<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13394" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13400">I thank everyone for their comments. Now I am thinking there are two practical ways to implement sous vide:</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13428"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13400"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13511"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13400">Crock pot with improved temperature control: adequate for modest quantities, or skip the bagging and make a stew with carrots that are both sweet and crunchy and chicken that isn't terribly over cooked by boiling.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13514"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13400"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13532"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13400">Big insulated container with lid and internal racks and circulating heater: good for making quantities of food.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13395"><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13531" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13530"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13529"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13528"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13614" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13613" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:32 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] sous vide question.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509075385027_13628"><br><div dir="ltr">On 10/26/2017 05:56 AM, Paul Zander wrote:<br clear="none">> The concept is to use a crock pot with the the heater outside the vessel holding the water and a lid that reduces heat loss through the top.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I would think that after an hour or so, the temperature distribution will be rather stable. There will be a temperature gradient between the outside of the pot and the water inside. There is probably an offset between the temperature of the sensor and the temperature of the food.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The gradient *may* be from top to bottom. I said "may" because I <br clear="none">witnessed those gradients with a different setup than a pot.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> The parameters of the control loop have been adjusted according to the location of the sensor: outside the pot vs. inside the pot.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Given the above, why would I need to do anything at 0400?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Re-position the food.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If there is no appreciable temperature gradient you don't need to <br clear="none">reposition the food, but if there is and you've a recipe that requires <br clear="none">6h cooking, repositioning the food won't be that fun.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">But you really have to implement it and check. I'm more optimist than <br clear="none">what it seems.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Ivan Sergio Borgonovo<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.webthatworks.it/" target="_blank">http://www.webthatworks.it </a><a shape="rect" href="http://www.borgonovo.net/" target="_blank">http://www.borgonovo.net</a><div class="yqt6166017755" id="yqtfd78017"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>