Greater Goods Sous Vide Cooker, 1100W, No App or WiFi Needed (Onyx Black)

Chose this brand over Nano for quiet operation and the dial. Worked out of the box. Low whirl sound typically but turns high pitched if used repeatedly back to back, over long hours. It operated quietly again after resting 48hrs. Simply turning dial sets temperature. The dial has resistance for easily setting the exact temperature. So no hypersensitive dial making temperature setting annoying. Press down on dial to set timer hour, press again to set minutes, press again to set, and done. It will beep angrily if removed from the water during operation. It will beep if not enough water present. Minimum and maximum water level marked on shaft. Beeps to notify set temp is reached. Beeps when countdown timer completes. No on/off switch. Unplug to turn off. The temperature is accurate according to an analog candy thermometer. The holder has an adjustable clamp to accommodate different wall thicknesses. User can't manually set appliance height in holder. Where appliance rests in holder determined by container wall height. Clear plastic cap on the appliance's bottom covers the fan. For unusual situations, there is the option to lean appliance inside the container (use the holder as a brace tied together with chord if enough space for extra stability) as a workaround. Or if using various sized jars, prop up small jars using small ceramic bowls like souffle/creme brulee dish. I've used small ferment stones. Imagine steel steamer baskets would work too. Bigger than expected and has some weight like a heavy duty product. No wifi. No directions on how to clean the metal parts. It does collect water around the dial from steam rising up from container if using high temperatures. Maybe a reason to use a dedicated container with a lid for sou vides. A dish cloth draped over top of pot works is a cheap fix. The black parts, including holder is covered by soft plastic which may melt in the future. New, so durability is to be seen. Satisfied with product so far.

The Greater Goods Precision Sous-Vide immersion cooker is a nice addition to my kitchen. I've only given it a few runs so far (a 28 hour beef roast and a 4 hour set of pork chops), but it performed admirably both times. The device is high-powered (1,100 watts), so it brings your cooking bath up to temperature quite rapidly and can maintain the desired temperature easily. The controls are very simple (a single knob/button), and as a huge positive, it does NOT require a smartphone, WiFi network, or Bluetooth to be used effectively. While some other brands can be operated without a network, it is sometimes painful to configure cooking time, etc. without using another device (looking at you, Anova), and being able to set temperature and cook time easily from the front panel was a real joy. The device pretty much guides you through setting the temperature and cooking time, and with a final press of the control button, it starts cooking. The status display has a color indicator to show if it's bringing your vessel up to temperature, when it's cooking, and when your specified cooking time has completed. Since there is a calibration adjustment option available, I decided to check the cooking temperature against a high-quality and recently calibrated ThermoWorks instant read thermometer, and found the cooker was right on (within 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit) straight from the box. If I have to have something to quibble over, it's that once your desired cooking time is reached, the device sounds a periodic alarm to let you know it's done. Since I'm most often cooking things sous-vide that aren't going to be harmed by a little additional cooking (unlike oven baking/roasting, sous-vide cooked food isn't going "burn" if left in too long), I would have liked a way to silence or acknowledge the alarm, while letting it continue to cook (which in fact it does do, complete with a "count-up" timer showing the amount of time past your desired cooking time - so no worries about your cooked food unsafely cooling off if you're not around.) I found the easiest solution to get rid of the "done cooking" alarm was to just hit stop, add some additional cook time to the timer, then restart cooking. Certainly not a deal breaker, but it did make me have to deal with the device a little sooner than I would have if the alarm didn't keep beeping every minute or so. All in all, the Greater Goods Precision Sous-Vide cooker is a very nice product, seems to work well, is simple to operate, has enough power to bring your cooking bath up to temp and keep it there, and doesn't require other devices just to make it work. I like it! -Andrew Note: this is a true and honest review of the product after my real world testing. I was given this product by the manufacturer to review.

I like the simplicity of this stick. I've never done sous vide before and after 5 cooks with this I'm sold. I'm glad that I stayed away from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.. I found it to be dead on accurate as far as temperature goes as I compared it to my thermapen.

I've owned four sous vide cookers, and this one is the best. Its controls are simple, and its clamping mechanism is robust. The other three are now in a landfill somewhere because their control screens failed or their clamping mechanisms broke completely. I will never own another Wi-Fi-controlled sous vide, especially if from Anova.

Great product and works well.

heats water bath quickly, achieves and maintains an accurate temperature. quiet unobtrusive humm while operating. the controls are uncomplicated and well assigned. The holder is substantial and functional and ready to use. I've used this for ribs, fruit compote, and roasts. maybe I'm missing the point but I see no practical need for wifi or remote monitoring... sous vide implies an uneventful extended period of inactivity so why would this need to be monitored? Simplicity is the greater benefit here and this cooker provides fine temperature control and to the minute timing. I compared the temperature achieved via 3 thermometers and they all agreed within 2% no calibration required. Some of our family members were skeptical when this cooker was proposed but after experiencing the results they now appreciate the results and I appreciate the ease of easily getting consistent results.

Both my wife and I grew up in Europe and are no strangers to gourmet food There is a top rated restaurant 30 miles from our home (very pricey) but no matter what we tried, we never could achieve the same "taste" of our food at home Their secret? Sous Vide Looking around on Amazon, the Greater Goods machine was reasonably priced and comes with a whopping 5 year warranty Plus the fact that Greater Goods works with charitable organizations The item arrived in a brown box and I was surprised on how heavy and well build this new kitchen appliance is Operating the Sous Vide is easy and the large display and control is intuitive Note that using a Sous Vide machine, it is almost impossible to overcook or undercook your meat It was a shame that the unit did not come with some basic recipes but there are a ton on the internet For steak 30 minutes per 0.5" thickness at around 130F seemed to work out perfectly! Now let me tell you: the steak was great but the fish was indescribable! Miles away from what it tastes like in the average restaurant where they just "nuke" your food We live on the East Coast and were always disappointed about the "lack of taste" when it comes up to fish Well we were WRONG Our guests were blown away with the taste of fish (and so were we) I hate cleaning up the kitchen ..... That was another advantage of the Sous Vide machine Yep, almost no cleanup! Wish the machine came in a couple more colors as our appliances are all red We opted for the baby blue one and it looks "cool" At least guests will think that I am now a Gourmet Cook and maybe I should not tell them about my "secret"

Let me start by saying I am a retired Quality Assurance and Laboratory Manager for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and also taught equipment qualification and calibration in the university. This is my fourth Sous Vide machine from different manufacturers over the years. The Greater Goods Kitchen Sous Vide is far and away the best I have owned, and significantly less expensive than the A------a brand. The system is well built, VERY easy to use and attractive to boot - no more bland silver and black, this is a gorgeous teal blue :~) The system is powerful and gets up to temperature quickly, and runs nearly silently. I measured the water temperature throughout a 14 quart bath and it was dead on at every location, so the water circulation is well designed and powerful. As opposed to many others, this is the easiest system to use - the display is very large, bright and sits at a 45 degree angle, so in use you can see what you're doing without having to get on a stool to look down on the others that have a flat top. The controls are also very simple - just press the big single button to change from temperature to time, to stop and even to calibrate. Very easy to use and intuitive. For a retired lab rat and 'scientific cook' I found the calibration very easy to use and very important. I set the Sous Vide for 134 degrees in a bath that was filled with hot tap water at 124. It reached temperature in about 5 minutes and stabilized. I read the bath using a calibrated thermopen in several spots and found it was 131.2 degrees. Not bad for out of the box, but it was simple to press and hold the button to go into calibration mode and set it for -2.8 degrees (the correction factor as measured by the external thermometer). The heater immediately came on and raised the bath to 134 (as measured by the thermopen in several points). And then held it for the 4 hours cook of a frozen steak. A simple and elegant machine from Greater Goods. My only (minor) criticism is the alarm on the timer that goes off when the cooking time expires, then continues to beep (loudly) until you shut it off. For my use, the built in timer is irrelevant - sous vide cooking is measured in hours, not minutes, and there's no penalty for going overtime. I just leave the timer at 10 - 20 hours and stop it at the 3-4 hours depending on what I'm cooking. If I'm planning dinner for 6 PM, I just start it around 2ish. For some long term sous vide recipes (I'm looking at you, eye of round roast that becomes a fork tender roast overnight) that take 24 hours, again I'm not relying on the built in timer. I'm also glad they left out the bluetooth/WiFi/smoke signal controls. It takes longer to open the app than to just push the big button!!!! Don't need the buggy app or price bump for something that really adds no value - c'mon, once you put the bagged food in and hit start, you have nothing to do, monitor or change until you hit stop and take out the food. And then getting out the blowtorch to sear it off. (oh yeah, it's Ironman with a flamethrower to get that medium rare ribeye to the perfect char!!!). Simple to use, pretty to look at, nothing to hear and can be calibrated in a flash. My reviews are straight from the heart, based on my own testing and I paid full price for this unit and received no compensation from Greater Goods for this review.

This is the third sous vide I ordered. The first two were from a different well known manufacturer and both arrived securely packaged in the manufacturers box and the Amazon outer.... and were both broken. The Greater Goods one wasn't my first choice but it should have been. It is well made/sturdy, easy to set up, easy to use and best of all.... not broken on arrival. Sure I could cook the same stuff in a regular pan but for me the real joy of a sous vide is being able to prepare food in advance, hold it at temperature while entertaining friends and then be able to quickly finish in a pan and serve.