I am making pit beef for my hunting buddies in a couple of weeks. I wet age my brisket for around 30 days. Can I wet age eye of round (in the cryovac) the same way? My local grocery store has eye of round with a sell by date of 11/8. I'm thinking it's been aging a bit already so I was thinking of buying it and smoking it in 2 weeks. Any thoughts on safety and/or if this will be effective? Thank you!
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Never tried it with EOR but I don't see why not. As long as it's the thick factory cryovac. I do the same with strip loins and rib loins as I do briskets, works great. I typically go 60 days myself.
Never done this.
just so I understand, wet aging simply involves buying cryovaced meat at the store, and then leaving it in the fridge for a few months before cooking it.
that about right?
What's the benefit?
That is basically it. I’ve been wet aging briskets and rib loins for years. The benefits are derived from enzymes making the meat tender. I can buy a select brisket when they are on sale and end up with very nice tender brisket 60 to 80 days later. The only thing you need to watch for is a leak in the cryovac . Any leak at all will cause the meat to spoil.
Right, and you have to realize, you're depending on the sanitary practices of the meat packer. So... while I have had very good luck wet aging Costco briskets in their cryo, some other meat packing places might not be the same. In general, I think the 'buy by' date on Costco is generally believed to be about 2 weeks from the date it was packed. So I pick that and start counting. DON'T TRY THIS WITH PORK PRODUCTS! Don't ask me how I know... lol.
Oh, and you want to keep it COLD. Not frozen, but I put it on the bottom shelf of my refrigerator, generally stays about 36ºF or so, I think. If your place of storage is more around 40ºF, this could drastically affect your longevity.
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