Sous-vide cooking doesn’t have to be restricted to your kitchen. Adventurous grillers and outdoor cooking fans have discovered that combining sous vide with grilling can produce a world class steak with less effort than with conventional grilling. Sous-vide is a French term meaning "under vacuum." It's a method of cooking where the food is sealed in an airtight plastic bag. and then placed in a water bath for a duration exceeding a typical cook time expected with grilling, baking, or frying. … [Read more...]
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How To Keep Food Submerged in Your Sous Vide Machine | The $7 Solution
Unless you have a Sous Vide Supreme with a food holding rack, chances are you've experienced some floaters on occasion, especially when we can't use a vacuum sealer, as with burgers and scrambled eggs. I use a crock pot and a controller for my sous vide cooking, and keeping the food under water has been a constant problem with some items. After experimenting with fiberglass rods, vacuum sealed pebbles, and a horridly ineffective coil of stainless steel wire, none of which worked well, I … [Read more...]