PARTU Sous Vide, Food-Grade Stainless Steel Sous Vide Cooker, 8.2LPM Speed | 850W | Adjusted Clamp | Anti-Moist Curved Panel | Dual Safety Protection with Cooking Guide

This is the type that you use with your own pot. I’m using a very large aluminum stock pot and I was worried that it wouldn’t have enough BTU’s to get the water hot in a reasonable time. I timed how long it took to get to a temperature (130F) I am likely to use often. It took just over 20 minutes to bring my cold tap water (80F) to 130F. Quite acceptable for my purposes. I also tried heating cold water to much higher temps, eventually setting to 200F. I would using hot water from the tap if your going to go this high as it will take a couple hours if you start with cold water. Once to temperature it holds temp very consistently throughout the pot (lots of water circulation). When my sous vide was set to hold 130F the actual temp verified with several Theromworks Thermopens was within a few tenths of a degree. When set to hold 200F the actual temp is about 2.5F lower than indicated. No big deal as you can simple set it to 202.5 and it nails 200F.The display is large and angled nicely to make reading the unit super easy. The design appears robust and the lower end with just a twist of the end cap and a twist of the large stainless main tube. Very easy to clean and dry out parts before storing.The only con I could find is that setting the adjustments for time and temperature are not as easy to get done as I had hoped. The touch controls take some getting used to. This is a very good unit for the money though. Glad I chose this one.

This purchase is a NO BRAINER. Sous Vide is the greatest thing to happen to cooking food since the invention of fire. I chose this particular brand and model very carefully, and I love everything about it. The PARTU Sous Vide is reliable, quiet, accurate and, at 850 Watts, powerful enough to bring 12 quarts of water to temp in 5 minutes or less if started with hot water. The mounting system is simply perfection in design and very sturdy. This high-quality unit is extremely easy to mount, program and use. And, as one can see from the photos, the 90-degree user interface and controls keep the electronics out of the way of water and easy to read. It even comes with free Amazon Tech support if needed, but really it is a piece of cake to program and use. I couldn't be more pleased with this purchase.I use the 12 quart Rubbermaid container, and it works marvelously. I also recommend the Rubbermaid cover that is made for this container. It can be easily cut with a box cutter to fit it to the PARTU and the container. Bon appetit

This is a great addition to my kitchen. My only regret is waiting so long to get one. I already make great steaks and other food but this goes a long way toward even preparation when there are a lot of servings. First time out of course I went with steaks and got perfect medium T-Bones. Finished them off for 2 minutes each side on the charcoal grill and they were perfect. If you love to cook and you don't have one of these just get one you won't regret it. Best thing I've gotten since my first crock pot to help me quickly serve good meals with a fraction of the work.

Spend about 15 minutes figuring the controls out and you'll have a dandy no-frills cooker on your hands. No tactile feedback on the 2 "buttons,", no actual power switch - just plug it in, and no constant-on function - you need to use the timer, but it can be set for quite a long time. Temperature is certainly accurate to within a degree or so, which means it's effectively spot-on. No Wi-Fi, no Bluetooth, but, really not necessary IMHO. Appears to be very well made.BTW not sure why some photos in the listing show the control panel INSIDE a pot. There is a notch on the clamp that fits a small nub on the cooker sleeve, so that the control panel hangs OUTSIDE the container, where it probably belongs.

It worked once, the next time it just kept blowing circuit breakers... that was my original review. Later I tried one more time and the thing worked! In the mean time, the seller read my original one star review and contacted me to offer a free replacement. This proves their dedication to supporting their product. So now I can rate it on how it performed the first time before it started blowing circuit breakers and how it performs now that it started working again. I don't know what was wrong, it tripped the breaker on two different circuits so it wasn't a bad breaker, I can only assume it may have gotten wet in the wrong place and later dried out. Anyway it's working again now.It makes perfect medium rare steaks. Put a nice thick steak in a zip lock bad and lower it into the water. I leave the bag open and clip it to the side of the pan. Put all your seasoning etc in the bag with the steak. Set it to 130 deg F and let it run for about 90 to 120 minutes. Next remove the steaks and throw them on a hot grill for about 60 seconds each side. It comes out perfect medium rare very uniform through the thick steak. To make a medium rare steak just using the grill, you end up with medium well near the outside and very rare in the center. With this device you get perfect medium rare through and through.When the thing started working again I planed to update my review from one star to maybe four, dinging it at least one for the temporary failure. However when the seller contacted me and offered to ship a replacement immediately I decided to make it 5 star to reward them for their quick offer of support.If you like medium rare steak or for that matter probably medium or whatever, if you just want it uniform, medium or medium rare or rare through and through, this thing will do it for you.MK

I ordered this this particular sous videbased on the reviews and the price. Received product, but the temperature control wouldn’t function... I exchanged for another and had the SAME issue..will be sending this back for a refund.This unit may be inexpensive but in the long run it’s too frustrating receiving two defective units and on top of that the instructions are very VAGUE. Will be purchasing a different unit,Based on the price you get what you pay for I would not recommend this product.