2 hours ago, dtremit said:In addition to the F. Blumlein, you may want to look at the Anova Precision Oven thread — it's also bigger than the CSO, but at least solves the unknown manufacturer problem.
I have thought about the Anova, but I am personally always hesitant to buy appliances that include a phone app middleman, so to speak. I understand I can just not use that feature, but I feel you pay a premium for those kinds of things so the money seems wasted for my application/needs. I have nothing against technology or anything, have grown up watching it evolve and love a lot of it, really it's that I like to buy for longevity whenever I can, and technology changes so fast anymore that I don't want to end up with something that ends up being primitive in a relatively short period time. We sort of giggle now when we watch movies with older cellphone tech in them, for example, because of how backwards and clunky they now seem, and I can't help but feel the same is coming for a lot of the stuff we dive into (myself included) because of the lightning speed of change we are seeing in technology as we learn more. How many iPhone generations has even my basic KitchenAid stand mixer lasted? And how many more are ahead of it? These are the things I think about when I am out shopping for something new.
