I already have a nice anova stick, but thinking I’m grabbing this anyway. Having a second would be nice to cook veggies in a higher temp while my meat is at a lower one, and a starch is at a third. Hands off thanksgiving prep is sorted.
@djslack@sammydog01@therealjrn I have the Anova. Sure, it seems gimicky, but it’s actually kind of nice being able to look up a sous vide recipe on the Anova App and just click “cook.” You can live without it, but why would you?
Maybe the "cooking" thing is a normal thing for our parents.But for our generation, the post-80s and 90s generation, it's a big headache.But now we have a slow-cooking machine that allows us to cook a delicious vacuum-cooked food in hot water by operating the phone alone.
besides,You can enjoy the delicious food by setting the time one after work."
@bfg9000@sammydog01@therealjrn
Why is unobtanium so popular wan element? It’s in like so many lazy wannabe sci-fi things.
I think it should be Penisuckium. I am sure the British would call it Penissuckum though to smite.
#Comedy Rhodium folks…
So, yeah, I’m a recent sous-vide convert. Sunday to be exact. I tend to overcook meat- the steaks were perfect. Next up- one of those pork tenderloins that’s already in a nice little sealed bag. I hope it’s foolproof.
It saves you energy while speeding up the heating process. This wasn’t offered this cheap when I needed it and I spent $25 on the damn rack as well. You lucky bastards.
@goldnectar I’m thinking of hacking up a hole in a small cooler, say like this one. My bet is that it beats the small amount of insulation that the neoprene offers.
@ManBehindPlan the guy that I loaned the super cheap experimental SV unit to took a medium styrofoam cooler and cut the lid to fit exactly around it. He can prefill it with hot water and be ready to cook a good amount of food very quickly, and he has used it to do some 24+ hour cooks and says evaporation is no concern.
It holds more water than the 12qts the unit is supposed to be rated for, but by starting with hot water and keeping it well insulated it has no problem keeping up.
@ManBehindPlan I also saw the frankencoolers soon after buying the Anova. Awesome idea for a party or family event, but not too practical for just me or me and a lady friend. I wonder if you can sous vide an entire turkey.
Since you’re getting two here, I wonder if it would be better to run both of those suckers in your large cooler to ensure temperature consistency and prevent burnout.
@narfcake A lot of credit card companies offer an additional year of warranty for anything you buy with that card. Call the number on the back of your card and ask customer service if they offer such a thing before you buy.
Honestly, the card’s additional warranty is better, because they’ll offer to just give you back your purchase price unlike the company warranty which will want to repair /replace the product.
Sorry, but I just don’t believe this thing will hold water at 34 degrees F. Does it have a cooling element or does it just magically keep water below room temperature?
Just wanted to say I want Sue-Vide cooking not Sous-Vide because that’s racist. Spelling the Sioux name wrong like that MeH watch yourself.
I wanted to let you know that you may not get allowed into a Hard-Rock if you work at Meh.
Oh I get it you are saying the Sioux can’t spell either,
It’s not Sous-Vide it’s Sioux Weed that’s more racist and bigotry ameh or should I say Ahem?
@Dizavid Personally, I’m quite happy with the Chefman one I bought here. Yes it cost as much for one as to get two of these and it didn’t come with a rack, (which generally sell for around $20-25 each on their own)
But you and I were both willing to part with $50 for one, and meh was willing to fulfill. Many sell for $100+.
I can’t see myself buying two more, despite @Jamileigh17’s great suggestion of having veggies going at around 190 degrees while your steaks cook at a lovely rare 134 degrees. I only have so many pots/counter space/cupboard space for gadgets.
There is neither any guarantee that meh won’t offer sous vide cookers for fidget spinner prices next time, nor that they will ever offer them at any price ever again. Such is the sheer random beauty of a truly one-deal-a-day site.
@ciabelle@Jamileigh17 I feel like I basically got fucked right in the b-hole by surge pricing. A comparable sous vide cooker was recently on sale on Walmart.com for like $13. The Chefman one might be going bad on me, too, and if that’s the case I’m going to want a refund!
I plug my old, simple crock pot into this. It works perfectly for Sous-Vide. Really precise control and reliability. My super cheapo plastic veggie steamer also works well plugged into this industrial style unit.
WILLHI WH1436A Heating or Cooling Temperature Controller, White $29.99 Amazon
Too late- I snagged the Strata unit (Anova clone) on Monoprice a year ago for about $40. No free rack, but the unit is great, and accurate. I just use a large old Revere pot- unless you’re cooking something for hours, there’s very little evaporation. Takes about 5" to bring the water to 118°, beautiful restaurant-quality salmon in 30"…
I’d be nervous about trusting a weird off brand immersion circulator with keeping my food at an exact temperature barely above the danger zone for hours on end, but that’s just me.
Everyone in Idaho can enjoy their potential salmonellosis, I guess.
@Narwalt The temperatures any sous vide keeps are easily verified with a thermometer. I checked a cheap-ass sous vide from Amazon with a thermapen before loaning the SV to a friend, just to see how it did and if it needed calibration. It was pretty accurate out of the box.
@Narwalt Science. And fun. I scored a deal on this circulator and got it to long term loan/probably give away to a friend for him to experiment with. And I wanted to see how good/bad this circulator was.
Turned out it was surprisingly good. And by temping the water throughout the pot over time, and doing silly things like adding ice to the bath and watching the temperature recover and see if it overshot or had any swings, I could satisfy my curiosity about its accuracy and consistency.
I could also test it against my Anova for heating a specific volume of water from tap temperature to 150 degrees for shits and giggles. (It was actually a couple of seconds faster). Then I could deem it not bad and set it free into the world, so that later I might delight in the fruits of his experimentation. And one day it might return, but if not, I’m not out much.
@2many2no@hachover@xterraguy Ooh! But in a true tortoise-and-hare twist, the 130F will survive because eventually the 134F unit will malfunction and die.
@whatevs totally. Just dump a gallon of milk into a container, add your chocolate mix and set your sous vide to your desired temperature. Enjoy…then throw out your ruined sous vide.
Can anyone tell me how you power this? I assume it plugs in to a wall outlet but not seeing a cord in any pictures has me concerned that I’m spending $49 to get hooked on batteries (no bueno!).
I’m definitely in the market for a sous vide thingy but this one (or twofer) got pretty lackluster reviews on Amazon (stopped working or was too loud were two common complaints). Plus I want one with wifi so I can turn it on at work or my wife can check it from the other end of the house. I hope Meh comes back with a better sous video thingy soon!
It seems that this requires cooking. I’m out.
I was going to wait for Black Friday etc. but I need this now.
I already have a nice anova stick, but thinking I’m grabbing this anyway. Having a second would be nice to cook veggies in a higher temp while my meat is at a lower one, and a starch is at a third. Hands off thanksgiving prep is sorted.
@Jamileigh17 Or you could just microwave everything but the meat…
@Jamileigh17 Multiples are great!
@Jamileigh17 I had the same idea when I got my second sous vide. I’ve never used it.
@sammydog01
@therealjrn These things are great! I know since I paid $80 for one two days ago. Shit.
@sammydog01 Shit. Can you return the $80 one?
@sammydog01 @therealjrn You paid $80 for the name brand one with Bluetooth, though.
@djslack @therealjrn Yep, an Anova that’s less likely to give my family food poisoning too. It has Bluetooth but that doesn’t seem so useful.
@djslack @therealjrn They actually had the Chefman cookers on the shelf at Best Buy for $41 when I picked mine up so I have no excuses.
@djslack @sammydog01 @therealjrn I have the Anova. Sure, it seems gimicky, but it’s actually kind of nice being able to look up a sous vide recipe on the Anova App and just click “cook.” You can live without it, but why would you?
found the OEM
http://www.chitco.net/productshow1.asp?bid=51&tid=51&sid=51&id=208
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Economical-high-quality-sous-vide-immersion_60690827124.html?spm=a2747.manage.list.16.61ec1ae9aJSQ5g
"Why do we need sous vide?
@zedster I love how they put hot dogs in the example.
How is this thing powered? Ac power cord? Some sort of DC charger?
@bfg9000 Nuclear fusion.
@bfg9000 @sammydog01 Unobtainium. *sold separately.
@bfg9000 @sammydog01 @therealjrn
Why is unobtanium so popular wan element? It’s in like so many lazy wannabe sci-fi things.
I think it should be Penisuckium. I am sure the British would call it Penissuckum though to smite.
#Comedy Rhodium folks…
@bfg9000 @sammydog01 @sippinndippin @therealjrn
Is that next to ballickium on the periodic table?
@bfg9000 @mike808 @sammydog01 @sippinndippin @therealjrn it’s right above Ligmium.
@agarwaen @bfg9000 @mike808 @sammydog01 @sippinndippin @therealjrn and all geologists love joking about the very real mineral cummingtonite…
@sippinndippin Hey, if you like Penisuckium it’s OK with me. Everybody has their own bag…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@therealjrn
Is that a bag of dicks?
Idk where mine is at? Can i borrow yours?
Alright Meh, you got me on this one… but I fully expect to see a vacuum sealer on here in the next couple of days to go with this.
/buy
@jdude727 It worked! Your order number is: rough-tyrannical-company
/image rough tyrannical company
@jdude727 I’m literally checking daily for a sealer as well lol
@jdude727 Vacuum sealer is great but not totally necessary. Get ziptop freezer bags and use the water displacement method.
I’ve been thinking of picking up one of these, so why not pick up two and have a gift ready?
/giphy sore-boiling-idea
So, yeah, I’m a recent sous-vide convert. Sunday to be exact. I tend to overcook meat- the steaks were perfect. Next up- one of those pork tenderloins that’s already in a nice little sealed bag. I hope it’s foolproof.
@sammydog01 do consider taking it out and repackaging it. Some things will come out with a wired texture of you leave em in the marinade
@LordSalem Thanks for the advice- I’ll do that.
I’ve been looking at these sticks for awhile - Meh hit my price point!
/buy
@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: weak-colorful-necromancer
/image weak colorful necromancer
@mediocrebot
/giphy Be still my heart!
I can’t wait to see how much better my hot pockets and cheetos are going to taste!
@BillThePoet sous vide Cheetos taste way more Cheeto-y than any other way I’ve had them prepared.
Go with the curls, not the puffs. The puffs are too delicate for this process.
Wow it can’t even boil water sheesh
Where are the meh face pop sockets?
For any of you new to sous vide foods and are making this purchase, this is a great investment:
https://www.amazon.com/EVERIE-Container-Neoprene-Rubbermaid-Electricity-x/dp/B07788BYTT/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1541521324&sr=8-4&keywords=sous+vide+insulator
https://www.amazon.com/EVERIE-Collapsible-Container-Compatible-Rubbermaid/dp/B073S3TKD8/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1541521509&sr=8-17&keywords=sous+vide+insulator
It saves you energy while speeding up the heating process. This wasn’t offered this cheap when I needed it and I spent $25 on the damn rack as well. You lucky bastards.
@goldnectar I’m thinking of hacking up a hole in a small cooler, say like this one. My bet is that it beats the small amount of insulation that the neoprene offers.
Edit - It looks like others have beaten me to the punch - Anova Frankencoolers
@goldnectar Too late- I ordered the plastic tank this guy recommended. I figure I already have towels for insulation. Ping pong balls too. And binder clips.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/01/first-thing-to-cook-with-sous-vide-immersion-circulator-essential-recipes.html
I just hopped on Craigslist, and saw a cooler local for $15, which I could probably jaw down even. Maybe @sammydog01 you can cancel quickly…
@ManBehindPlan the guy that I loaned the super cheap experimental SV unit to took a medium styrofoam cooler and cut the lid to fit exactly around it. He can prefill it with hot water and be ready to cook a good amount of food very quickly, and he has used it to do some 24+ hour cooks and says evaporation is no concern.
It holds more water than the 12qts the unit is supposed to be rated for, but by starting with hot water and keeping it well insulated it has no problem keeping up.
@ManBehindPlan I also saw the frankencoolers soon after buying the Anova. Awesome idea for a party or family event, but not too practical for just me or me and a lady friend. I wonder if you can sous vide an entire turkey.
Since you’re getting two here, I wonder if it would be better to run both of those suckers in your large cooler to ensure temperature consistency and prevent burnout.
Wow nice price as long as they don’t burn the place down
@Stallion well, you’ll have water nearby if it tries to…
The price is right, but a 60-day warranty is giving me second thoughts. It’s as if the manufacturer already knows it won’t last.
@narfcake Well yeah, that’s why you get 2 of them!
@narfcake A lot of credit card companies offer an additional year of warranty for anything you buy with that card. Call the number on the back of your card and ask customer service if they offer such a thing before you buy.
Honestly, the card’s additional warranty is better, because they’ll offer to just give you back your purchase price unlike the company warranty which will want to repair /replace the product.
Sorry, but I just don’t believe this thing will hold water at 34 degrees F. Does it have a cooling element or does it just magically keep water below room temperature?
@cblack *34 degrees requires your stove to be in your freezer
@cblack When keeping water below room temperature, it actually pumps power back into the grid. So it’s like solar panels and a refrigerator in one!
@cblack @tightwad I don’t have room in my freezer. It’s full of batteries.
@cblack I’m guessing it means that the unit can at least turn on at those temps.
Just wanted to say I want Sue-Vide cooking not Sous-Vide because that’s racist. Spelling the Sioux name wrong like that MeH watch yourself.
I wanted to let you know that you may not get allowed into a Hard-Rock if you work at Meh.
Oh I get it you are saying the Sioux can’t spell either,
It’s not Sous-Vide it’s Sioux Weed that’s more racist and bigotry ameh or should I say Ahem?
/giphy what
You fucking bastards sure ripped me off with that goddam Chefman one.
One for the price of two!
@Dizavid Surely there’s some value to the time you have had to enjoy the one you own. Otherwise why buy anything, it will eventually be cheaper later.
@Dizavid @djslack at least with these you can give them for holiday gifts.
@Dizavid Personally, I’m quite happy with the Chefman one I bought here. Yes it cost as much for one as to get two of these and it didn’t come with a rack, (which generally sell for around $20-25 each on their own)
But you and I were both willing to part with $50 for one, and meh was willing to fulfill. Many sell for $100+.
I can’t see myself buying two more, despite @Jamileigh17’s great suggestion of having veggies going at around 190 degrees while your steaks cook at a lovely rare 134 degrees. I only have so many pots/counter space/cupboard space for gadgets.
There is neither any guarantee that meh won’t offer sous vide cookers for fidget spinner prices next time, nor that they will ever offer them at any price ever again. Such is the sheer random beauty of a truly one-deal-a-day site.
@ciabelle @Jamileigh17 I feel like I basically got fucked right in the b-hole by surge pricing. A comparable sous vide cooker was recently on sale on Walmart.com for like $13. The Chefman one might be going bad on me, too, and if that’s the case I’m going to want a refund!
What is this? MEH face pop sockets is what we need.
https://m.samsclub.com/ip/pwr-precision-cooker/prod21422681 For reviews. Seem to work fine, unless it’s a faulty unit and breaks or doesn’t count down.
Not so sure you’re supposed to use milk as the cooking liquid.
I plug my old, simple crock pot into this. It works perfectly for Sous-Vide. Really precise control and reliability. My super cheapo plastic veggie steamer also works well plugged into this industrial style unit.
WILLHI WH1436A Heating or Cooling Temperature Controller, White $29.99 Amazon
@Zebra Wow, great gizmo with great reviews.
I wish I didn’t already have two machines…great price…
@samab Exactly. I got a fancy Anova and a cheapy from the Fuko. The stupid rack alone is over $20 on Amazon. This is a steal.
Too late- I snagged the Strata unit (Anova clone) on Monoprice a year ago for about $40. No free rack, but the unit is great, and accurate. I just use a large old Revere pot- unless you’re cooking something for hours, there’s very little evaporation. Takes about 5" to bring the water to 118°, beautiful restaurant-quality salmon in 30"…
If it wasn’t for the fancy French name, selling me on putting meat in a pot of boiling water would be a lot more difficult.
But…
why?
@shahnm I have a sous vide for meat and a separate one for vegetables or what nots. Honestly, I don’t use the vege one. It’s just meat.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
/giphy icy-creepy-food
@IndianJesus Here. You dropped this: \
I’d be nervous about trusting a weird off brand immersion circulator with keeping my food at an exact temperature barely above the danger zone for hours on end, but that’s just me.
Everyone in Idaho can enjoy their potential salmonellosis, I guess.
@Narwalt The temperatures any sous vide keeps are easily verified with a thermometer. I checked a cheap-ass sous vide from Amazon with a thermapen before loaning the SV to a friend, just to see how it did and if it needed calibration. It was pretty accurate out of the box.
@djslack
Why would you own a thermapen, but then cheap out on an immersion circulator?
It’s also about the PID controller as well, not just the thermometer.
The thermometer could be accurate, but the machine could suck at keeping it there, swinging a couple degrees each way.
@Narwalt Science. And fun. I scored a deal on this circulator and got it to long term loan/probably give away to a friend for him to experiment with. And I wanted to see how good/bad this circulator was.
Turned out it was surprisingly good. And by temping the water throughout the pot over time, and doing silly things like adding ice to the bath and watching the temperature recover and see if it overshot or had any swings, I could satisfy my curiosity about its accuracy and consistency.
I could also test it against my Anova for heating a specific volume of water from tap temperature to 150 degrees for shits and giggles. (It was actually a couple of seconds faster). Then I could deem it not bad and set it free into the world, so that later I might delight in the fruits of his experimentation. And one day it might return, but if not, I’m not out much.
I also didn’t say it was my thermapen.
@djslack
/giphy Science!
Is that what “Sous Vide” means in English?..“You’re all winners?”
What’s the input voltage range? Would be nice to know in general, on electrical appliences. Some of us shop from outside the US
@Undulat
Tech specs from the manual say 120v 50/60hz:
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS:
Power rate: 120V, 50/60HZ, 800W
Temperature Range: 32°F–194°F
Circulation pump: 8LPM Max
Timer Max: 99 hr. 59 min.
Manual
Just stick a couple of D cell batteries in the pot. Same thing, right?
@pfindsen Lithium batteries do a much better job at heating the water.
Pro tip: You might want to do that outdoors.
Why would you need 2 of these?
@hachover to cook 2 different foods at once?
@xterraguy
Or, put both in the same pot and tell one to cook at 130 and the other to cook at 134. May the best unit win.
@hachover @xterraguy Hate to be #thatguy but the 134 unit would. The 130 unit would shut off at 130 and the 134 would keep trucking.
@hachover @ryanbruce @xterraguy
sous vide battle royale
@2many2no @hachover @xterraguy Ooh! But in a true tortoise-and-hare twist, the 130F will survive because eventually the 134F unit will malfunction and die.
Slow and steady wins!
Can this thing make Hot Chocolate?
@whatevs totally. Just dump a gallon of milk into a container, add your chocolate mix and set your sous vide to your desired temperature. Enjoy…then throw out your ruined sous vide.
@goldnectar @whatevs cocomotion for the win. If you want one, you need to luck out at a thrift shop though.
Yeah, I’ve been wanting to try this out for A While, and the second will be a good White Elephant gift.
/buy
@Kawa It worked! Your order number is: tactile-treasured-car
/image tactile treasured car
Can anyone tell me how you power this? I assume it plugs in to a wall outlet but not seeing a cord in any pictures has me concerned that I’m spending $49 to get hooked on batteries (no bueno!).
@SaintO correct. It plugs into the wall. The unit itself hangs on the container filled with water
I’m definitely in the market for a sous vide thingy but this one (or twofer) got pretty lackluster reviews on Amazon (stopped working or was too loud were two common complaints). Plus I want one with wifi so I can turn it on at work or my wife can check it from the other end of the house. I hope Meh comes back with a better sous video thingy soon!
@hurtsdonut WiFi is overrated, but these do look cheap and flimsy. Still trying to decide whether to buy a bunch as gifts. This is a steal of a price.
Got a food sealer in the final Fuko. This seems like a good idea to pair with it and a cheap xmas gift too. thanks meh
Specs
What’s in the Box?
2x Sous Vide Water Circulator
2x Food Rack
2x Recipe Book
Price Comparison
$109.96 (for 2) at Amazon
Warranty
60-Day Tristar
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
/buy
@walarney It worked! Your order number is: eccentric-adjoining-suggestion
/image eccentric adjoining suggestion
/buy
@vin314 It worked! Your order number is: spooky-mixed-copy
/image spooky mixed copy
Ya got me, Meh. This time, ya got me.
/image lavender-wacky-cake
/buy
@tmilker It worked! Your order number is: zany-attractive-argon
/image zany attractive argon
The racks are pretty good alone, so…
/buy
@baqui63 It worked! Your order number is: humble-found-credit
/image humble found credit
/buy
@Pufferfishy It worked! Your order number is: wooden-moral-nugget
/image wooden moral nugget
On FrankenCoolers:
From the March 5, 2018 Chefman deal:
Unfortunately, “Gary” has passed on and I’m back to a basic square food tub.
Linky