frig for 5 days now. It is turning a nice dark color. We will see.

For dry ageing meat. I've used it before with excellent results!

So far the meat that's in the bag right now, looks like it's aging well.

Aged prime ribeye in this. It barely fit a 5.5lb piece of meat. Other than size being a little too small it worked like a charm. I don't see why all meat isn't dry aged.

If you haven't ever done this before Go to your local grocery meat department and ask them to cut you 2" thick serloins just to learn one time. Once you cut off the crust the first time you'll get it then do a couple of porterhouses and your life will be changed. I am just a dude on the internet so you don't need to believe that I am a top-tier brisket smoker, but that is true. I would never have thought that I would find a way to easily outdo my 10 years of painstaking trial and error on brisket. Then I dry aged one.Quick Edit note: it is true that a vac sealer is not needed and you shouldn't buy one if you are just trying it out for the first time. But once you've been converted, it does help. I am not sponsored by anyone so you can go anywhere but umamidry . Com is where I got mine.

So I am not sure why but the bag didn’t seal all the way. I checked on my bone in prime rib 13 days after I started, and the bag opened right up.I used my Anova to try and suck the air out, it wouldn’t do it. Then I cut the bag and tried again. Another fail. The bag also wouldn’t re-seal.Put the prime rib in a standard Amazon bag, and it vacuumed and sealed with no problem.I’d also say the bag is not wide enough for a 3 bone prime rib. 6-6.5lbs is likely the limit

I bought these to save a few bucks because I think $11 a bag is kind of expensive. I don’t try to vacuum seal my steak because I don’t have a vacuum sealer. I put rubber bands around mine, and it holds the plastic tight to the steak with a little bit of air. This does not seem to be a problem. This dried out my steak faster than the big name brands. I think this must be a superior membrane. Also, if I wanted to reuse this bag, I could because it did not have to be torn apart to be removed from the steak. The Umai bags tend to flake and break apart, this one maintained its integrity. I actually over dried my steak a little bit, and next time I’ll probably wrap it in a non-permeable food wrap at about 20 days so that it doesn’t lose so much water but continues to gather flavor. I’ll definitely buy these again.

I'm very familiar with the water displacement, or archimedes method for vaccum sealing for sous vide. I like to take a little bit of time to make sure all air is pushed out and it generally gets very close to a vaccum seal.THE PROBLEM is that these bags will slowly take in water. I was confused why it looked like there was so much myoglobin in the bag after checking on it a few hours later. I drained it, resealed it, and the same thing happens when I check back a few minutes later.Whoever decided to add the water displacement method for these bags needs to be fired. In hindsight, OF COURSE water would seep into the bag — it's whole purpose is to be water permeable.