KILLER DEAL- 1 DAY SOUS VIDE - $55

[teesquare]

This looks really good. AND it will double as a slow cooker....Got mine ordered.

https://meh.com/deals/hamilton-beach-6qt-sous-vide-water-oven-slow-cooker?utm_source=meh.com&utm_campaign=3482dc2ce8-hamilton-beach-6qt-sous-vide-water-oven-slow-cooke&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7c0b47d109-3482dc2ce8-131432865

[tlg4942]

 I was just about to post this too.  Looks a pretty good deal...

[TMB]

Just wish I could nice price!

[Agustine]

It looks just big enough for a steak, I would want something a little deeper myself. I also wonder just how accurate the sous vide temp is. Most of these things cycle power on and off to control temp. With out some kind of PID control there is no fine tuning it.
Let us know how it works out.

Lots of reviews on how inaccurate it is for temp. Something you do not want for sous vide.

Just of of many reviews
"It's too soon to tell about results of the food, but I'm a little disappointed with the initial impression. I just unboxed this, filled it with water, and ran the temp up to 160 degrees F and let it stay there for 30 minutes. I then inserted three different instant read thermometers out of my kitchen in the bath, and they all read 143 degrees +/- 1 degree. Stirring the water and retesting, testing in different quadrants, high and low in the water column....none of that helped. Has anyone else had the same problem?"

[DWard51]

If I did not already have a full sized Anova with a Nano coming in a week or so I might jump on this.   Looks to be a decent unit, but in looking at the manual, I don't think it has water circulation so it looks like a PID controlled cooker/roaster.  Not a bad thing, just an observation.

[teesquare]

Wellll...it's $55 bucks. So, a low risk. As for "circulation....I still use  - quite often - Geek Foods Sous Vide controller - that merely allows you to plug an analog controlled crock pot or turkey roaster. And...there is no pump for circulation. But, funny thing....physics works!

Heat rises...convective currents strive to equalize temperatures. It is why we have volatility in the air as well....heat rises folks. And the temps are always very consistent. It is easy to get caught up in the gadgetology aspect of things...I am the President of that club .

So, I would not be concerned about the lack of another moving part - which could fail at some point and render the product useless ( knowing this I also own several other "circulator" types, including Anova  )