On Nov 13, 6:39*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Nov 13, 6:31*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
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> > On Nov 13, 5:13*pm, Bryan > wrote:
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> > > On Nov 13, 1:42*am, isw > wrote:
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> > > > In article
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> > > > *Bryan > wrote:
> > > > > On Nov 9, 10:47 pm, isw > wrote:
> > > > > > In article >,
> > > > > > Curt Nelson > wrote:
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> > > > > > > On 11/8/2010 11:46 PM, isw wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Curt > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > --snip--
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> > > > > > > >> Sous vide certainly isn't for everyone, but I enjoy it and it has
> > > > > > > >> completely transformed my cooking.
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> > > > > > > > I've just recently started with it, and so far, am pretty impressed.
> > > > > > > > Care to share some of you big "successes"? Hints and suggestions? Things
> > > > > > > > *not* to try?
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> > > > > > > > Isaac
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> > > > > > > Hi Issac,
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> > > > > > > I bumped my reply up to a new thread. Good luck with sous vide!
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> > > > > > > As you discover more, don't get too caught up with the food evangelists.
> > > > > > > Sous vide is nothing more than an interesting way of cooking that
> > > > > > > produces very certain and predictable results.
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> > > > > > > The fun ensues when you use your imagination to make incredible
> > > > > > > creations. A great (and cheap) learning experience for me was cooking
> > > > > > > eggs at various temperatures and failing miserably... and then
> > > > > > > succeeding spectacularly.
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> > > > > > > Now I can cook an egg breakfast that will bring tears to your eyes. ;-)
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> > > > > > I've not yet tried eggs sous vide, but my reading tells me that cooking
> > > > > > them that way is at least tricky (because of the range of temperatures
> > > > > > over which egg proteins denature).
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> > > > > > What did you do that turned out so well?
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> > > > > Does yours have this sort of pump?
> > > > >http://www.amazon.com/Sunterra-10900.../dp/B000E5T70K
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> > > > I did not use a pump. I thought I'd see how it worked out without one
> > > > and go from there -- so far, I haven't felt I needed one.
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> > > > Note: My home-made controller just "bangs" the slow cooker's (fairly
> > > > weak) heater on and off. I felt that the temperature differential that
> > > > causes would be likely to produce enough convection (and so far it seems
> > > > to). If I had decided to actually "servo" the heater to be constantly
> > > > running at precisely the power necessary to maintain the setpoint, then
> > > > the temperature gradients would be smaller, and I believe that some sort
> > > > of forced circulation *might* be necessary.
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> > > > Also, in a commercial kitchen, where the water bath might be loaded with
> > > > a lot of stuff, a powerful heater plus forced circulation would most
> > > > likely give a more uniform environment throughout the bath.
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> > > > If I did add a pump, it would most likely be something like the
> > > > propeller from a model boat, driven through a "flexible shaft in a tube"
> > > > like a speedometer cable, but made of plastic (I'm a real cheapskate
> > > > whenever I can hack instead of buy).
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> > > I didn't buy a pump. *Here's what I ordered:
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> > > Temperature Switch
> > > Model: TCS-4010
> > > SKU: 466562
> > > $48.20
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> > > Low Temperature Thermocouple
> > > Model: TTW00065
> > > SKU: 44760
> > > $20.52
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> > > Ordered fromhttps://www.drillspot.com
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> > > They only charged $6.51 shipping for a total of only $75.23.
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> > > I went with the longer probe hoping for more representative
> > > temperature since I'm following your suggestion of placing the
> > > thermocouple inside a pipe, though I think I'll be using PVC. *John
> > > Kuthe is doing most of the assembly, and it will be used in both a
> > > large roaster and a smaller (6qt?) * * *slow cooker. *Thanks for your
> > > guidance.
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> > > > Isaac
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> > > --Bryan
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> > I am? I figure I'd come over and we'd drink a little and sacrifice a
> > slow cooker! ;-) You have a power drill and bits, correct?

Over here, and I'm buying the beer, Schlafly Dry Hopped APA (surprise,
eh?).
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> > Or you could bring it all over here and same scenario. I know I have
> > all the tools necessary.

Got a sodderin iron too.
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> > John Kuthe...
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> And I'd place the thermocouple directly in the waterbath. It's
> stainless steel after all. And you don't want anything coming between
> it and the water to delay the temperature transmission from the water
> to the thermocouple. Just my thoughts on the subject.

You also don't want it contacting the sides or the bag.
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> John Kuthe...

--Bryan