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.

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.

This has been the most revolutionary kitchen device for our family. We eat a really high protein diet (think steaks multiple times a week) and it makes a juicy ribeye an everyday reality. We’ve tried chicken in here too and it is just sooo tender and moist plus we make weekly egg bites that are like the Starbucks kind. It makes our crockpot look like a sad wanna be and has yet to fail us.

This is THE way to cook meat. It takes a few minutes to bag and seal your meat but it is VERY MUCH worth the time.Place your chicken or steak in a sealed bag, place the bag in a pot and turn this machine on and let it bring the meat to temperature slowly and evenly.When it's done, open the bag and place the meat in a hot skillet to brown it and you'll have the juiciest and most tender meat ever. I'm talking restaurant quality meals.I used to always over cook chicken because I was scared of under-cooking it. This machine eliminates that fear. I cook chicken at 140 degrees and then add to a preheated cast iron skillet for about 60 seconds per side and it is perfect every time. Nice and juicy chicken full of flavor. Same with steaks. You can buy two filet mignon at the grocery store for half of what one steak would cost at a good steakhouse (no, not Applebee's). Follow the chart, add your preferred seasonings (I usually only add butter or olive oil) cook at your desired temp, seer it on the outside and enjoy a high quality steak in the comfort of your own home. No traffic, no lines, no waiting, no problems.You'd have to be really really really bad to screw this up. I've left mine on longer than needed (by more than 2 hours) and it doesn't over-cook. It might have changed the texture of the chicken just slightly but I'd still be proud to serve it to my pickiest guests.The cost is wel worth it. All you need is this machine and a larger pot. That's it. You don't have to get a vacuum sealer (although it is nice to have). You can use ziploc baggies.Set it, forget it for a few hours and then enjoy.The only downside I have found is the fact that you do have to plan ahead a little bit. This is not something for last-minute meals.

The unit works as advertised, producing and maintaining spot on temperature at a rapid rate. Only reason it’s not 5 stars is because of some cheapness in its build. The knob on the mechanism to clamp the unit to the container fell apart on second use. The body and components seem well made but the clamp is cheap plastic. Had to use electrical tape to hold it together. Was not over tightened, it just broke apart. Would have expected this from a $39 knockoff, not the real deal.Again the functionality is fine.

Love that it is not app dependant. Plug and play. Easy and straightforward use. Temp is accurate and consistent.