Anova Precision Sous Vide Review
Sous vide cooking has been reaching public attention for about 10 years, with the rise of food bloggers and professional chefs broadcasting on YouTube. Immersion circulators have been used in restaurants for a long time before that. The idea is pretty simple: create a water bath that stays at a constant temperature, and you can cook food in it until the perfect done-ness is achieved. The sous vide part means "under vacuum" in French and refers to the fact that you generally seal the food in a vacuum bag before immersing in the water bath. Recently, I purchased an Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker , which is one of many sous vide circulator devices available to consumers. The price varies between from about $90 to well over $500. This model cost $150 at Best Buy, and is even cheaper on Amazon. These mostly all work the same way: you fill a vessel with water, attach the circulator to the vessel with the heating element in the water, and set the temperature you w