Sous Vide Supreme Demi Water Oven, Black, SVD-00101

We recently got a sous vide/ slow cooker combo that was lovely, but small. It turned out to be a gateway drug, we wanted more sous vide, bigger sous vide! This is great, tall enough to accommodate chicken breasts, steaks, it turns out delicious food with great texture. According to my thermometer it was within a degree of what the display read. the recipe manual is short, a few get started recipes. It came to temperature pretty fast. Along with the machine came a bottom flat rack to keep food off the bottom, and an upright rack. The upright rack only has three slots, which I found very odd. For couples, families etc, I would have thought four would be the default, there was certainly room enough in the machine. Happily I had the four slot rack from the smaller machine and it worked fine. Steak, at 135 degrees for 3 hours, and a one minute on each side sear in butter, came out butter tender and perfectly pink. Online instructions show that the temp can be varied for rare, med rare, med, and well done. There is no insert, the machine is one unit, so you have to tip the entire machine over to empty the water, it can be a little heavy and I found using a measuring cup to get most of it out worked well. Fish, chicken, steak, all amazing. We season our meat when we buy it, seal it with the vacuum sealer, then freeze. All we have to do is put them in the fridge to thaw the day before, turn on the machine, get the water to temp, put them in, and wander off to do other things, it's one of the simplest cooking methods I've ever come across. I also like to poach chicken in advance and then I have chicken to use the rest of the week, from chicken pot pie to chicken salad to king ranch casserole. The chicken is perfectly juicy and ready for whatever I want to use it for.

I've had my SousVide Demi for about 6 months now. I _absolutely_ love it. Here's why: -You perfectly control how cooked an item is to within 1 degree. -You can't overcook. Or undercook (assuming you leave it in for an appropriate amount of time). -You can season and vacuum seal a bunch of steaks/chicken/fish/whatever from Costco over the weekend and throw them in the freezer. When you want a nice dinner during the week, you just pull out a vacuum pack, drop it in the Demi, and a perfectly cooked main course is ready to go in an hour (depending on what you're cooking). -You don't have to stress over your main dish while cooking or worry about the timing of when items are done. No need to keep peaking at the oven or a temperature probe. Just put it in, set the temp, and focus your attention on your side dishes. -You never have to worry if your dinner party is running late. Just leave your steaks/chicken/whatever in the SousVide until they get there, and keep the sides warm in the oven. When they arrive, all you need is a quick 1-2 minute sear, and you're ready to roll. Huge stress reliever. The Demi is a very solidly built unit, about the size of a large crock pot. Cleanup is a breeze; it's basically a water bath so it doesn't get dirty unless something leaks from one of your bags. And if that happens, the non-stick interior is easy to clean up. It heats water up pretty quickly; I'm guessing about 10-15 minutes, though that will vary based on how much food you put in / if it's frozen / etc. I've put it to heavy use for the last six months, and it's been dependable thus far. The only down side to one of these amazing toys: you might feel like you're 'cheating'. For those that like the romance of cooking -- hot ovens, careful monitoring, smoke rising from a grill, etc., this will feel a little too easy. Almost cold and scientific. But the results are really impressive, and _always_ consistent. The most important thing to me is smiling faces at the dinner table - not how cool I looked wearing a greasy apron and smelling like smoke from the grill. :) PS: Unless you have a really big family, the Demi provides plenty of room for meals for up to 6-8, depending on the size of the items you're cooking.

First I want to say that this is a COMPLETELY different way off cooking than you've ever done before! Do a LOT of research online before you even use this product - unless you've used it before. I was happy when I saw the two booklets and large format listing of cooking temperatures and times that came with it. But, the booklets are in several languages, so the useful part of it in English is only a few pages. My first two efforts with this were failures. The first was completely undercooked because the listing of cooking temperatures and times was only for RARE. FYI - look at the small terribly formatted area at the top for any other choices. I am now going to do hours of research on the internet to find out how to use this product effectively. I suppose I'm dating myself when I say that I expect that when you buy a product - especially for almost $300 - I expect good instructions. Silly me, they expect us to look on their website or other blogs and sources! Also, the dimensions of the actual cooking area inside this are 8 1/2 x 11". If you want to cook anything wider than that, I would suggest the larger size. The cooking temperature seems to stay within a half a degree the entire time it cooks, so that's great! I think once I spend more time, I'll have more success..... Good luck to you!

Me permite hacer platillos con un sabor que yo no pensaba que fuera capaz de hacer de una manera muy fácil

Abbastanza veloce nel raggiungere la temperatura scelta, si ha sempre monitorata la temperatura dell'acqua, importante per la qualità della cottura. Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo

Bestes SousVide Gerät. Teuer , aber der Vorgänger hat 12 Jahre gehalten !! Ist absolut geräuschlos im Vergleich zum CASO SousVide. Gut verarbeitet, Temperatur stimmt . Wenn es solange hält wie der Vorgänger, ist der Preis gerechtfertigt .

This is the best thing I've purchased for my kitchen!! The meat we've done has been delicious every time & SO worth every penny. Shipping was fast & would recommend for sure

I did a lot of research into this way of cooking before buying the Demi Water Oven as well as a vacuum sealer and a supply of pouches. It is a substantial outlay at the start but once I'd got my head round the whole process it's been great.The machine is simple to use and there's a DVD as well as an instruction book. I've cooked a range of meats and kept a note of what I've done. The results have been great. Chicken is beautifully moist, pork, beef and steak is tender and even brisket came out well, although it did need a long cook.The topside we had on Sunday was the best I've ever cooked. I'm hoping that there will soon be more recipe books out soon for the UK as most publications are American and their cuts of meat are not the same as ours. Money well spent !