Great! now I can cook while at my computer, and also in the can. life can’t get better than this.
I don’t know anything about this particular device, but I bought a ~$100 sous vide a little while ago and it has become one of my favorite cooking tools. Steak, chicken, veggies, and, it’s also perfect for softening butter and cream cheese (cream cheese so I could cut the corner off the ziplock bag and pipe the cheese into sushi rolls mmm)
I searched for the TUYA app on my Iphone and came up with dozens of “TUYA” apps that control things like lights, etc. Is there a specific app for this device? If there is, I can’t find it.
Google “Decen Sous Vide Cooker, Wi-Fi 800W” if you want reviews - I couldn’t find the item on Amazon at all.
Is 800 watts good? Does it just mean the cooking times are longer? Seems like a lot of these style units I’m seeing around are 1100 watts or higher… even up to 1800 watts. I don’t know anything about cooking this way, other than what I’ve seen on the Food Network. But at this price, I could be convinced to give it a try.
I don’t think cooking time would be any longer. All it does is bring the water to a certain temperature (130 degrees for rare) and it keeps it at that specific temperature for the entire time it cooks the meat so your end product is never over done. Just remove from bag, dry off from its own cooking juices and sear in skillet for finishing off nice crust and appearance. Most delicious and my favorite way I have steak now.
From what I have read, for the home cook the wattage mainly determines how fast the unit can preheat the cook water. I’m sure it also effects how fast the temperature recovers when adding food and would determine the maximum cook volume, but haven’t read anything about that and may be more concern for professionals or those cooking larger volumes.
For a comparison, these are the rough preheat times to heat 12qt of water from 120F (hot tap water) to 140F:
- 800 watt: 12 minutes
- 900 watt: 11 minutes
- 1000 watt: 10 minutes
- 1200 watt: 8 minutes
I’m amazed that so many people don’t realize they can boil a pot of water on their stove.
Boiling the water isn’t the issue. Keeping the water at a constant temperature is. If you and your stove can do that, congrats, that is pretty hard to accomplish.
You don’t boil water for sous vide cooking. This device is meant to hold water precisely around 140 degrees, allowing you to slow-cook meat in its own juices (inside a vacuum bag).
For anyone new to sous vide, the infographic about doneness is not really correct. 130* cooked properly will not have a cold center. It may be soft depending on the cut of meat, but for a New York Stip, 129-130* is actually pretty close to a perfect medium rare.
Regardless of what temperature you cook it too, if it’s in there for an hour per inch, the whole thing should have a uniform temperature on it. It’s one of the beautiful things about sous vide vs. your most skills griddle, cast iron, or grill cooking, is the uniformity. It’s curious that they seem to fail to understand that.
In any event, I know nothing about this brand, but I bought two cheapie Walmart sous vide cookers probably 6 years ago, use them weekly, and they are great. As long as the cooker circulates the water and keeps a constant and accurate temperature, they all do the same thing.
Nice… thanks for all the good info folks. I think I’ll get one and give it a shot.
So one would need a vacuum sealer to go along with this product to use it correctly?
Ideally, yes, but you can also do it with zip top plastic bags using the displacement method.
I found it on Walmart with reviews -
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Decen-Sous-Vide-Cooker-Wi-Fi-800W-Precision-Cooker-with-Recipes-on-App-Thermal-Immersion-Circulator-with-Accurate-Temperature-and-Time-Control/904174693
Not sure the wifi makes sense. We’ve had a sous vide for a few years. You set a temperature and leave it. Nothing really to monitor like with a smoker or grill.
I found a different one on Amazon for $19
[Super inexpensive but no wifi](KLARSTEIN Quickstick Pro https://a.co/d/72SwhzB)
Hi there. Just looked on my iPad and there was only one named TUYA.
I am hoping it is a typo…otherwise that 800 W motor to circulate the water will keep it really well circulated. That is over 1 hp and typically used for pumping a lot of water. That is more like a pool pump than a sous vide motor.