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2023.03.28 17:37 username-_redacted Large sous vide cooks on the cheap
![]() | submitted by username-_redacted to sousvide [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/ybcsxgoovhqa1.png?width=1159&format=png&auto=webp&s=46b144b1bcf81c984a50bfcf16ac2acf0c530130 I posted here about my favorite sous vide recipe, one of my own devising, steel cut oats. One of the things I like about it is that the oats last WEEKS in the fridge in Ball jars and so I can prepare 2 or more weeks worth of breakfasts for my family in one evening. As such I've been looking for options to cook more jars at once. I have a Lipavi C10 and like it a lot but it will only hold 6 1-quart ball jars at a time. I've been contemplating the C20 which would double that but at $48 I'm just not there. However, I have been a fan of 12-gallon flip-top crates from Costco for years and they're $8. I've been testing whether that might be a good option for certain cooks. Wanted to share what I've found. First thing is that my circulator (an Anova Precision cooker) and I think most circulators will only sit at a particular height from the rim/edge. This container's base dimensions are approximately 13 inches by 18 inches so each inch of water is almost exactly one gallon. That means with the circulator at the top edge of the container I'd probably need to heat up ~9 gallons of water to reach the minimum depth. Fortunately the main thing I'm interested in using it for is a quart ball jar that's 6.5 inches tall. So I only want about 6 inches of water in it. I therefore cut a small hole just larger enough for the holder to go through. The bottom of the hole is 7.5 inches from the bottom of the container which means the circulator sits just above the bottom and 6 inches of water is still safely below the hole. If you try this you'll want to measure accordingly but this works well for me. https://preview.redd.it/fwuiur13zhqa1.png?width=745&format=png&auto=webp&s=923ea4f6dae5cdb86bbaffd6bcd2f610423465ba I made the cut with an oscillating saw and it took < a minute. I've since cleaned up the edge a bit. I do like the hole being in the middle of the height as opposed to cutting all the way down from the rim because I think the container retains a lot more strength this way. There's a lot of material and ridges at the top that I wouldn't want to cut through. That said, I may also try a second bin with the hole moved to the left a bit so as to be centered on the short side. That way I can notch a half hole in both lids and be able to open and close the lids without removing the circulator, but keep the lids closed while cooking to retain heat and steam. I've got plenty of things around the house I use these for where a small hole in this first version won't bother me at all (tarps, hoses, etc). I've been running it for a few hours now at 155 (my oatmeal recipe, my primary purpose for this, is 155 for an hour). The plastic container feels just fine, not flimsy, seems at no risk of failing. I'm not sure what the limits of the plastic are so if you're cooking at 185 for 10 hours I'd probably stick with an igloo cooler or something like that. But for $8 this will let me fit 14 quart ball jars all upright and I'm pretty delighted with that. That's 2 more than the Lipavi C20 would give me and $40 less. Plus, between cooks this will sit in the pantry to store the circulator and the ball jars as we go through them and clean them. Happy to answer any questions you might have. |
2023.03.28 16:17 Morjit [FS][USA-NC] Various Consoles, Hardware