Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Craig
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:02:50 -0700 Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote: I have been curious about this technique for the last few years, toying with the idea of springing for the $400 or so for the early consumer grade water oven. I was deterred by the price and also the lack of

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Rich Thomas
Some people have taken a Crockpot and a simple Arduino controller to make one of those things for cheap money. Basically a thermo sensor and a relay to control the Crockpot, maybe $30 worth of parts and some simple programming. This is very easy to do even as a beginner project as I think

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Randy Bennell
If one heated the sealed bags at higher temperatures, they might explode?? Randy On 19/09/2013 3:45 PM, Craig wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:02:50 -0700 Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote: I have been curious about this technique for the last few years, toying with the idea of

[MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Greg Fiorentino
I have been curious about this technique for the last few years, toying with the idea of springing for the $400 or so for the early consumer grade water oven. I was deterred by the price and also the lack of space for such an appliance in my kitchen. A few months back I happened upon a sous vide

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Craig
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:04:29 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: If one heated the sealed bags at higher temperatures, they might explode?? Well, yes, if you make the liquid in the sealed bag boil, of course it will explode. Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Greg Fiorentino
: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Craig Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:45 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:02:50 -0700 Greg Fiorentino gf...@dslnorthwest.net wrote: I have been curious about

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Craig
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:05:20 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Some people have taken a Crockpot and a simple Arduino controller to make one of those things for cheap money. Basically a thermo sensor and a relay to control the Crockpot, maybe $30 worth of parts

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide

2013-09-19 Thread Greg Fiorentino
: [MBZ] OT: Cooking Sous Vide On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:05:20 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Some people have taken a Crockpot and a simple Arduino controller to make one of those things for cheap money. Basically a thermo sensor and a relay to control