I've oven cooked before with Turkey bags. I'm interested in purchasing some sous vide bags for low temperature oven cooking, but it's hard to find information on the max safe temperature rating of bags. What I've learned so far: The "safest" bags are high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, and polypropyleneFrom wikipedia, the melting point of low density polyethylene is 239F+ as is the melting point of Polypropylene is 266F+ ... but I'm not sure if that's the same as the maximum safe cooking temperature What I"m looking for is a FoodSaver compatible food bag with sufficient information for me to determine the safe temperature range so I can with confidence use it for low temperature oven cooking. I know enough to know good quality bags are "probably safe at 200F" which is about the max I'd use them for but ... I am not a huge fan of "probably" when it comes to food safety. Now... I know that's not what they're intended for - and why not use nylon Oven Bags? They are great and I do use them but you can't get the same kind of seal you can get with a food saver bag and I'd love to preserve as much flavor and freshness as possible when cooking. Appreciate any info that could help me locate an appropriate sous vide bag! Or info on a technique for sealing nylon bags that is food safe.
