In addition to helping seal and store food in the pantry or deep freezing, home cooks are finding vacuum sealers handy assistants for sous vide cooking, pickling, marinating, and more. Read on for our reviews of the best vacuum sealers — from large chamber sealers to compact countertop sealers — with some tips to help you pick the right countertop appliance for your kitchen. Marination: While vacuum sealing meats in their marinades won’t necessarily marinate them any faster (due to the denser structure of these proteins versus, say, porous plants), chamber vacuum sealers, especially, allow for an even distribution of marinade and offer the ability to safely seal and store your proteins in their marinated state.