Sous Vide Cooker with Temperature Control and Immersion Circulator

I bought this based on reviews but had my reservations, as it wasn’t expensive. I was replacing another brand that I received as a gift from my friend/neighbor, that was defective and I had to return. The Homevolts works great and is so easy to use! My friend/neighbor, who gave me the other brand and also has the other brand, needed to borrow mine (needed to use 2 for large meal) and said he far preferred my Homevolts sous vide more than his other brand. Said it was so easy to use and didn’t always have to refer back to the manual like he did with his. Easy breezy! I’ll be using it today for halibut!

I'm not one to get all melodramatic about anything...That being said, I really like this method of cooking. Have you ever been to a top-rated steakhouse and wondered "How do they make these steaks like that?" Well, I think I have stumbled upon the secret. This immersion circulator (or any other quality circulator for that matter) is the BOMB! Steaks are just so and very delicious. I am now moving on to pasteurizing venison summer sausage tomorrow after stuffing and smoking to almost done and finishing in the sous-vide. (165 for 2 hours). Do yourself a favor...GET ONE OF THESE! You won"t be sorry!

I use this to get my developing C41 chemicals up to temp but have a hard time getting it to exact temps. My target temp is 102 I set mine at 105 and it gets it to my target temp in about 30min. It never goes over.

Last night was my first-ever cooking with Sous Vida. I cooked fresh salmon and it was a success. I was surprised how easy it was. And the water (122 degree for 40 minutes) was not so hot that I could not easily adjust the zipped bags in the water. This unit came without instructions on how to cook things. The instruction sheet that came with it was all about safety. (Don’t use an extension cord. Don’t let the cord get wet. Don’t put your fingers on the heating element. Etc., and how to clean it (use a little dishwasher soap and turn it on).) I had only the usual household supplies and 2 pounds of fresh salmon from Costco. I took the 15-inch recirculating heating unit out of the box (after I read on line for 20 minutes about cooking salmon sous vide and deciding to brine the salmon as I cleaned the new unit.) I noted: * Water level in the pot (or container) may be between 2 5/8 and 6 1/4 inches * It keeps the temperature very close to exact. The one spot that was a little cooler was here I had a zipper plastic bag attached to the edge, on the far side of the circulator. (This may apply to all recirculating Sous Vida units.)

Holds the temperature well. While heating up I checked the difference with a separate thermometer and it was off about 1-2 degrees, but once it finished the heating process it held the desired temperature. Very good for the price is you’re not looking for a device that connects to an app or anything.

It may just be the size of the container, but at times I would set the temperature at about 160 degrees for 3 hours. After about 1 and a half hours, the temperature is at 180 degrees. Lower temperature settings have been Okay.

Works well, temperature very accurate. The controls are less intuitive especially with the timer feature, but read the manual and it's easy to figure out. Only caution with this sous vide is that the shaft gets pretty hot, which won't work in some setups.

This thing turned me into a chef there really is no way to describe the flavor

Muy útil la herramienta para empezar con la cocina a baja temperatura. Cumple su función y la temperatura es bastante correcta y la mantiene durante todo el proceso. Fácil de usar y configurar.

El producto es muy bueno lo malo que el mío parecía ya haber sido manipulado anteriormente