Anova Sous Vide

[Type R Tom]

I’ve just ordered form the US an Anova Precision Cooker - Sous Vide Immersion Circulator. I’ve been going back and forth on ordering one for a while now as it's not cheap at £170ish but had my birthday a couple of weeks ago so I asked for money this year and put it all together.

Anyway, if people are interested I’ll post up a bit of a review once it arrives (hopefully this week) with a few pictures and the obligatory steak cross section.

Anyone else got one?

[Type R Tom]

Jakarta said:

Ordered mine a couple of weeks ago and a mate is bringing it over from the UK next week to coincide with me arriving back home.
We shall have some interesting pics to follow between us I'm sure.
They've just announced the wifi version. Ho-Hum
Get yourself over to SeriousEats for some extra special ideas.

I ordered mine about 6 hours before the WIFI one was announced. Was particularly annoyed with the $50 discount but didn't want to wait until October for it and I'm not sure I'd use the WIFI much anyway, can't see me using it much when I'm out the house for long periods.

[Type R Tom]

Jakarta said:

I wouldn't be entirely comfortable leaving bagged food in a pot of water at room temperature for the day on the premise of setting it to cook an hour or so before you get home. Surely raw food sitting at that temperature can't be that good for you?

Someone made that point on Facebook; there advice was to fill the container with ice/freeze the meat etc. so it will keep it cool during the day until the cooker switches on.

[Type R Tom]

So Saturday morning my parcel from the US arrived.






Opened it up, very simple packaging with the unit, clamp and basic instructions inside.

So Saturday night after about 7 beers while watching the rugby and football I fired it up attached to the pot from a slow cooker to test a couple of bog standard supermarket ribeye steaks. Sealed them in a zip lock bag using the “immersion” technique which worked well enough and dumped them in at 59c for 40 minutes.



After I seared them in the pan we tucked in. Firstly the steaks were extremely tender with a uniformed colour though out, the one pictured was thinner than the other and a little over cooked to my liking but extremely soft. Unfortunately due to the poor quality of meat they were a little lacking in taste but the tenderness was excellent.




Now my first go was a bit poor, mainly because the meat was a bit crap and I was a little drunk but as I type this a couple of pork chops are in as I write this so will report back in a bit.

[Type R Tom]

Nice one, been meaning to update this thread for a while but mine gets a lot of use. Pork chops tonight!

I'd recommend a vacuum sealer too in the future but the displacement trick can work for a while.

[Type R Tom]

Du1point8 said:

shhh... thats the next thing that will appear in the kitchen magically, suppose I will negotiate and lose the george foreman in the process, this despite using it every now and again.

I have exactly the same problem with my OH, asked for a food processor for Christmas which I already have then won a stand mixer in a raffle. Kitchen is full!

[Type R Tom]

Mine came from the US direct. Got the bluetooth version but I don't use the app really, just turn it on and set the temp manually. I think wifi is a gimmick too, do you really need to turn it on while not in the house?

[Type R Tom]

Merp said:

I assume the US version wasnt 60hz specific then? Plug change etc...

ah...ive just seen the photo above with a UK 3pin plug.

Yep, they do a UK version, it's a drop down menu when you order

[Type R Tom]

Merp said:

I was holding out for Joule...and then this arrived from the wife this week!
Tested it for the first time tonight with a couple of chicken breasts, then finished in a pan.
Incredibly juicy!
Fortunately I bought alot of meat from the local butchers at the weekend, so I can see a 24hour leg of lamb on the cards this weekend.

Wow, as much as I'd love one like that, I just haven't got the space. Got a vac pack to go with it?

[Type R Tom]

There is an offer on the UK Anova, £130 plus delivery.