Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker 3.0 (WiFi), 1100 Watts

I have owned a few sous vide over the years. I really love how magical they are at making perfect steaks and roast beef with even the most economical cuts.I liked the following features of this particular model:1. It is very easy to program using their free app. I did not have a problem with losing signal when I wandered around the house like others have reported. I like that I could follow its cooking time and water temp on my smartphone.2. The clamp that holds the sous vide to the water container is easily removable from the sous vide. The one I had previously had a spring loaded clamp but eventually it cracked off the sous vide and I had to throw it away. It had a screw that holds the clamp to the pot and another that holds the sou vide securely. It is easily removed.3. I liked that it can be disassembled for easy cleaning.4. It has a highly accurate thermostat from what I could tell. At least the medium rare roast beef I cooked was perfectly medium rare throughout. It gives readings to 1/10 degree F.For those who aren't all that familiar with sous vide cooking, many restaurants use them to get perfect, slow cooked meals, especially meats done to perfection. And you don't need to be hovering around the oven to make sure it doesn't overcook. If you're busy and can't get to it for 30 minutes, it's still a good.I once cooked a eye of chuck, a tasty but chewy cut of beef to medium rare for several hours to give it time to essentially "tenderize," then used it for Beef Wellington and it was as delicious! It came out as tender as tenderloin at 1/3 the cost!There really couldn't be an easier way to cook a fancy perfectly cooked meal than with this "set it and forget it" device.

This works very well. Very quiet. I was really surprised how fast this heats up the water. Water temp increases about 20° F every 5 minutes. I use my hotwater and meat thermometer to adjust temp from the sink to fill.. It's extremely accurate. It keeps the temperature within a tenth of a degree of the set temperature. Very happy with this purchase. Also purchased an Everie 12 qt container with a flip up lid and this fits perfectly.

I've had this Sous Vide for a month now and I love it. I've cooked steak, ribs, lamb, pork chops and all came out cooked to perfection. Finishing ribs for about 1 hour on the smoker at 300° to crisp the skin made them perfect, and I add my BBQ sauce at about 40 minutes. Learning how to finish each item (Required) to your taste is an art, but the Avona app has helpful suggestions. One note, the app is not expensive, but does have a cost to use it. At $10 per year, It is worth subscribing to in my opinion, especially if you are new to this type of cooking.I use my vacuum sealer to prep the food so can't comment on the included bags, but will say all of my friends use a vacuum sealer as well. I think that is a great accessory to the sous vide, and useful on many other things as well.Both cooking and cleanup are are breeze. The hardest part of the cook is seasoning and vacuum sealing the food. The cooking is literally poring water in the tub and using the app to turn on the guided cook. Cleanup is easy as well, take the lid off the container, pull your food out, and pour the water down the drain.... it is clean so this week I am letting it cook and using it to water my plants.One suggestion I have, I ordered the 12 Qt insulated container which is great, but I wish I had ordered the dual container with the 24 Qt tub as well. If you are cooking something large like a full rack of ribs, the larger container would be helpful.I would absolutely recommend this product.

First the reason I purchased this one was because I could control it without the app if I wanted to, but there are alternatives that would allow for that if that was my only want. I purchased this on a Prime day and just after the return window, Anova announced that to use the app with WiFi you had to pay a monthly fee. And while they did say that if you have an account and device linked you would be grandfathered in, today when I logged in it wanted me to pay, and looking online I am not the only one with this issue. They did note that the grandfathering may change but we are only at 4 days after the cutover so they had no intention.That aside, I also have a Joule that I have had for 3 years. So compared to that, the Joule app is far superior in the ease of use, features, and even recipes. Not that I would pay for it but when a free version is better it makes paying for Anova's app even worse. Also, while they are both the same wattage, I started the Joule 10 minutes after the Anova, with the same amount of water and container my water was still to temp before the Anova.I am just glad I didn't order the chamber sealer too as I will never buy another product from them and will recommend anyone but Anova for people looking at sous vides.

First try with the Sous Vide was using Filet Mignon. 1.5 hours at 134 degrees F for a 1.5 inch thickness steak. Then seared for 2 minutes each side on a cast iron high ridge skillet. Alternated the steak position at 1 minute intervals to create a beautiful criss-cross grill pattern. Result was a perfect medium to medium-rare result. I took the advice of others and pre-seasoned the steak using S/P and minced garlic with a splash of olive oil. I dare say that I have found something that I will continually use in the future.I have tried Am Wagyu - Top Sirloin, pork tenderloin and boneless chicken thighs. The beef and pork worked well however the chicken did not sear well even using teriyaki marinade. Love this new, (new to me), kitchen gadget. No more over cooked/ruined steaks. (BTW-reheating LOs works much better than MW if you have the time.)