Kitchen Sous Vide - A Powerful Precision Cooking Machine at 1100 Watts; Ultra Quiet Immersion Circulator With a Brushless Motor (Onyx Black)

I use this at least 2Xs a week. LOVE IT!!! Sous Vide is a game changer in the kitchen. It is an invaluable tool to use to make the best vegetables, steaks, fish, chicken, turkey, etc. This particular model is very light, extremely easy to use, fits almost any container, and works exactly as expected. Actually, better than I expected. So much so, we purchased one for our son-in-law for Christmas. If you're looking for a mid priced, compact, easy to use cooking tool that takes your cooking to the next level, this is the one for you!!

I love the simple "twist and set" interface to assign you temperature and cooking time. No unnecessary recipes or other frills. Temperature is regulated to a tenth of a degree. Modifying your settings once set apparently is not so simple, But you can just stop the program and redo it as needed easily enough. So why only 4 stars? Well, some "manager" decided to coat the product with the sinister planned obsolescence "sexy velvet touch feel-good rubber coating" that after about 5 years adsorbs your handling oils and turns into a sticky goo most people want to throw away. Or you can spend hours scraping this crap off to try and salvage your beloved product. Not yet sure how to deal with it. But will try to routinely clean with soap and water to prevent this death spiral. So we have a wonderful but tarnished product.

I’ve used this twice. I’ve been considering buying a real sous vide heater for years. I’ve been using an Instant Pot for sous vide for years. I’ve been a fool. This heats quickly and the noise of the circulating water is not an issue. I’m pleased with the dial, it works well and as described in the instructions. The 850 watts is more than enough to keep an insulated stock pot (18 quarts) at a consistent temperature. The bracket could be a little more sturdy, but it can be righted enough to hold the unit stably.

Right out of the box it felt like quality. I've seen some of the other reviews saying theirs stopped working after a couple or few uses. I hope not and don't think it will be the case with me. Brand new to this style of cooking and never used one before. Being a man, of course I didn't read any directions. Didn't have to. Plugged it in, turned and pressed the dial until I was able to set my temp and time. The hardest part was figuring out how to turn it off. After a couple minutes of not locating a power button or switch it dawned on me. Just unplug it. My first ever cook was 2 - 1lb. ribeye steaks. Pretty sure I was about to ruin $40 worth of meat at this point. A cooking show I saw said to cook them @130 deg. for 1.5 hrs. for med/rare. My family leans more toward medium so I did 140 deg. for 1.5 hrs. and finished them up on the grill for 1 minute each side. Came out a hair overdone, but not the unit's fault. It's a learning curve. The meat was some of the tenderest steak I've ever had. Wonderful flavor and no weird taste. I can't wait to do em again and fix my mistakes. May try chicken next though since that's so tough to get cooked through thoroughly. Last but not least. I almost bought the #1 rated one on Amazon. 80% 5***** reviews and 20% 4 star. Nothing lower. Even had it in my cart. Thankfully I read at the last second that is doesn't have a built in circulator. You have to have a circulator with these to keep the water moving constantly. SOOO glad I caught that and bought this one. Buy one, you won't be disappointed with anything!

Wow, wish I had gotten this sooner; it does a perfect job on steak and other meats (what we use it for primarily). Cooks the steak to the right rareness and then we sear the top and bottom in a cast iron pan. Perfect steak every time. I know it can be used for other things, my son has made pork for us and we made chicken as well.