Umai dry age bags

[Henrik]

Hi all,

I'm currently scouring ze Internet for where to buy Umai dry age bags. Does anyone have any recommendations? They ain't exactly cheap, so I thought I'd ask here to see where y'all get yours from.

[Troutman]

I always get them through Amazon, yup expensive $10/bag. I did notice over Christmas that they were out of stock, have not checked lately.

[barelfly]

I have found the umai site to be the cheapest. And I think the best buy is the sample kit, I think 6 varying sized bags.

Its been about a year since I last purchased, but that is what I found when I did.

hope that helps.

[EdF]

Pretty much the same here. I don't expect prices to vary much across sources.

[Henrik]

Thanks guys, impressively quick responses. The pit rules!

[lonnie mac]

I too just get mine straight from Umai. I get the large Ribeye and Striploin Dry Aging Bags, 3 bags in the pack for 22 bucks.

[Troutman]

Yea tax, title and license gets you up closer to $28 so you do save like $3 for the three bags. I guess Jeff Besos got to get his pound of flesh, like he needs it

[johnec00]

I believe that the product that is sold as umai dry aging bags in the US is known as Tublin dry aging bags in Europe. I read an article some time ago, so i may be recalling wrong, but I think the bags (both umai, tublin, and another name that I don't recall) are all manufactured in Denmark an sold under various names. May be that if you can find a source of tublin bags they may be more economical in your part of the world.

OK, did a search and this popped up: http://www.saksavorst.ee/en/?s=tublin&post_type=product

.ee is Estonia FWIW.

[Henrik]

Brilliant. Didn't know about the Tublin brand, many thanks!

[DeusDingo]

https://www.seriouseats.com/2013/03/the-food-lab-complete-guide-to-dry-aging-beef-at-home.html

[lonnie mac]

I love Kenji, but that article is quite old. And to think his foodsaver skills suck that bad! If he went through three whole Umai bags trying to seal that small roast, well... It just ain't that hard brother! Now on to my dedicated aging fridge I been meaning to finish!

[DeusDingo]

i think the thing to take away from the article is that they aren't necessary

[EdF]

But they might be cheaper than the alternatives, depending on how often you do it.

[aladdin4d]

La.va is another European brand I've come across

https://www.la-va.com/dry-aging-bags.htm

[EdF]

Somebody, somewhere, mentioned last week that they're from the same manufacturer as the Umai bags. A company in Sweden, if memory serves.