First remote cook

Today is the first experiment with starting Joule remotely. Last night I took two frozen chicken breasts and vacuum bagged them with olive oil and basil. I put them back in the freezer until morning.

This morning, I filled my 15L Cambro with icewater, plugged in Joule and popped the bagged (still frozen) chicken into the water, then headed to work.

At 12:45 I logged in to the app. It took a couple tries to connect, but I finally got acknowledgement that Joule was operating, and the water temp was still at 41 F. I set the temp for 149 F and hit Go.

It's 2:05 and I just got the notification that we're up to temp. So far, so good. I have noticed a few connectivity issues--if the Joule app is in the foreground everything is fine, but if another app is in the foreground, or if the phone is powered off, I get the "You are disconnected from Joule" message. Reconnecting is quick, and the cook is still in progress.

I'll update with results this evening.

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tshewman

I've only done remote temp adjustments or heat from room temp while at an office (in one case home from a diff state) so am interested in your outcome.

fisher23

I have done one as a test, I didn't freeze the protein. I did a 50/50 water and ice in my cambro it held below 40'F for 6 hours (may have gone even longer but I wanted to eat it for dinner). It worked out well.

Scott_Hysmith_251824

I have to say it was a success. Maybe it was starting from frozen, I don't know, but the texture of the cooked chicken was as perfect as I've ever had a chicken breast. A quick sear in rice bran oil and some mornay sauce with gruyere and it was a worthy weeknight meal. And I got to teach my youngest how to make risotto, so there's a plus to the evening.

fisher23

Double success, perfect chicken and teaching your youngest how to make risotto. IMHO it doesn't get much better 😊