Sous vide and Instant Pot

[normanaj]

Been thinking about sous vide cooking lately and with that time of year lots of gadgets go on sale but then I started thinking about the sous vide setting on my Instant Pot.

Any of you folks who have Instant Pots ever use the sous vide setting?One thing I discovered right off that bat is that it isn't very good as a slow cooker and was wondering if the same was true for sous vide.

 

[Brokenhandle]

That's a good question... I'll tag along to see some responses.

Ryan

 

[dr k]

Been thinking about sous vide cooking lately and with that time of year lots of gadgets go on sale but then I started thinking about the sous vide setting on my Instant Pot.

Any of you folks who have Instant Pots ever use the sous vide setting?One thing I discovered right off that bat is that it isn't very good as a slow cooker and was wondering if the same was true for sous vide.

I don't cook in crockpots other than soups and chili and only use them as a holding vessel to keep warm. USDA mentioned canning at 15 psi to get to 250F in an Insta Pot has been sub par to kill Clostridrium Botulinum, Clostridium Perfringens and Bacillus Cereius spores to be a sterilized canning. Opening the lid and checking the temp with a calibrated digital therm would be the best move but not knowing if there are peaks and valleys to average the temp vs holding to within a degree of a stick circulator PID maybe an issue with an Insta Pot vs a stick circulator SV since you can test anytime with an instant read digital therm. IDK. I can only repeat what I've heard.