[1MOREMOD]

Relative humidity or right hand

[kwality]

i age my meat slightly differently. you will still use a fridge but i put it in a umai dry aged bag, which allows oxygen and moisture to evaporate from the bag.

http://www.drybagsteak.com/shop-dryb...k-in-house.php

it has an expensive start up cost if you do not have a vacuum sealer. The bags are not cheap either. i do it to help contain juices as I do not have another fridge.

here are some pictures of a choice rib eye 30 day. this was my first attempt and took weekly photos.

https://goo.gl/photos/F7G7VKjLHNAYAX546

i get my meat from costco. good bargain with access to prime grade beef.

since then I have aged the following.

30 day ribeye prime
30 day strip choice
79 day strip prime

currently aging 60 day ribeye prime.

[TopQuark]

I dry aged my meat before using Umai plastic bags. It doesn't work as well as natural aging using refrigerator and fan so I stop.

If anyone here knows of a reasonably priced small refrigerator with humidity control just for dry aging meat, please let me know.

[silvergray545]

This might be a dumb question but how does it not go bad after sitting all that long?

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by AIRPOWER

My "meat" has been aged 52 years............

Originally Posted by UglyBuzzard

I guess I do. Wife says my meat has aged.

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Mines pretty old.

Not only is your meat aged, it's dry, very dry.

[Axius]

Does this make meat taste a lot different? I don't think I've ever had aged meat.

[kwality]

Originally Posted by Axius

Does this make meat taste a lot different? I don't think I've ever had aged meat.

imo, the flavors are more concentrated and can become nuttier/cheesier.

have you been to vegas? chances are if you had steak from a restaurant you had aged steak.

[Axius]

Originally Posted by kwality

imo, the flavors are more concentrated and can become nuttier/cheesier.

have you been to vegas? chances are if you had steak from a restaurant you had aged steak.

Yeah went to Vegas a few years ago. Hmmmm..., well, I didn't really notice anything out of the ordinary, will have to find a place out here and try again but pay more attention.

[AIRPOWER]

Originally Posted by kwality

imo, the flavors are more concentrated and can become nuttier/cheesier.

Yea nuttier and cheesier that is what my wife says

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by daixloxbmw

Accounting for the 3 lbs I lost during the dry aging process, I estimate that I paid about ~$18/lb to dry age my own beef, which is easily at least half the price of buying it that way.

Enjoy!

I picked up a 30+ day brisket and I think it was $18.99/lb. Can't see ruining it on my own for that. . .

[tc328]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

I picked up a 30+ day brisket and I think it was $18.99/lb. Can't see ruining it on my own for that. . .

Brisket vs Ribeye (or whatever he had)

[Mstandard]

Originally Posted by tc328

Dumb question, whats RH? Humidity?

Exactly, Relative Humidity is calculated in %. The closer it is from 100, the more humid the air is.

[daixloxbmw]

Originally Posted by TopQuark

I dry aged my meat before using Umai plastic bags. It doesn't work as well as natural aging using refrigerator and fan so I stop.

If anyone here knows of a reasonably priced small refrigerator with humidity control just for dry aging meat, please let me know.

Far from cheap though...

https://www.steaklocker.com/

[jtodd_fl]

Originally Posted by daixloxbmw

Far from cheap though...

I knew a girl whose nickname was meat locker.... probably not the same concept though. She was not far from cheap.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by Mr Tonka

Not only is your meat aged, it's dry, very dry.

No I lube regularly

[dreamingat30fps]

I age my brisket in the smoker for like 10-16 hours and that's already an eternity for me.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by jtodd_fl

I knew a girl whose nickname was meat locker.... probably not the same concept though. She was not far from cheap.

Did you marry her?

[TopQuark]

Originally Posted by daixloxbmw

Far from cheap though...

https://www.steaklocker.com/

That's nice. It would have been perfect if they have something half the size of this. 2 pcs of ~16 lbs racks will be great to support a family of 4.

[Dekansnowman]

I was informed and laughed an equal amount of times in this thread.

"I knew a girl named Meatlocker"

"Mine is old"

Those two were my favorite.

[John 070]

Not beef but I had a country ham in the basement for 5 years. My coworkers convinced me that I'm not a settler so I didn't eat it (true story)

[ASAP]

Does anyone beat their meat?

[1MOREMOD]

Only when it's acting up