Cryovac/shrink wrap/vacuum seal

[BFletcher]

When I purchase--say--ribs or a brisket at a grocery chain and it is packaged in what I've been assuming is cryovac and/or shrink wrap has the oxygen also been removed like what is achieved when I use my vacuum sealer? I always assumed it was, yet now I'm suddenly questioning my understanding about such packaging. Thx.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Sometimes it's just shrink-wrapped but if it's cryovacced it's the same as your vacuum sealer.

 

[BFletcher]

How do you distinguish the difference between shrink wrap vs. cryovac?

 

[timothy]

The thickness of the wrap. Cryovac is thick like a vac bag but with a clean seam. Shrink wrap is thin like you can poke your finger thru.
https://uspackagingandwrapping.com/blog/vacuum-packaging-vs-shrink-wrapping.html

Tim

 

[BFletcher]

Shrink wrap is thin like you can poke your finger thru.

Oh, okay; I was beginning to believe there was a different shrink wrap by something I read earlier. Thanks.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Shrink is more like they do with cut pieces on trays, they wrap and heat seal the bottom.
Crying is what happens at packing houses. As my namesake said above “much thicker”.
I can get butts “factory sealed” at my Meijer’s store almost any day of the week, ribs usually sealed the same way.
Pork steak, cut from butts, always “shrink wrapped” either two or four to a package.
The double packs of butts from Costco are cryo packed.

 

[BFletcher]

Now I feel ridiculous for having posted this, lol. I misread a statement regarding shrink wrap thinking it could resemble Cryovac packaging.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Hey, it’s Saturday night, don’t worry about it!
I’m having a cocktail, you should too!

 

[Rich Dahl]

Hey, it’s Saturday night, don’t worry about it!
I’m having a cocktail, you should too!

Don't mind if I do. It's raining cats and dogs. I know cuz I just stepped in a poodle. I think I'll have another.. drink that is.

 

[Robert McGee]

Thanks, Rich! I needed that!!!

Keep on smokin',
Dale53