Instant Pot ?

Cathy_429788

Do you think it would be possible to Sous Vide in a Due Instant Pot?

I was thinking maybe on Slow Cook setting?

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brian_martin2001

I'm not too familiar with the product, what kind of temperature control does it have? Cooking "sous vide" works on bring able to control the temperature of the water, and thereby the food, to the degree or fraction of the degree. Unless the instant pot has this kind of control, I seriously doubt it, unless you're going to play around with it's electronics

wolfiegirl

I've got an Instant Pot. It's great for what it was created for....slow cooking, pressure cooking...that kind of thing. As far as sous vide, my answer would be no. You might be able to use the insert as a vessel for a Joule but that would be about it. If you want to cook sous vide I would urge you to take the plunge and buy a Joule. You won't regret it!

Brandon_Byrd_40557

No. Instant Pots aren't designed to maintain a precise temperature, and you have very little in the way of temperature control. If you check in the manual, the slow cook setting operates between 88C and 99C, which is way too hot for most SV applications. They make devices (like Sous Vide Magic or the Dork Food SV Controller) that can turn "stupid" crock pots and rice cookers into SV machines. They have a temperature probe that you place inside the cooking vessel, and then you plug the slow/rice cooker into the device rather than the wall. The device then switches the crock pot on and off depending on if the temperature is too low or too high. These devices won't work with an Instant Pot, however, because the IP has a menu system where you have to select the mode every time you power it on. These devices are also somewhat expensive at $100-150. This made a lot of sense three or four years ago when the cheapest circulator was $800. But now that there are so many cheap options on the market, it doesn't really make sense to buy one. Circulators are better, more accurate, and can be used with pretty much any container. And they're only slightly more expensive.

The good news is that the stainless steel inner pot of the IP will be great to use with Joule!

wolfiegirl

By the way.....if you haven't tried the CS recipe for chicken wings in the pressure cooker, you're missing a real treat!!