Emeril Lagasse Sous Vide Cooker , Thermal Immersion Circulator, Sous Vide Machine for Accurate Temperature Control w/ 5 Recipe Cards, Perfect for Poultry, Seafood, Eggs, More

I always wondered how steak-houses could always present the Perfect Medium-Rare (bright pink) steak, every time, regardless of thickness. Something I could never guarantee using the grill. This Sous Vide worked first time and I was amazed. The steak was cooked to perfect; was so tender and juicy, I will never cook another steak any other way again. FYI, I had (someone) had misplaced the user manual. No problem, the unit was easy to adjust and I had no issue at all. This is a must buy for anyone who loves a perfect steak.

This cooker is simple and works quite well. I see no reason why someone would spend substantially more so they could control it with their iPhone. Only a tech junkie would want that.So far I cooked chicken breast, chicken drumsticks and pork loin. All turned out more moist and tender than grilling or pan frying. The chicken drumsticks were the best but the chicken breast was the least improved, perhaps because it was the thickest and most dense.The cooker does have one shortcoming: the controls are simple but the cooker does not always respond to the inputs. One has to press the up arrow or down arrow repeatedly to get raise or lower the target temperature or cooking time. If the controls worked better I would have given the cooker a five-star rating.

I purchased this a few months ago to hop on the Sous Vide bandwagon and enjoyed using it initially, unfortunately that didn't last. I figured that the unit was a good compromise in price and quality and had a chefs name attached it, so it should be decent, however I was wrong. By the 6th cook the unit started to malfunction, not allowing the temp to be adjusted up (defaults on at 135) but would allow me to lower it. Then the screen started going nuts displaying random number or just lighting up with shapes.After leaving the unit unplugged for a day, it started to function normally. I tried to cook with it one more time thinking it might be a fluke, but the temp being displayed for the water was way off, I had cold tap water in the container and it was showing 85-90 degree water, so I put it away to contact customer service.I reached out to customer service to find that it's supported by a company that I'd not heard of before, they assured me that the unit was under warranty coverage and sent me a form to fill out. I filled out the form, attached the proof of purchase, and sent them a video of the units malfunction as requested. No response from their. I've reached out twice more and still nothing. I'm guessing it may eventually get replaced, but I would stay away from this unit and buy something more robust from a brand you've heard of. Definitely don't recommend and if I do get a replacement, I'll likely give it to my in-laws to try out, but I'll do what I should have done in the first place and buy a better unit and so should you.

Tried a 2.5 lb rump roast, it came out perfect. The temperature stayed within + or - 1 degrees. I used room temperature water, 68° and it took ~30 minutes to heat to 130°. Cooked the roast 10 hours. YUMMY & TENDER!

If you have problems with this unit, and you probably will, you will find that you have no warranty. Mine worked just fine right out of the box, and then on succeeding uses, the touch pad became less and less responsive until by the fourth use the touch pad would not respond at all. I called the number listed at the bottom of the warranty statement and was told that since I had bought this unit from a "third party seller" they would not honor the warranty. Also, I would suggest that you not buy any unit that looks like the Emeril Lagasse unit as they are all made by the same company.