I received a Sous Vide for father's day

[mrteddyprincess]

I think most everything has been said above this response. I am on my second SV unit and I thought I would throw this out there for the people who are less than enthusiastic about the SV being dependent on Bluetooth to start the dang thing up.

My first unit was a Joule. Loved it! Used it for almost two years and I wore it out. My opinion is that the app I had to use on my phone was way more complex than what I needed, and I got a constant error telling me the Joule couldn't connect to my wi-fi at home. There are only about three different temps I ever cooked at, and I didn't need 19 sub categories telling it what meat I was cooking and I didn't need suggested times--It's SV for goodness sakes and that's the point. Time on everything is "long enough."

So I did a little research online and found a no Bluetooth, no wi-fi SV unit. It has a dial. You set the temp by turning the dial. You set the hours and minutes by turning the dial and pushing the middle (only) button. Then it turns on. Then it cooks. The Brian App works just fine with it. Never had a compatibility issue at all.

So I just thought I'd mention that if anyone is at all frustrated with it being tied to your phone, there are other options out there. And for a glass of wine, I'll come to your house and install the Brian App myself. :-)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S316BZ8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

[jfmorris]

I have an Anova with Wifi and BT, but never ever use the app. I just use the dial on front to spin in the temp I want...

[mrteddyprincess]

The Joule I had was wi-fi or Bluetooth only. No buttons...

[jfmorris]

Ah! Wasn't aware the Joule had no manual controls. I considered that versus Anova at the time. Kinda glad I went with the Anova, back in 2018 or whenever it was...

[Evvy]

I agree about app only appliances. I'm as high tech as they come, but resent that Joule, now Breville, is only operational with an app. It's just a water circulator with a heater. Way too complicated and way too much of a cultish following for what the cooking method does. It's good though. I use the method quite a bit to save time and charcoal expense.

[CRO]

I bought an Instant Pot one right before Thanksgiving, just for warming up mashed potatoes and mashed sweet potatoes. I loved it. It saved so much time, equipment and cleanup in the kitchen.
Since then, I have cooked chicken breasts for the best chicken salad (Serious Eats) and warmed up countless vacuum sealed BBQ.
I love have this tool. And it was $100, and no apps to deal with.