Anyone ever cook Sous Vide???

[Hotsauce]

So I just bought the Anova Precision cooker.

 It is on sale, $50 off through May 7th on the link below ($130).  Apparently it is a an easy way to cook restaurant quality food.  This model  has a pretty cool Bluetooth app that controls the cooker.  My friend swears by it for steak, chicken, burgers, BBQ, etc.  I figure I will give it a try and post my reactions.  They also have a wifi model, that is $169.  

http://store.anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-cooker?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid+social&utm_campaign=Conversions+-+Desktop+Newsfeed+-+North+America

[Jase]

It's the only way I cook steak, but I do it the poverty way.  Either in a cooler or on the stove top while watching a thermometer like a hawk.

[Anybodyhome]

Most "restaurant quality" food is the result of quality food and ingredients, and the right combination of each, not the cooking apparatus.

The best chefs in the world use not a lot more than gas ranges, ovens and flat tops. Few little gadgets and tricks here and there, but the basics have always served them well.  

[Panthro]

how much water can it control? 

[Hotsauce]

1 hour ago, Panthro said:

how much water can it control? 

It's not an easy fix for a DIY hot tub if that's what your asking!

i have no idea tbh. 

[Still Brooklyn]

"an easy way to cook restaurant quality food"

 

LULZ

[SmokinwithWilly]

I'm not a fan. I enjoy a nice sear on my meats and sous video doesn't provide that at all. I've been cooking all my steaks in stainless steel skillets and the oven for years. Only way to go in my opinion.

[Panthro]

I think you meat bag cook it then sear it

[Jase]

yeah, you're supposed to sear it at the end

[cookinbrak]

Put a beautiful filet in a bag and poach it for 2 hours?

And I thought trading up to draft a kicker was stupid.....

[pstall]

Hot coals is the only way to go.

 

[Jase]

19 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

Put a beautiful filet in a bag and poach it for 2 hours?

And I thought trading up to draft a kicker was stupid.....

I don't know how many people would do that.  The cuts of steak that benefit the most are the naturally less tender cuts.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

I'll pass.  

[Donald LaFell]

Custom shop on Elizabeth does a lot of sous vide, really tasty and expensive