Anova - Precision Cooker Nano - Black

So handy for: heating up thick or thin slices of ham for Easter Dinner. Frees up the oven for other baked items. Doesn't dry out the ham. Gave this to our son-in-law on Christmas Eve...... The lobster tail was perfect. If you do a steak or filet the entire piece of meat will be the correct temp end to end. So if you like Med-Rare, you should consider cooking to Med temp. You only have to grill the filet roast/lamb loin for 10-15 min to brown the outside. Also I did the lamb loin & filet in the same pot, until the last 45min, then upped the temp for the filet.

I have found this to be an excellent entry-level sous vide cooker, with a few caveats. The first positive is the quality...this feels and looks every bit as premium as you would expect, despite the fact it's intended for more entry-level sous vide cooking. You can use the cooker by itself or use the companion Bluetooth app to set and monitor the temperature/time (useful if you're in another part of the house). The fact this is Bluetooth and not WiFi like the more expensive models is nowhere near as big a deal as it seems. Clean-up is very easy, just dry it off, and give it occasional vinegar baths every so often to knock hard deposits off from tap water. The biggest (and really only) drawback to this unit is the power, at 750 watts. What this means is that you won't be able to easily heat large containers if you plan on heating anything more than about 5 gallons of water. Sorry, no house party with a dozen steaks...at least without some ingenuity. One great thing about sous vide is the water has a lot of thermal capacity itself, so only your heating time to target temperature will suffer slightly, but once to temperature, even a lower power unit like the Nano can hold and maintain temperature. Starting off with hot tap water instead of cold water will instantly slash half the heating time off. The second is to use an insulated cooking vessel. An old cooler works very well for this. For me, I had an old styrofoam cooler that I modified to cook in, and am able to successfully use the Anova Nano to heat about 8 gallons of hot tap water in about 30 minutes. I have no regrets or qualms with this cooker, and would recommend it as a gift to anyone looking to start sous vide cooking.

Works great, just as advertised and expected. Easy to use, app works great so you can monitor from another room. Love this cooking method.

easy to use. Convenient because you can set it and come back to it hours later. you can set the temperatures from your phone. we are using it for the third time this week already because the food comes out amazing. I wouldn’t mind purchasing a second one in the future to cook multiple things at once!

This is a great cooking device and cooks food evenly. It’s easy to use with or without the app. I connected the app to my fire tablet that I keep in the kitchen so I don’t have to worry about walking away and the app disconnecting my phone

So far I have cooked two sets of ribeye steaks, both have come out incredibly juicy and tender. Still tinkering a bit with the proper temperature and bath time to reduce pinkness (we all prefer medium, and have tried cooking at 140 for 90 minutes and 142.5 for 120 minutes). But it's a bit of a learning curve, but so far it has worked well. I know some other users have said they prefer getting the wifi version, but I didn't have a preference at this point.

I just recently got this for my wife for Christmas & it was easy to make perfect medium-rare filet mignons with the recipe & simple, easy vacuum sealing, marinating, slow cooking. Finish with a sear on a cast iron skillet to give it that char. The recipes in the App are amazing! Do your own search & you’ll be shocked how easy it can be to create your favorite dishes with hands free cooking. Certain dishes require finishing touches which ease.

I love my new Anova Precision Cooker....maintains precise temperature, bluetooth connectivity...it is all you need to become a sous vide expert