Anova Sous Vide - $138

Ozzie_Isaac

http://dealnews.com/Anova-Sous-Vide-Bluetooth-Precision-Cooker-for-138-free-shipping/1655171.html

YukonRon

Geezus H cristof. This spending never ends. I am getting one. My Beautiful Wife is going to go into totally pissed mode. Again.

theyolksonyou

Man, that was close!  I actually benefited by going to bed. 

DeltaNu1142

That's a great deal. I'll probably be doing some thick ribeyes using mine next week.

I bought the WiFi version a few months ago for $199. So far, WiFi really hasn't been much of a benefit, but I do it for possible future integration with other systems. For most folks, even BlueTooth will be an unnecessary feature.

blind99

Camelcamelcamel sent me an alert this morning.  The wifi version is on sale for $169, normally $199.  @theyolksonyou here's your chance!  Trying to decide if I'd use it enough.

http://camelcamelcamel.com/Anova-Bluetooth-Precision-Cooker-Black/product/B01761T6V4?context=browse

RRP

For the life of me I don't see the need for WiFi! Mine is Bluetooth capable and I have yet to even use that. It's something you set and walk away from.

blind99

@rrp I agree, the wifi seems absurd. And I like wifi in everything Supposedly there are some minor design improvements to the rest of the unit too. 

rockymountaineggster

I have the Bluetooth one and the only time I've used the Bluetooth function is to monitor the preheating from my phone while in other areas of the house.

RRP

rockymountaineggster said:

I have the Bluetooth one and the only time I've used the Bluetooth function is to monitor the preheating from my phone while in other areas of the house.

I preheat for a very short time since I use very hot water from my tap. With the Anova drawing 800 watts and gas being cheaper here than electricity I figure I'm better off that way.

Skiddymarker

RRP said:

rockymountaineggster said:

I have the Bluetooth one and the only time I've used the Bluetooth function is to monitor the preheating from my phone while in other areas of the house.

I preheat for a very short time since I use very hot water from my tap. With the Anova drawing 800 watts and gas being cheaper here than electricity I figure I'm better off that way.

Great point @RRP. Doing steaks at 120º, the "Read" on the ANOVA is 125º with water right out of my tap, no need to let the unit work at bringing <60º tap water up to temp. 
I too do not understand the need for WIFI/Bluetooth with an immersion circulator. 

rockymountaineggster

I do use hot tap water to jump start but it seems to max out at 130 at my house.  I do a lot of veggies that are happy in the 170 to 180 range.  Still though it's just laziness as I could listen for the beep or walk into the kitchen.  If the Bluetooth were extra it's not worth it in my opinion.

theyolksonyou

Dammit! I bit and I'm not even drunk. You guys spend my cash so easily. 

theyolksonyou

Guess I can do beef ribs during a baseball tournament this weekend. 

Ozzie_Isaac

theyolksonyou said:

Dammit! I bit and I'm not even drunk. You guys spend my cash so easily. 

Almost as easy as your wife.

*we spend your money as easy as your wife does*  if you took that any other way, shame on you.

RRP

theyolksonyou said:

Dammit! I bit and I'm not even drunk. You guys spend my cash so easily. 

Trust me, you'll get the sous vide method hook set in you real quickly - just like the rest of us did, but don't worry - your eggs and Blackstone won't become orphans. This just kicks your precision & perfection skills higher. You won't be sorry. After all if Nola has 4 of them can those of us with only 1 sous vide unit be silly? I think not and I am a true sous vide convert!

bigbadben

DeltaNu1142 said:

That's a great deal. I'll probably be doing some thick ribeyes using mine next week.

I bought the WiFi version a few months ago for $199. So far, WiFi really hasn't been much of a benefit, but I do it for possible future integration with other systems. For most folks, even BlueTooth will be an unnecessary feature.

I have had the wifi version for a couple weeks. My plans for it go like this:

1)prep chicken or pork the night before. Into fridge. 
2)day off cook. Load up pot with ice/water/food. 
3) set Anova to alert my phone if the temp rises above 40 F. 
4) login and start the cook whenever I want. 
5) arrive home to properly cooked food. 

RRP

bigbadben said:

I have had the wifi version for a couple weeks. My plans for it go like this:

1)prep chicken or pork the night before. Into fridge. 
2)day off cook. Load up pot with ice/water/food. 
3) set Anova to alert my phone if the temp rises above 40 F. 
4) login and start the cook whenever I want. 
5) arrive home to properly cooked food. 

Also 6) 7) or 8) accrue money for a helluva increase in your electrical bill when that Anova unit kicks on it's 800 watt heater to TRY to bring the water and meat temperature up to what ever to melt 2) ice/water/food temperature has been programmed. Good luck with 5)

Me thinks your idea of this wi-fi being an answer to not being home or not having a wife needs more thought, but please tell me I am wrong after you have proven me wrong. OK?

theyolksonyou

Electricity is a lot cheaper than a wife. 

RRP

theyolksonyou said:

Electricity is a lot cheaper than a wife. 

LOL - never mind! 

DeltaNu1142

...and @theyolksonyou drops the mike.

Even with a wife (and, most often, her mother) at home, if I were taking @bigbadben 's approach, I would probably still use the WiFi. I just haven't yet, but it might be nice if the situation arises.

When I say integration... I mean with home automation. There's a slight chance, but still a chance, that I can get my CyberQ and Anova hooked up to my home controller so that I can have food temps and alarms enunciated throughout the house ("Your butt has reached 200 degrees," etc.) and tie it to lights for visual indicators, etc.

Do I need it? Decidedly not. Do I want it? Oh, yeah.

TheBrewerMoose

I got the Wifi Anova.  I don't think I've ever used the manual method of setting temps and time, I've always used my phone.  It just seem simpler to me.

Same with my house thermostat... I have the Honeywell wifi and we just use our phones to change temp (it's a long walk from the master bedroom to the thermostat anyways).  Maybe it speaks to what our society is becoming, but I'm using "convenience" and "cool factor" as my excuses at the moment

DeltaNu1142

TheBrewerMoose said:

I got the Wifi Anova.  I don't think I've ever used the manual method of setting temps and time, I've always used my phone.  It just seem simpler to me.

I do the same thing... but I'm usually standing right in front of the Anova when I'm doing it. 

Not to drag this thread entirely off-topic... but avoiding touching devices or even putting thought into making adjustments is where good automation really shines. We neither touch thermostats nor adjust the temperatures on our phones in our house anymore. The temperatures are adjusted automatically depending on what's going on in the house.

bigbadben

RRP said:

bigbadben said:

I have had the wifi version for a couple weeks. My plans for it go like this:

1)prep chicken or pork the night before. Into fridge. 
2)day off cook. Load up pot with ice/water/food. 
3) set Anova to alert my phone if the temp rises above 40 F. 
4) login and start the cook whenever I want. 
5) arrive home to properly cooked food. 

Also 6) 7) or 8) accrue money for a helluva increase in your electrical bill when that Anova unit kicks on it's 800 watt heater to TRY to bring the water and meat temperature up to what ever to melt 2) ice/water/food temperature has been programmed. Good luck with 5)

Me thinks your idea of this wi-fi being an answer to not being home or not having a wife needs more thought, but please tell me I am wrong after you have proven me wrong. OK?

Ok here is my math... If I pay $0.25 for a kilowatt/hour of electricity, that means the Anova cranking for an hour to heat up would cost about $0.20. I have done this a couple times so far, and I can get the bath up to temp in about 30 minutes. I am sure I wasted more $$ in lump getting the grill ready for a seat. 

Anyone disagree with my math? 

DMW

bigbadben said:

RRP said:

bigbadben said:

I have had the wifi version for a couple weeks. My plans for it go like this:

1)prep chicken or pork the night before. Into fridge. 
2)day off cook. Load up pot with ice/water/food. 
3) set Anova to alert my phone if the temp rises above 40 F. 
4) login and start the cook whenever I want. 
5) arrive home to properly cooked food. 

Also 6) 7) or 8) accrue money for a helluva increase in your electrical bill when that Anova unit kicks on it's 800 watt heater to TRY to bring the water and meat temperature up to what ever to melt 2) ice/water/food temperature has been programmed. Good luck with 5)

Me thinks your idea of this wi-fi being an answer to not being home or not having a wife needs more thought, but please tell me I am wrong after you have proven me wrong. OK?

Ok here is my math... If I pay $0.25 for a kilowatt/hour of electricity, that means the Anova cranking for an hour to heat up would cost about $0.20. I have done this a couple times so far, and I can get the bath up to temp in about 30 minutes. I am sure I wasted more $$ in lump getting the grill ready for a seat. 

Anyone disagree with my math? 

I forget where I read it, but it's cheaper to heat water with an Anova than with a gas stove.

RRP

bigbadben said

Ok here is my math... If I pay $0.25 for a kilowatt/hour of electricity, that means the Anova cranking for an hour to heat up would cost about $0.20. I have done this a couple times so far, and I can get the bath up to temp in about 30 minutes. I am sure I wasted more $$ in lump getting the grill ready for a seat. 

Anyone disagree with my math? 

You win the cost argument!  Humble pie eaten! 

JMCXL

$30 off = $169, not too bad

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

bigbadben

RRP said:

bigbadben said

Ok here is my math... If I pay $0.25 for a kilowatt/hour of electricity, that means the Anova cranking for an hour to heat up would cost about $0.20. I have done this a couple times so far, and I can get the bath up to temp in about 30 minutes. I am sure I wasted more $$ in lump getting the grill ready for a seat. 

Anyone disagree with my math? 

You win the cost argument!  Humble pie eaten! 

No need for humble pie. I appreciate the agreement with my logic. 

RRP

bigbadben said:

RRP said:

bigbadben said

Ok here is my math... If I pay $0.25 for a kilowatt/hour of electricity, that means the Anova cranking for an hour to heat up would cost about $0.20. I have done this a couple times so far, and I can get the bath up to temp in about 30 minutes. I am sure I wasted more $$ in lump getting the grill ready for a seat. 

Anyone disagree with my math? 

You win the cost argument!  Humble pie eaten! 

No need for humble pie. I appreciate the agreement with my logic. 

I would keep in mind though the generally accepted food safety rule of thumb pertaining to chicken especially and most people say pork as well that it should not stay in the range of 40º to 140º for more than 4 hours. So you might want to plan your sous vide application/day long cooks accordingly. Good luck and be sure to report back!

bigbadben

RRP said:

bigbadben said:

RRP said:

bigbadben said

Ok here is my math... If I pay $0.25 for a kilowatt/hour of electricity, that means the Anova cranking for an hour to heat up would cost about $0.20. I have done this a couple times so far, and I can get the bath up to temp in about 30 minutes. I am sure I wasted more $$ in lump getting the grill ready for a seat. 

Anyone disagree with my math? 

You win the cost argument!  Humble pie eaten! 

No need for humble pie. I appreciate the agreement with my logic. 

I would keep in mind though the generally accepted food safety rule of thumb pertaining to chicken especially and most people say pork as well that it should not stay in the range of 40º to 140º for more than 4 hours. So you might want to plan your sous vide application/day long cooks accordingly. Good luck and be sure to report back!

I have done this "remote" cooking and it works great. 

Now I hate to be a contrarian, but in SV cooking the 140 F minimum is no correct. For example, it is perfectly safe to take chicken breast to 136 F for 70 minutes. Serious eats has a great writeup siting FDA literature. 
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/07/the-food-lab-complete-guide-to-sous-vide-chicken-breast.html

That being said, my chicken breast (frozen) went into an ice bath and I took my kids to the doctor. While in the Dr office, I check the temp of the water bath (35 F) with the Anova App, I would have received an alert if the temp rose above 40 F. I starterd the Anova set to 145 F. About 30 minutes later I recieve and alert on my phone that the water bath was ready and the timer was started. 

Dinner time rolled around, I seared the chicken and served. 

Tonight I cooked an amazing pork tenderloin. I am hooked. 

RRP

Fine! I was referring to the 4 hours between 40 and 140 nothing else. I was under the impression that - ah, never mind, good night.

YukonRon

Well I am going to get one, after I get my kitchen redone. Our breaker box is crappolla currently. Can't run a toaster w/o a home run circuit.