Sous Vide T-Bone

[pushok2018]

My son was going to visit us last Sunday so I woke up that morning and scratched my head: what should I cook today? A lot of choices so it's hard to choose from...

All of a sudden I remembered that I still have one T-Bone stake in my freezer which was vac packed since 4-5 month ago. I did not have enough time to defrost it - stake was 2.5 inch thick so... I knew I can start cook it SV while it still frozen - just need to add additional time for the cook. At 10:00 a.m. stake was placed in 140F water with my Anova set to keep the temp at 131.5 for entire cook which was set for 4 hours. I never cooked frozen stakes (anything) before.
At 2:00 p.m. stake is out of the container and set on the dish for 7 min to rest. In 7 min I seared it with my torch and back on my son's plate and one good piece (just enough for me) from that stake landed on my plate.
From my point of view stake was somewhere between medium rare and medium. Probably closer to medium but.... it was awesome!!! Very-very tender and taste was what I wanted it to be... My son was extremely happy (he loves stakes a lot) and I was very pleased with the cook.

 

[weev]

Nice got to love a good steak!

 

[Inscrutable]

Wow looks great!
I’ve never even thought about Sous-vide (or knew what the heck it was), and now have a new toy I need!

 

[pushok2018]

Nice got to love a good steak!

- Thank you, weev!

I’ve never even thought about Sous-vide (or knew what the heck it was), and now have a new toy I need!

- Inscrutable, IMO this is a tool you "must" have!

 

[Inscrutable]

I see (think) you are using some kind of plastic tub or Tupperware ... have seen some just adaptations of those, some made specifically for it, some with coolers ... is there any consensus?

 

[krj]

I see (think) you are using some kind of plastic tub or Tupperware ... have seen some just adaptations of those, some made specifically for it, some with coolers ... is there any consensus?

I use this Coleman cooler. I drilled a hole in one corner to fit my Anova, and I also cut the lid in half to have access to the inside without having to remove the Anova. I like it because I don't have as much evaporation loss, and it maintains heat a little better than using a clear plastic tub. The trade off is that it's a little large and takes more water to fill.