Defeated by a kitchen appliance

I picked a big bunch of green beans yesterday. Washed them off, chopped them up, and quenched in boiling water. So far so good. Then I tried to vacuum seal them. And it won’t work. I left 4 or 5 inches of bag beyond the pile of beans and it won’t work. I can seal an empty bag. I can even seal up carrots. But not the beans! This is driving me nuts, I’m ready to take the vacuum sealer (an expensive Cabela’s model) out in the back yard and beat it to death with a rock. What in the wide wide world of sports can be any different about green beans?

I need a beer.

SR

lmao

Put a carrot in with the beans!

-J.

Is it too wet? My vac sealer has a wet or dry setting on it.

The beans are “off-gassing” faster than the sealer can generate vacuum? I don’t think carrots produce as much gas.

I had a problem with mine . Mine has a foam seal – I pulled it off cleaned it and put it back in . Fixed all the vacuuming problem .

Huntindave wrote:

The beans are “off-gassing” faster than the sealer can generate vacuum? I don’t think carrots produce as much gas.

This is interesting – I’m guessing if it appears to seal and then 5 minutes later there’s air in there, then this is exactly what’s happening.

If it’s just not sealing right away, maybe it’s water from the washed/boiled beans fouling the seal? You could try putting a folded-up paper towel between the beans and the opening and see if that does the trick.

Wrap a paper towel up and put that in the bag a inch below the seal it will help with moisture and the gas effect

Thanks for the suggestions. It does pull a fairly hard vacuum, but it won’t seal the bag shut. I didn’t think moisture would be a problem as people seal up soup and stews with these things. But I guess it’s worth a try.

Scheels has a pretty fair return policy…Beat it with the rock, take some pictures, show the new sealer what happens when it messes with your green beans.

The last commercial unit i sold i got $4500.00 you might wanna hang on to yours.

Huntindave wrote:

The beans are “off-gassing” faster than the sealer can generate vacuum? I don’t think carrots produce as much gas.

ThunderLund78 wrote:

You could try putting a folded-up paper towel between the beans and the opening and see if that does the trick.

Or just toss a tablet in every bag;
beano® Tablets can be chewed or swallowed with water. Just take beano® as directed when you’re eating

bagging

meals with foods that can cause gas.

PC Load Letter !!! Exactly what I was gonna post !! Michael Bolton…

Partially freeze them?

Freeze them first and vacum seal them frozen.

reddog wrote:

Partially freeze them?

If it makes enough vacuum it will cause the water to evaporate fast at room temperature and that will be impossible to overcome