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

I’ve really enjoyed cooking with this. It is easy to use, cooks foods to desired temp evenly and accurately. It is compact, easy to store, works very well. I’m new to Sous Vide cooking and would recommend this product to anyone learning to use this cooking method.

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 purchased the Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker 3.0 on the advice of my grandson who has been using his for a couple of years with great success. The unit is easy to use and stayed at the temperature I set for the entire cooking time, which was 22 hours for a very lean beef roast. The roast was perfectly cooked and incredibly tender due to the temperature and time. Temperature and time are set by tapping the plus or minus sign. If you want to set a long cook time, as I did, it can take a while to get the correct time while touching the plus sign over and over. But, if you keep your finger on it, the time increases faster. My only question involved unplugging it. Some older models need to be turned off before unplugging. With this model you only need to touch start/stop. Once it stops, it's safe to unplug. I would definitely recommend the Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker 3.0. It's a great appliance and well worth adding to any kitchen.

UPDATE: Within 6 months, the head of the screw that clamps the cooker inside the holder fell apart in my hands. Part of the head of the screw remained intact so I could still use the cooker. It just made it more difficult to loosen and tighten. I contacted Anova and they had me send some information and put in an order for a replacement screw. They also sent me a shipping label to return the broken part. Within a month, I received the replacement screw. When I received it, I could see why it fell apart. The half of the head that fell apart is put together in thirds as you can see the seams. Before putting the new screw on the clamp, I did decide to add glue all over the head to hopefully keep it from falling apart again. The screw is part of the clamp, and has nothing to do with the sous vide cooker, the water, or the food itself. I appreciated Anova's customer service on the issue. I have seen a lot about sous vide, but I mainly ignored it as another fad. Recently, I saw it mentioned in my weight loss group for batch cooking chicken breasts to cut & use in recipes without drying out the chicken. I can cook moist chicken breasts in the oven, but I use a thermometer to keep it at 165. It's tedius to monitor with multiple sized breasts that we buy in bulk at Costco. I can use the pressure cooker, but it varies on how tender it comes out since breasts vary in size when batch cooking. In addition, since Covid, we've been having a lot of problems with the toughness of the beef carried at Costco, prime or choice, doesn't matter. We can pay more for better quality elsewhere, and we have done this for better results, but I'm newly retired & we're cooking for a family of 5. I prefer the Costco prices. Soooo, I ordered this cooker to see if it was as magical as everyone has said. First, the app is FREE. There are a lot of complaints about the price of the premium version of the app. The free portion is very basic. You connect to your wifi & you can set the temperature & the timer and you can start the cooker from the app. I find the app easier to use than pushing up and down buttons on the unit itself. The app allows you to just type in the numbers. My old fingers are more easily able to type buttons on my phone than messing with the unit. It's not fancy so when your timer is up, you will NOT get an alert from the app. Your cooker will let out a few beeps and stop. If needed, it would be better to use your phone timer or an oven timer instead of the app if you need to more closely monitor the cooker. I personally have zero desire to pay for the premium portion of the app which apparently provides recipes & allows you to select the recipe & it programs your cooker. How hard is it to type in numbers for temp & time? Hit Google and you will get a million options for recipes cooking your meat. Use Reddit, Facebook, etc, etc, for recipes. Anova even has suggested times and plenty of informative articles on their website for free. You don't need to pay for an app. Right now, I haven't bought anything but the cooker. We have a large, oval Le Creuset Dutch oven which works perfectly so far. We have a vacuum sealer, but I'm just using the cheaper freezer lock bags from Costco which seem to work fine. I have been clipping the bags onto the sides of the pot, but the meat seems to stay underwater without the clip. I cover the pot with a piece of foil & a dish towel. I haven't seen any evaporation yet and this may not be needed for the short cook times I've done so far. First, I made 2 chicken breasts for my lunches. I did 148 degrees at 1 hour and 30 minutes. I then seared the chicken breasts in a skillet for some added flavor. Right now, I'm batching cooking 4 breasts for my lunch, but I did presalt them & let them sit for about a half hour prior to cooking. You still need to brine your meat if that's your preference. I won't be searing the chicken & I will just shred it & portion it for chicken sandwiches for my lunches this week. For my second attempt, I had my husband buy the cheaper top sirloin steaks from Costco. He salted them & let them sit overnight. I added Montreal Steak Seasoning & plopped them in bags for about 3:10 at 132 degrees. Hint... If you start with hot water out of your tap, it takes less time for the cooker to get your water to temperature. My husband seared the beef in a cast iron skillet with butter & they turned out so tender. Next time, I'll probably drop the temp to 130 to get it a bit more medium rare. I included a picture, but I didn't slice the meat for staging as I was anxious to eat. If you're looking for fool-proof tender meat, sous vide is the way to go.

This product does its job—and does it well. I had the app downloaded and was cooking within about 15 minutes, including minor assembly of the holder (easy enough, but oddly no instructions). Performance-wise, no complaints. The hardware works, the app is responsive, and the setup is painless. The reason this isn’t a five-star review is the unnecessary subscription. Charging $2.99 a month or $9.99 a year just to unlock basic app features feels like nickel-and-diming. This should have been a one-time price increase at purchase, not a recurring fee for functionality the product already has. Great product. Poor monetization decision. Fix that, and this is an easy five stars.

Nowhere in this listing does it state that this is a US voltage product. Very poor! Returning for a refund.

I love my sous vide! It works amazing and I use it all the time/

This is a far superior product than the last one I had. Designed very well. Recommend buying this over other cheaper options as the design and functionality is superior to many others in tue market.

It is very easy to set up and use. And the results are just fantastic.

Excellent product!