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Immersion Circulator for Library Lending


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The library where I work loans out cooking kits. Must are simple and contain a special pan and a recipe or cookbook. We're considering a "Sous Vide" kit with immersion circulator and beginner cookbook.

 

I'm asking for suggestions on which circulator to include. The word "bulletproof" comes to mind. Cookbook suggestions are welcome too.

 

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Great idea - I think the Anova is the best of the several I've tried in terms of very simple controls. Although the new ones come with Bluetooth, they can still be used with just the dial on the top. Set the temp, press the start button, and away you go. They are compatible with a large variety of pots, though your library might consider including a cambro with the kit.

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Good Odea

 

i gave my Anova V1 to my local library w a few suggestions for simple cooking.

 

for the Librarians

 

a town and 1/2 over

 

has all sorts of stuff like this for load w you library card

 

Anova V2 and crockpots and stuff to shampoo your Rugs,

 

ver interesting and innovative for them

 

including  a huge selection of cake molds for very special birthday cakes you can make with them

 

Ill PM you the library

 

and call them

 

they are very helpful

 

for you lib

 

get the Anova bluetooth for < 100 USD.

 

cheers

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If they come

 

and check out anything 

 

Im told my li Local

 

its a Circ.  i.e. a circulation 

 

not that other thing

 

and the more Circ's

 

the more money they get from the Bean Counters across the street.

 

good

 

in a convoluted sort of way

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Rental equipment tends to get abused, so I'm thinking that the consumer circulators will have pretty short lifespans. The library should probably budget for replacing the things every few months. 

The alternative of lending professional circulators probably isn't too appealing, since they tend to be so much bigger and heavier. And they're equally vulnerable to death by drowning.

I think it's a great idea, at least as an experiment. I would have loved this. I made my first forays into s.v. with borrowed equipment, but was lucky enough to know people who owned the stuff.

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I'd think the bigger liability danger would be people doing cook-store techniques without knowing what they're doing. 

Most home cooks do so much cross-contamination and leave food out for so many hours at the wrong temperatures that it's hard to imagine a circulator adding to anyone's actual peril. 

 

In NYC it's the chamber vacuum sealers, not the circulators, that freak out the health dept. They're probably overreacting to something they don't understand, but they require any restaurant with a vacuum machine to implement an HACCP plan. 

 

I'd think if the s.v. instructions given by the library just need to advise people to store bags in the fridge for no more than a few days. This and don't cook for more than, say, 2 hours below 131°F. 

 

On the one hand it's better to be safe than sorry when it comes to consulting lawyers. On the other hand, especially with topics they don't fully understand, lawyers are likely to be very conservative and just advise against everything.

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