Vacu Vin Vacuum Instant Marinater

 (84 customer reviews)

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!

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...Read more

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!