@craigthom I bought this last time meh sold it. I like it. Sous vide ribeye came out perfectly. Temperature was initially about 5 degrees off during first 1 hr or so (it read higher than what my external thermometer read) but eventually corrected itself.
Main nit picks are:
lack of circulation (but you know that when you’re buying it) and
the pot is kind of small. It can really only fit two big steaks at a time. Maybe 4 small (1/2 lb) steaks, depending upon how they’re cut. The rack that sits inside is largely useless.
@craigthom it doesn’t do either. I bought it last time. The sous vide option was 20 degrees off…the slow cooker option didn’t work at all. I returned it.
Ya know, I want to point something out. It used to be that the Meh “VMP Last Call” feature seemed like a perk. Something helping one kiss goodbye to that five bucks a month. Lately, though, it’s a curse. Who on earth wants to wake up at 4 a.m. and get a cursed bundle while there’s still time left? Are you thinking that maybe we’ll start to pay extra if we don’t have to put up with this crap? Hmmm? Again, I’m asking for a friend.
We just got an instant pot; our slow cooker will be heading off to charity. Note sure yet about the sous vide immersion circulator if the instant pot can do that too.
@thismyusername We have two, a small fixed-crock crock pot and a large one, and no more shelf space. The Instant pot will replace the large one (its an 8qt model), we use the small one for mulled cider and the like.
The only thing we’ll lose with the big one is that I don’t think we’ll be able to do the baby back ribs in the IP the way we did them in the big oval slow cooker (recipe from the PBS America’s Test Kitchen slow cooker cookbook).
@djslack I tend to agree, plus my sous vide water bath is a 3.5 or 5 gallon bucket, not a much smaller 8 quart pot. And I doubt the water temp would be as uniform without the circulation.
Maybe we’ll trade in the induction hot plate and maybe the rice cooker once we see how the IP does with rice.
@duodec I’ve had good results with rice in the IP.
Lately I’ve been doing rice more in the stovetop pressure cooker but that’s just because it seems faster to heat up over the gas burner.
I loaned a buddy of mine a SV circulator to play with and he texted me a photo the other day of a large styrofoam ice chest with perfect cutouts he made for the circulator and clamp. It has to hold at least 8 gallons, maybe 10. He says he fills it with hot water to start and it holds perfectly. I was kind of jealous but I don’t have that kind of space.
@duodec If you have room in your basement keep the slow cooker. I like my crock pot slow cooker better then the IP as a slow cooker. I’d also rather get one of the circulators that takes up less room then this for SV.
@djslack We use a pair of nested buckets. That gives some air-gap insulation on the sides. I have one of the light-duty snap on lids with a hole cut out for the circulator; I originally tried a styrofoam disk with cutout (just floated on the water); it probably was better insulation but it was messy to deal with
@duodec@thismyusername Ribs in the IP work very well, ~40 mins of pressure and release time, with another 5-10 mins broiling to carmelize the bbq sauce. Next to smoked it’s my favorite rib method, and much more portable. My wife and I used the IP on our anniversary in a cabin.
@thismyusername@tightwad I’m sure we will be trying that. The slow cooked ribs we did before (with followup under the broiler) turned out spectacularly well. The big oval slow cooker easily did two racks of ribs. I’m not sure the instant pot will do the same if they need to be wrapped around the inside (its taller but smaller internal circumference)
Slow cooker? Nah, I just leave it outside on my balcony.
@Targaryen isn’t that more appropriate for the quick finishing sear these days?
@djslack I’ll give that a shot, you might be on to something here.
Okay, the Meh button is pretty clever
@nolrak I don’t get it?
@FightingMongoos The meh button face looks like the buttons on the front of the slow cooker
You know, if the temperature is accurate and it can hold it steady, it’s not a bad deal for sous vide.
@craigthom reports are it’s no good at either sous vide or slow cooking. I would have bought it last time if it were.
@evilstan60 Bummer. The Amazon reviews say the temperature is off but consistently so.
Not good at all for sous vide if you can’t control the temperature.
@craigthom I bought this last time meh sold it. I like it. Sous vide ribeye came out perfectly. Temperature was initially about 5 degrees off during first 1 hr or so (it read higher than what my external thermometer read) but eventually corrected itself.
Main nit picks are:
@craigthom it doesn’t do either. I bought it last time. The sous vide option was 20 degrees off…the slow cooker option didn’t work at all. I returned it.
I’m Sous not feeling this
I feel a Sous-Sous-Video coming on…
This is a great price. Sell-out potential.
@pcolachiller Might be, if the product were any good. Reviews say “Mehgative”.
This looks too fancy and overly complicated for my culinary skills.
@bramby2
/giphy unknown powdery learning
The Jetsons’ kitchen is almost here. I can hear Judy asking “Can I cook dinner tonight?” as she is pushes the buttons.
And as to the $79.99 on Amazon, Honey pointed to this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JOZSGIE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A12NZU21044JCT&psc=1
Ya know, I want to point something out. It used to be that the Meh “VMP Last Call” feature seemed like a perk. Something helping one kiss goodbye to that five bucks a month. Lately, though, it’s a curse. Who on earth wants to wake up at 4 a.m. and get a cursed bundle while there’s still time left? Are you thinking that maybe we’ll start to pay extra if we don’t have to put up with this crap? Hmmm? Again, I’m asking for a friend.
@gertiestn You could always move to the east coast and wake up at 5:55 AM. Seems a little more reasonable.
Sure, why not? I’ll use this at home and use that last sous vide device as a portable one.
Still feel like this one is better, and it’s certainly cheaper. But whatever, take more of my money, you rat bastards.
/image obscene-abashed-puma
So any who dared to try it last time, does it hold temp accurately?
We just got an instant pot; our slow cooker will be heading off to charity. Note sure yet about the sous vide immersion circulator if the instant pot can do that too.
@duodec don’t do it… you never know when a spare slow cooker comes in handy.
@duodec @thismyusername I use mine (“extra” crockpots) to make apple or pear butter every fall.
@thismyusername We have two, a small fixed-crock crock pot and a large one, and no more shelf space. The Instant pot will replace the large one (its an 8qt model), we use the small one for mulled cider and the like.
The only thing we’ll lose with the big one is that I don’t think we’ll be able to do the baby back ribs in the IP the way we did them in the big oval slow cooker (recipe from the PBS America’s Test Kitchen slow cooker cookbook).
@duodec the instant pot can’t really replace your SV circulator, though it can certainly cook some of the same things.
@djslack I tend to agree, plus my sous vide water bath is a 3.5 or 5 gallon bucket, not a much smaller 8 quart pot. And I doubt the water temp would be as uniform without the circulation.
Maybe we’ll trade in the induction hot plate and maybe the rice cooker once we see how the IP does with rice.
@duodec I’ve had good results with rice in the IP.
Lately I’ve been doing rice more in the stovetop pressure cooker but that’s just because it seems faster to heat up over the gas burner.
I loaned a buddy of mine a SV circulator to play with and he texted me a photo the other day of a large styrofoam ice chest with perfect cutouts he made for the circulator and clamp. It has to hold at least 8 gallons, maybe 10. He says he fills it with hot water to start and it holds perfectly. I was kind of jealous but I don’t have that kind of space.
@duodec If you have room in your basement keep the slow cooker. I like my crock pot slow cooker better then the IP as a slow cooker. I’d also rather get one of the circulators that takes up less room then this for SV.
@duodec @thismyusername absolutely! Hot spiced cider, hot dip, bbq meatballs…
@djslack We use a pair of nested buckets. That gives some air-gap insulation on the sides. I have one of the light-duty snap on lids with a hole cut out for the circulator; I originally tried a styrofoam disk with cutout (just floated on the water); it probably was better insulation but it was messy to deal with
@duodec @thismyusername Ribs in the IP work very well, ~40 mins of pressure and release time, with another 5-10 mins broiling to carmelize the bbq sauce. Next to smoked it’s my favorite rib method, and much more portable. My wife and I used the IP on our anniversary in a cabin.
@thismyusername @tightwad I’m sure we will be trying that. The slow cooked ribs we did before (with followup under the broiler) turned out spectacularly well. The big oval slow cooker easily did two racks of ribs. I’m not sure the instant pot will do the same if they need to be wrapped around the inside (its taller but smaller internal circumference)
Chicken hot tub
Cooker? I barely know her!
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Base
1x Removable vessel
1x Sous Vide Rack
1x Glass lid
Price Comparison
$129.99 List, $79.99 at Amazon
Warranty
5 Year Hamilton Beach
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
If only the reviews were more positive, I’d buy it.
I’ll get back to you on this.
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