On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 9:44:45 PM UTC-5, W wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:22:18 -0800, W wrote:
> > > Does anyone make a wireless cooking thermometer that will survive inside
> of
> > > a pressure cooker? I'm wondering if you can get a sous vide style meal
> > > done in a pressure cooker environment.
> >
> > Sous video "style" is most definitely not possible in a pressure
> > cooker. Pressure cookers rely on temps being above the boiling point.
> > Sous vide relies on temps well below the boiling point.
>
> I understand the answer and I did not know that pressure cooking always
> relies on temperatures above boiling. Now I do.
>
> It would still be interesting to have a thermometer that could work inside
> the pressure cooker, so you could dial in recipes that rely on pressure
> cooker. I use mine for bone broth.

You'd think that Boyle's law would suffice.

Or, you could abandon the idea that cooking requires anything like the
accuracy/precision you think you need.

Cindy Hamilton