Lazy, delicious cooking - Joule Sous Vide Review
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,518 words · ~7 min read
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maybe you love food but hate cooking or maybe you just suck at cooking maybe
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you're like me I love cooking but I rarely have time to sit around and nurse
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some of the foods that I like to prepare for myself to eat which can result in
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more fast food junk food and paying for
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late night pizza deliveries in my pajamas while waiting to respawn so how
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do we solve this problem science of course all we need is a little bit of
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water cooling a 1,100 WT heater a
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brushless DC motor Bluetooth Wi-Fi and a neodium magnet this is SED
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cooking tunnel bear is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse
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privately and enjoy a more open internet to try tunnel bear for free check out
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the link in the video description so the general idea behind
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Su is that if you could control your cooking temperature very precisely and
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very accurately while ensuring that the heat is applied evenly to the food all
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while keeping all the juices herbs and spices contained well that would be
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extremely beneficial if you like tasty food so the way that suied cookers also
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known as immersion circulators accomplish these goals is pretty cool
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they're submergible water circulators and heaters that keep a volume of water
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within a reasonably sized container like a cooking pot at an exact predetermined
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temperature then the idea is that you vacuum seal your food or put it in a
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ziplock bag and squeeze the air out this
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creates a barrier between the water and your food while still allowing for
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adequate heat transfer what using one of these devices and achieving all of the
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goals previously noted affords you is a more predictable and precise
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mathematically enriched cooking experience traditional cooking methods
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are heavily reliant on timing because the heat used is usually very high so
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pulling what you're cooking away from the heat when it is at the correct
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temperature to ensure that it isn't under or overdone can be as much of an
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art as a science with Su you just put your food in a bag tell the cooker what
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you plan to eat and how done you want it dunk your food in wait a set amount of
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time or a little more if you're busy and then just put a sear on it to finish it
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up and enhance the color texture and flavor what did you do at work today
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John well I seear the chicken rest is an industrial heat gun so if you've made it
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this far into the video and I know this isn't usually our thing so thank you
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you're probably interested but unsure where to start there are a few solid
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immersion circulators on the market currently but the one I have today is
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the jewel by Chef steps a company backed by the one and only Gabe Newell whose
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son took an interest in cooking after meeting Chef step's co-founders
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hardware-wise the jeel is 11 in tall and only 1.85 in wide weighing in at only
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1.2 28 lb it has 1,100 watts of heating
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power and can maintain the temperature of up to 40ish L of water enough to
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simultaneously cook enough steaks for a small freaking Army it even has an
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impressive 01 de Celsius temperature
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accuracy and I've tested that it's true
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it does this by combining its impressive heater with a brushless DC motor and a
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360° Inlet flute at the bottom to pull
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in the coolest water for reheating for usability it features a neodium magnet
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mount with about 6 lbs of holding Force so it's not easy to accidentally knock
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over when paired with iron steel or other induction ready pots it's got a
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simple clip on the back as well for other containers like Plastics and
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whatnot and finally that brings us to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi which again brings
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us to the software the app is arguably the best part and it features some
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extremely important tools that chefsteps absolutely nailed the first of which is
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visual dness so as you follow there many
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interactive guides that ensure you're correctly compensating for meat type and
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thickness you'll be presented with these awesome videos not only do they provide
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funny yet insightful comments about the dness of your food but they even include
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a video of someone cutting into said food after it has been cooked letting
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you select a visual result for your meal before you even start brilliant this
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works because the lower and more controlled cooking temperature allows
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you to get every part of the meat even the center of the thickest sections to a
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minimum temperature that will reflect that dness without overcooking anything
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else this is kind of tricky with traditional cooking methods that can
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leave thinner parts of the meats or parts closer to the surface overdone so
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at the end of the day it's just math and Chef steps is doing it for you the
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temperature you want your meat to be at when it's done corresponds to the dness
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that you choose at the start then you pick the amount of time to cook for
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based on the typee and the thickness of the meat in simple terms dness
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determines temperature type and thickness determines time the app also
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features a training wheels off manual mode that lets you pick your desired
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temperature and time if you want to have some fun off the book there are many odd
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things you can use the jewel to cook and of course there's also notifications
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although I do have a pretty big gripe here it is truly a notification not an
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alarm meaning that when my phone is muted which it essentially is always
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muted I don't hear it it just vibrates
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now in their defense this is a beta version and they could easily change
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this with a software update and with suid it isn't as important to get your
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food out of the cooker right on time their app literally tells you how long
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you have to remove it which is often quite a while either way I would prefer
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there was at least an option to make this notification act like an alarm so
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you're hyped up you're ready to eat you're wondering what to buy I was there
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on December 16th of 2015 I pre-ordered
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The Jewel and as it goes with much pre-ordered hardware and the W show it
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was far from on time in fact I don't even have it yet this is a beta version
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that I got for review through work not the one that I bought personally I am
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very happy with how well it works how easy it is to use and the quality and
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feature list of the app and holy crap the food is amazing my girlfriend said
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the steak that I made for her was the best she's ever had my dad was super
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very much happy with the steak he had and I cooked chicken with it every other
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night and it's been absolutely fantastic
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wow nice this is like he went to a really
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nice restaurant wow but I am a little
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salty pun intended again that it's taking so damn long to get it into my
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this video like it and get subscribed and maybe go get some food cuz you're
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probably hungry if you dislike this video and you're like what the hell is
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happening to Lion Tech tips I expected computer videos I didn't come here for
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this crappy cooking stuff uh you can dislike the video and leave a comment
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like that down below if you're wondering where to buy a shirt uh check out the
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link in the video description down below and buy cooking stuff at Amazon if you
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would like also check out this video which is our Tech cookie on Su cooking
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and I'll see you next time