Looking into buying a sous vide cooker. Looking for your experiences cooking with a sous vide cooker and what brands/specific cookers you would recommend.
Mind me asking what food/recipes you sous vide for tailgate?Keeper of The Spirits said:
I'd go Joule or Anova. I picked the Joule for the following reasons:
- Smaller (Kitchen space is at a premium)
- Weighs about 50% less (I use it at tailgates, so every pound of a haul matters)
- Heats 40 liters compared to 20 liters on the Anova - I don't use that much regularly but have for parties and tailgate. 40 liters is basically my small yeti
- High Wattage 1100 compared to 800, primary benefit above but it also heats faster, from a review "To test out just how much less, I heated two buckets of water (4 liters each) from room temperature (around 72 F) to 132.8 F (the temperature recommended for cooking a steak medium-rare). The Joule got there in about 10 minutes, and the Anova took twice as long. The Joule also has a slightly higher maximum volume and a slightly wider immersion range"
- Sexier hardware and software, the Anova app is much slicker quote I agree with from a review "Like the hardware before it, the software for the Joule is a little sexier too. In addition to letting you set temperature and time based on recipe, the Joule has a "visual doneness" scale for most foods, letting you cook an egg based on how you would like the white and yolk to look, rather than using words. You can also choose "fresh" or "frozen" for your meats, meaning you can chuck a steak in straight from the freezer."
It is more expensive and relies on you have a smarty device which are the primary cons I found.