"Alan Holbrook" > wrote in message
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> notbob > wrote in
> :
>
>> I occurs to me, a temperature controller connected to an AC switch
>> would be perfect for creating a poor man's sous vide device. For
>> instance:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/q87bjoa
>>
>> I can see hooking this controller up to a crock-pot or a countertop
>> roasting oven or a large deep-fry (Grand Pappy) device to make it a
>> sous vide cooker. Strangely, no-one seems to be making such a device.
>> Well, until now. Even this controller (see above link) did not exist
>> on Amazon two weeks ago.
>>
>> I talked to Thermoworks (Thermapen) about it and they gave me a dozen
>> reasons why they are not likely to create such a controller
>> (i.e. price point, liability, etc), none of which made any sense, to
>> me.
>>
>> I'm dinking around in my barely viable workshop to create such a
>> controller. Would anyone, here, be interested? Not in buying from
>> me, jes "interested", in such a controller device.
>>
>> nb
>
> They _are_ available. I went looking for one with the same idea you have
> a
> while back before I surrendered and bought my sous vide circulator. Of
> course, I don't remeber where I found it after all this time, but I
> believe
> it was associated with a cooling controller for beer kegs.
>
> Just to toss this out there, one of the things the sous vide machine
> makers
> tout is the circulator that keeps the water in the bath moving around.
> That's supposed to be a part of the process, and the home brew methods
> being discussed here don't feature circulation. Circulation may or may
> not
> be a requirement for good sous vide cooking. I personally have no idea.
> But it's something to consider.

Mine is a dedicated sous vide machine and the water doesn't circulate.

It is just like this one:

http://www.thehut.com/kitchen-applia...xs2wo ddt8Fmg



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