Greetings from southern california!

[Matthew Garcia]

I am new to this adventure and I simply annot wait. Got a new fridge in the kitchen and the older unit is now in my garage fully functional awaiting the beef!

Temp in the fridge is hovering around 35 degrees so that is good, but my question is the shelves. They are all glass so not grating. Could I put the sealed cut on top of a wire wrack that is used for a roast in the oven. Would that lift the bag high enough??

I look forward to speaking and learning from uou all!
:woohoo:

[Ron Pratt]

Matthew, Welcome aboard! You’ll find us to be a young forum, but with a growing rank of experienced agers!

Yes you should use a wire rack rather than laying the meat directly on a glass shelf. I would also suggest you elevate the wire rack by laying it on something – maybe using 4 of your beer cans whether full or empty!

Ron

[Scott Mark]

Yes, absolutely you do not want your bag resting on the glass shelf. That would defeat the purpose of the drybag.

I use simple cake-cooking racks, and oven roasting racks, whatever. I’m not scientific about it – I choose to believe that having a little air available will allow the necessary circulation just through natural dispersion.

[Matthew Garcia]

I will be using a roasting grill then. It is what I put a roast on when I put it in the pan and will easily elevate the bagged beef at least 1-2cm.

The choice that I cannot make now is do I start with a new york strip as my first try or a rib eye.

ARGH THE CHOICES!! :woohoo:

[Scott Mark]

Claydon wrote:

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I will be using a roasting grill then. It is what I put a roast on when I put it in the pan and will easily elevate the bagged beef at least 1-2cm.

The choice that I cannot make now is do I start with a new york strip as my first try or a rib eye.

ARGH THE CHOICES!! :woohoo:

You won’t go wrong either way, but I’d encourage you to start a Top Sirloin, as well, for comparison.

[Ron Pratt]

Claydon wrote:

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…will easily elevate the bagged beef at least 1-2cm.

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I’d highly recommend more space than that! I mean 2 CM is only about 3/4″. More airflow is better – just prop up that rack with something like I had suggested – your beer cans!

[Matthew Garcia]

I found some sweet (read cheap) metal rack type things at Target today.

Perfect for my needs. Posted a pic in my other thread.

[Joseph Moore]

heh, always great when one can find tools and use them for something entirely different than what they were meant for 🙂

[Matthew Garcia]

really…

given how perfect that beef is aging it was the perfect tool!

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