Sous Vide Supreme Review – Start Sous Vide Cooking At Home

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Sous Vide Equipment
December 17, 2010
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Sous Vide cooking was generally thought to be a style of cooking that was strictly reserved for the professionals. The equipment was too expensive or not available to the average home cooking enthusiast. The intricacies of the method, specifically from a safety standpoint, made people nervous to experiment with this way of cooking. With the release of the SousVide Supreme SVS-10LS Water Oven it seems that everyone can have a go and enjoy the benefits and eating experience of Sous Vide cooking at home.

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So the Sous Vide supreme is a big water bath. When I say big, it can contain 10 liters of water. This means you can get quite a few items of food in the bath at any one time. As most items are cooked separately in their own vacuum sealed pouch this means you can easily cook for a dinner party of 5-10 guests with this oven.

The machine has racks inside the bath chamber so that you can hold the vacuum sealed pouches in place when cooking. Cooking in the Sous vide way takes a long time by conventional standards, mainly because the water in the bath is not that hot.

However even though the water might not be so hot, the temperature is vitally important in the cooking process. The temperature has to be uniform throughout the bath water so that every part of the item being cooked is cooked satisfactorily.

Controlling the temperature with this Sous Vide machine is easy. In fact it is a bit like a microwave oven in that there is a keypad like panel on the front of the machine that lets you set the temperature. You can set the temperature to be uniform within one degree. The panel also has a timer and this counts down to show you how much time has elapsed and how much further you have to go before the food is ready.

The oven comes with detailed instructions and some recipes so that you can get started with this new cooking style as soon as it is out of the box (although you will need a vacuum sealing machine, which doesn’t come with this sous vide cooker, before you start cooking).

The machine has a contemporary look which includes a brushed stainless steel effect on the outer housing. There are also well designed handles at staggered heights on the machine. This helps when you want to drain out the water.

The lid of the sous vide machine also doubles as a drain tray for cooked items. There have been some comments that the lid gets extremely hot when the machine is turned on. There is an insulation pad to counteract this but a better design might be to incorporate this into the lid itself.

Even though the machine is quite big, it is designed to sit on a counter top or work surface in your kitchen. This makes it easy to access and use. It is also easy to clean as all you have to do is drain the water and dry. It is a great way to cook sous vide at home and is one of the first machines designed specifically for the home user in mind. Some comments suggest it is too expensive but you can now get the demi model which is cheaper but is half the size.