Tips for Sealing Liquids

I have received many questions about sealing liquid items in a vacuum sealer machine. I will make a video soon and post it to supplement my advice.

As far as liquids go...there is a removable tray in the Minipack Cyclone machines that captures excess liquids and then can easily be removed and cleaned out. The best way to seal completely liquid items is to freeze it in the bag first and then vacuum seal that way there is no chance for liquids to clog the machine. 

Or, you can try to seal the liquid-filled bag by hanging the bag down as far as possible (see photo above). This allows most of the air to be removed before the machine starts trying to suck up the liquid, at which point you manually turn the machine off.

I usually put juicy things in a ziploc/saran wrap and close all but a tiny bit of the zipper. Then I put the item in the sealing bag with the zipper opposite the end to be sealed. The machine pulls the air out of the inner bag and seals before the juices escape and get to the machine. This works best with juicy meats or berries that would release juice under pressure.