# "Free flow" of water around food packets **URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/free-flow-of-water-around-food-packets/9000 **Category:** First Cook Essentials **Created:** [August 20, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/free-flow-of-water-around-food-packets/9000 "2017-08-20T23:57:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![sewlady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/sewlady/32/1625_2.png) [@sewlady](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/sewlady) #### Post date: [August 25, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/free-flow-of-water-around-food-packets/9000/6 "2017-08-25T21:11:17Z")
I’ve been using small coated baking racks - the 6"x8.5" ones that fit a toaster oven. When I only have a small amt to sous vide, I make a ‘tent’ out of 2 of them and secure them with silicone coated ties (I get them from Amazon and they’re called gear ties). These racks (which they said were ‘coated’, so I assumed Teflon type - duh\*) have worked really well. The small size lets me use them in a 12 qt Rubbermaid container and if I need to put in another rack to keep the food away from the sides, it’s easy to do. \*Now for the ‘duh’ part: Last week I noticed the cut ends of the rack wires have begun to rust, darn it all. So, I ordered a spray can of Performix Plasti Dip coating that I’m going to try on the racks to see if it keeps them from rusting – I sure HOPE it does because I really like this method of keeping bags upright and away from the sides of the container. The racks are pretty adjustable. Hmmm - I just thought of something… maybe I should get real LONG gear ties and just make my own holder?? 🙂 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/anova/original/2X/c/c8133b282599e13b71a5941e95b01abc28f17b95.jpg) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/free-flow-of-water-around-food-packets/9000)._