Handheld vacuum marinator device

A handheld vacuum marinator device comprising:

• a housing containing a vacuum device and a suction inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum device;
• a removable reservoir configured to couple to the housing over the suction inlet and including a gasket for sealing the housing to a bag or container;
• a suction function button on or embedded in the housing and configured to activate a suction procedure when depressed;
• and
• a marinade function button on or embedded in the housing and configured to activate a marinade procedure when depressed,
• wherein the suction procedure includes activating the vacuum device to pull a vacuum through the suction inlet and deactivating the vacuum device when a first vacuum level is detected, and
• wherein the marinade procedure includes initiating a plurality of cycles of activating the vacuum device to pull the vacuum through the suction inlet, deactivating the vacuum device when a second vacuum level is detected, holding the second vacuum level for a first preset amount of time, releasing the vacuum after the first preset amount of time, and waiting a second preset amount of time to reactivate the vacuum device for a start of a next one of the plurality of cycles.