Anova Precision Cooker - cook sous vide with your iPhone.

So... is the Anova one at £169 THE one to get on the market? Current has £40 discount on offer. Or is the wifi one worth the extra £20?
 
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The Anova is still the best immersion circulator for the money, but the only reason to pick the more expensive and powerful wifi model is that it's slightly more efficient and will handle a greater volume of water with a little more ease.

Nobody needs wifi connectivity on an immersion circulator but it's there if you want it. Whether or not you feel you'd make use of it is up to you.
 
Agreed with glitch. I've not got the wifi one and I don't miss that feature at all. I don't even use the bluetooth part of mine - it's simpler to just turn it on and use the dial to set the temp.

I've cooked several kg of meat at the same time with mine (in an uninsulated container) too so in terms of capacity the standard model is fine for even large cooks.
 
i eneded up doing my ham doe 18 hours at 65 rather than 12 due to life with kids. finishee with maple in oven. nice soft without falling apart and csn be sliced.
got to put my 1kg rib in soon for 56c st couple hours
 
I just received a vacuum sealer and sous vide machine from the old dear! :D

Guess how the xmas dinner is being cooked as we speak... haha.

Cote de Beouf, 1 1/2 inches thick, 57.3 °C for about 3 hours. Then I'll pan sear it and baste with plenty of butter, garlic and thyme.
 
glitch said:
The Anova is still the best immersion circulator for the money, but the only reason to pick the more expensive and powerful wifi model is that it's slightly more efficient and will handle a greater volume of water with a little more ease.

Nobody needs wifi connectivity on an immersion circulator but it's there if you want it. Whether or not you feel you'd make use of it is up to you.
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FrenchTart said:
Agreed with glitch. I've not got the wifi one and I don't miss that feature at all. I don't even use the bluetooth part of mine - it's simpler to just turn it on and use the dial to set the temp.

I've cooked several kg of meat at the same time with mine (in an uninsulated container) too so in terms of capacity the standard model is fine for even large cooks.
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Bought the Wifi one, just because it's the top model and with the £40 off, it is easier to swallow.

I am looking forward to some insane steaks for New Years.
 
Moses said:
Asks for advice.

Gets advice.

Ignores advice.

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FYI, if you really need an explanation and a reason. Here are 2.

glitch said:
The Anova is still the best immersion circulator for the money, but the only reason to pick the more expensive and powerful wifi model is that it's slightly more efficient and will handle a greater volume of water with a little more ease.

Nobody needs wifi connectivity on an immersion circulator but it's there if you want it. Whether or not you feel you'd make use of it is up to you.
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It's only £20 more.
 
Moses said:
Is it more efficient? The extra power will be wasted on you/is really not needed. I've used a Bluetooth one to heat a 200mm deep full gastronorm, ffs :p. It's a fifth more for benefits which won't improve your experience, but hey-ho. It'd be better to spend the £20 on vac bags, or to put towards a vac packer, etc etc.
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I'll leave glitch to answer if it is more efficient, but he has stated that it is. I don't have one in my hand to test yet.
 
Can second that the Bluetooth/wifi features are pointless, I've never used the Bluetooth connectivity and it seems to have enough oomph for the large plastic container I use (~20l albeit rarely full).

We did the Serious Eats turkey breast sous vide recipe with a reduced crown we bought on Christmas Eve, best turkey ever! Got some confit goose legs to do later too.
 
I don't think I'll bother with bt, it seems to need a couple of attempts to connect and even after that, the set cook time doesn't seem to work. I just run the timer app on my phone.

Here's a (not so) silly question I got asked, do you reckon you could run a bath with a few of these in parallel? :D I don't see why not except for the obvious potential to electrocute oneself
 
Arrived !

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They've massively changed the packaging since I got mine. My packaging was essentially a giant poster tube.

What will you be trying first?
 
I think eggs first.

Actually, eggs on toast and some salmon? Will go shopping after work for things to try. I guess steak is the obvious choice but the only meat I can get tonight will be supermarket meat and I want to try something nicer.
 
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