A neat way to thaw meat

[cnelk]

Came across this method of thawing or defrosting meat without any electricity or water.

Place the meat on a skillet base and then place another skillet on top.

The cast iron transfers the cold away from the meat

This steak took just over an hour to thaw

 

[Kobuk]

Interesting, I’ll give it a shot. Thanks!

 

[onlybrowning]

I find any type of stone countertop seems to really do this as well.


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[BigLou]

fascinating...thanks for sharing

 

[Jpsmith1]

Just slapping it on an inverted iron skillet works very well, too.

Adding the additional iron seems like it would speed things up but I've never tried it.

A thing to watch for. This will cause your iron to sweat or condense water and, if not cared for and dried well, will cause it to rust

 

[Kobuk]

I tried it with an xl moose shank and it worked a lot faster. It wasn’t an hour but I believe the bone was the culprit. I think it kept the meat from getting full contact. Definitely faster than sitting in a plate on the counter. Thanks again!

 

[Deerhntr]

Thank you…. I’ll have to try it out.

 

[elkguide]

Don't you just love all of the knowledge that is shared on the rokslide!?!?
Thanks.

 

[ozyclint]

Aluminium works even faster

 

[COJoe]

We have quartz countertops and they work well for thawing frozen ground meat quickly.

 

[Boarmaster]

Thats pretty cool. If water is not a precious commodity then I thaw most things that are in a water tight package in a pitcher of room temp water. I live in SWFL so water isnt cold coming out of the tap. Water pulls the cold but still keeps the meat cool while thawing. About a half hour for steaks in a vac pack and about 40 minutes for a tube of ground meat. You can speed things up by exchanging the water after the first 15 to 20 minutes. I tried using warm and hot water once but didnt like the result.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I have a bunch of containers with inserts like below...we pull meat for the week on sunday...everyday goes in bin and it all goes in the fridge. When we pull for dinner it's thawed.

 

[Speaks]

Interesting, will try this for sure. I am always late to pull meat out.

 

[Jstumbaugh]

Copper works best. We have a copper sink and its amazing how fast anything thaws in that. Quite a bit faster than the quartz counter tops.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Nice, and makes sense. I thaw the dog's food every night in a similar vacuum sealed package and it goes pretty quick if I elevate it up on top of a dirty glass for more air flow around it. I'll try the cast iron tonight.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Interesting, will try this for sure. I am always late to pull meat out.

That's how I ended up with 3 kids.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

We have quartzite counter tops and they thaw my flattened bags of burger in no time. Especially if you keep flipping them and moving them. Steaks and chops too. But that's an interesting method.