4 replies to this topic

[bill.french]

Now that I've got my netduino sous vide functional, i was going to try chicken breasts next, but grabbed a flank steak (sold as 'London Broil' in Shoprite) instead. I cooked it at 135F for about 5 hours. Most recipes call for a slightly lower temperature (130-133 i have seen) and much, much longer times (42 hours, for instance) .. but i am playing it safe temperature wise for now and only had 5 hours to let it cook.

Well, it worked! I did a poor job browning it right before eating it, so the flavor was not nearly as good as it could have been, but it was far and away the least chewy and juiciest steak of this cut I've ever had. I'm going to cook the other half for about 9-10 hours tomorrow and see how it goes. Once I'm a little more comfortable that I am not going to burn the house down I will push the times further.

[Michel Tol]

hahaha lol briljant! Keep up the good work

[seidleroni]

Wow, I had to do a double-take upon reading this post, since I also used my Netduino to act as a sous vide machine! I have not cooked anything in it yet, but tests showed that it controlled the temperature +/- 0.5 C which I consider a huge success. Did you have it turn on/off a crockpot like I did, or did you use another method?

[bill.french]

The details are in the link on the first sentence of my post, but basically I used a pot with a built in heater, more like a small deep fryer than a crock put, but the same idea.

[Corey Kosak]

That is really cool!