On Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 12:11:18 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
> "ImStillMags" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 8:49:45 AM UTC-7, ImStillMags wrote:
> > I got a nice raw turkey breast roast, seasoned and cryo packed, in the
> > used meat bin on Saturday. I'm thinking, can I put the whole thing in
> > the crock pot with water and use it as a poor man's sous vide?
> >
> > I got one suggestion just to cut it up and make a stew but I'd like to
> > slice it for sandwiches, etc.
> >
> > The directions on the package say bake (preferred) or grill. I think it
> > would dry out too much.
> >
> > You think the cryo packaging will hold up to a "sous vide" ???
>
> So. I ordered a temperature controller from Amazon. $35 bucks. Plugged
> the crockpot into it and the turkey breast is now in there. I'll let you
> know how everything works out.
>
> I googled sous vide in a crockpot and got all kinds of information.
>
> Some of the best advice was on Amazon in the comments section:
>
> "I purchased to use as a budget Sous Vide system to use in conjunction with
> a crock pot. Unit is a bit confusing with unclear instructions on how to
> use. After some experimenting time and trial and error it is now working
> great.
> Did need to calibrate the temperature (it was reading about 1.5 degrees
> high). With the Sous Vide application I was worried about how well it would
> maintain my desired temperature, here is the setup that I found works best.
> FYI using a 8 quart Hamilton Beach cheapo crock pot.
> -Set crock pot to €œlow€ not high. This prevents the significant overshooting
> that I experienced while on high. On high, it overshot my desired high
> temperature by about 4 degrees after it shut off, on low it only overshoots
> by 1 degree. System now varies by only 2 degrees through its cycles, pretty
> dang good. I have also took readings with a different thermometer to
> confirm.
> -Set your AH at your desired cooking temperature knowing that it will
> overshoot by one degree. Set your AL one degree below the AH temperature.
> -Change compressor delay to zero (in other words off), you dont want this
> function altering the cycle in this application.
> These are the settings that work best for me, obviously it will vary.
> Biggest universal takeaway is to keep the crock pot set to low (never saw
> that suggestion anywhere in my research). It really helped keep my
> temperature more consistent."
>
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>
> Good luck!! Here is mine:
>
> http://www.ethicalsuperstore.com/pro...FVQaGwodMLMOPw
>
> It is essentially a sous vide machine but it is easy to set the temp and
> timings to use as a crock pot.
>
> Do report back
>
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Took me a bit of fiddling to figure out what worked best with my particular crock pot. Turns out mine needs to be left on high to hold the temperature in the perscribed range.
I put the breast in a zip lock bag. Set the temp for 140 and let it go for 3 hours after temp was reached.
The breast is still nice and juicy and tender, not dried out at all. Tasty too from the seasonings.
Now that I have a poor man's crock pot sous vide system I guess I'll be joining the fray.
What is everyone's favorite things to sous vide????