What has a cooler got to do with sous-vide cooking?
Kindly explain paragraph 3. I can't see link between this device for sous-vide cooking and coolers? What does unmatched versatility mean here?
This is the Chefsteps Joule sous-vide cooker
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Coolers (chilly bins) are ideal sous-vide cooking vessels as they are well insulated, and thus conserve energy and avoid temperature varying across the water bath.
Most sous-vide cooking happens at less than 80°C (176°F), so the plastic will stand up fine.
Many commercial clip on sous-vide cookers are only suitable for fish tank style containers (thin walled). These tanks look pretty, but waste a lot of energy, and can struggle to keep the same temperature throughout all the water. An interchangeable clip, or wide reach clip is more useful for coolers or other insulated vessels.
Specifically with the Chefsteps Joule sous-vide cooker: it seems to have a powerful magnet in its foot, so if you place a sheet of coated steel on the bottom of your cooler, you won't even need a clip.
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But to sous vide at home, the only tools you need are a plastic cooler, a quick-read thermometer, and a large plastic zip-top bag. A closed cooler insulates heat just as well as it insulates cold, so it can hold the temperature of hot water for a couple of hours and is an ideal make-shift immersion circulator.Can you use a cooler for sous vide?
Coolers are a great option to use for sous vide cooking\u2014they are great insulators which makes for a more energy efficient choice. The idea of sous vide cooking is to provide a water bath of a consistent temperature so that the food being cooked reaches that exact temperature resulting in a perfectly even cook.How do you convert a cooler to sous vide?
How to build itDoes sous vide need refrigeration?
If you want to refrigerate or freeze any food that has been cooked sous vide, we recommend that it be brought quickly from the cooking temperature to below 41F/5C before storing. This process is called quick chilling.Sous Vide Food Cooker Cooler Mod
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