Vacu Vin Vacuum Instant Marinater

by Vacu Vin

Product Features

• Perfect for fast marinating and storing meats and vegetables
• Operates manually; 40-ounce capacity
• Dishwasher-, freezer-, and microwave-safe
• Made in Holland
• 1-year warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 6.6 x 4.2 inches ; 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000053U7F
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,533 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #36 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Meat & Poultry Tools > Basters & Marinaters > Marinaters

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The Instant Marinater quickly marinates meats or vegetables, letting you off the hook when you want a flavorful meal but didn't plan ahead. To marinate meat, simply place it with the marinade inside the dish, close the lid tightly, insert the pump, and pull the air out. The vacuum causes the pores of the meat to open, allowing it to quickly absorb the marinade. The Instant Marinater is also great for storing foods, as the vacuum helps keep meat fresh and vegetables crisp. It is freezer-, microwave-, and dishwasher-safe. --Jane DePaolo

Product Description

You're having a few friends over for grilled steaks, you've got the salads made, the wine chilling and are just about to fire up the grill when suddenly you realize you never put the meat in to marinate. If you had the Vacu Vin Instant Marinater you'd be right on schedule, as opposed to hyperventilating. All it takes is five measly minutes for this incredible tool to open up the pores and fibers of the food, tenderizing and marinating simultaneously.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool kitchen gizmo, October 9, 2001

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Patricia (Nyack, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vacu Vin Vacuum Instant Marinater (Kitchen)

This falls into the category of non-essential but pretty cool kitchen stuff. My dinners are frequently some type of marinated fish or chicken, but I'm notoriously bad at planning ahead. Sometimes you don't know what you want your protein to taste like until you get home from work and kick your shoes off. So this really makes my life more flexible since I can marinate in a flash. Also, since I'm typically marinating for 1 or 2 servings, the container is really too big (you could probably fit 4-6 servings inside). Easy solution: I just put my 2 servings in a small bowl or tray inside this gizmo, and then pump it up as usual. Does the trick without using up any more marinade than necessary.

Can't wait to try the pump (along with the stoppers I bought separately) to keep wine fresher longer. A great idea!

53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 5 minutes? yeah, right..., October 2, 2003

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J. Hill (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vacu Vin Vacuum Instant Marinater (Kitchen)

A couple weeks ago, my boyfriend and I found ourselves in exactly the advertised situation for this product (albeit without the guests) -- hadn't planned ahead for dinner and didn't have more than 15 minutes to marinate. Perfect opportunity to give our new insta-marinater a shot. right? We even gave it 20-30 minutes for good measure, but we were still disappointed. The marinade didn't penetrate more than the very outer layer of the chicken (a bone-in breast), maybe the first 1/16".

My boyfriend cooks a lot and so do I. We're quite familiar with the taste and characteristics of well-marinated meat. We both agree that the 15 minute marinade thing seems like a lot of hype.

Some other reviewers have mentioned 2-3 hour time periods for marinating in this device, I would believe that this might be effective, but 2-3 hours is a long time for a product that claims to completely do away with having to plan ahead.

Another issue was with the size/shape of the container. Seems great for steaks or boneless breasts, but the bone-in breast, for example, took some creativity to get submerged in liquid. Seems like the container could have been a little deeper. Or if a deeper one is available, think about buying that one.

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And Let There Be Flavor !, September 3, 2002

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David Lindamood (Cadillac, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vacu Vin Vacuum Instant Marinater (Kitchen)

This Vacu Vin Instant Marinater works exactly like it is suppose to work. Creating a vacuum inside the container allows the marinade to penetrate the opened pores of the meat, even more so than if you let the marinade soak for days. A couple of hours is all you need to get a complete marinade effect on your meat.

Dishwasher safe is a real plus, easy cleanup of a usually oily product. And as a food storage system, it is even better than as a marinater. Keeping meats or veggies fresh and crisp in the fridge. I really need several of these to do everything that I would want to do. A real boon to my cooking.

Chicken, steaks, smaller roast and pork are all tenderized using this product in less than an hour, no more tough meat on the grill! Give it more than an hour, and it is really something else for the family to enjoy!