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Precision Cooker 3.0
Holds one temperature all night, never drifting
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A circulator does one thing a stove can’t: hold a temperature and stay there. Clamp it to a pot of water, set it, and it heats and stirs the bath to within a fraction of a degree for as long as the job takes. That is what makes a proper infused oil possible: seal dried porcini, coffee, toasted nuts or citrus peel in a bag of oil, hold it at 176°F (80°C) for around 12 hours, and the flavor comes out without anything frying, browning or turning bitter. Use dried aromatics only for holds that long; fresh garlic or herbs in oil are a botulism risk, so refrigerate and use within 4 days. Butter works too, clarified first.
The same bath cooks a steak or a chop edge to edge before a hard sear, with no grey band under the crust. The 3.0 runs at 1100 watts, has a touch screen that shows time and temperature together, and an app if you want to watch from another room. It shuts itself off if the water drops below its minimum line, and a long cook is an overnight job, so plan it the day before.
oils and butters infused at a held 176°F (80°C) for around 12 hours, hot enough to extract and cool enough to cook nothing, so dried porcini, coffee, toasted nuts, dried chili or citrus peel give flavors a hot pan can't; plus steaks and chops cooked edge to edge before a hard sear
What it saves you: stovetop infusing, where the oil drifts and scorches
What you give up: an infusion is an overnight job; long holds are for dried aromatics only, because fresh garlic or herbs in oil are a botulism risk (refrigerate and use within 4 days); butter has to be clarified first for long holds