Cooking for Geeks sous vide demo

[CSSsonicno2]

So what you're telling me is you just spent two hours and $50 ...

to make boiled eggs?

[bambamstudent]

To all those people criticizing this as not cooking the egg in a vacuum sealed bag, the egg IS the vacuum sealed bag. An egg shell is a sealed container. Given your typical sous vide setup costs a fortune, I think this is brilliant. Retards.....

[lgbtTV4]

@bambamstudent wrote "the egg IS the vacuum sealed bag. An egg shell is a sealed container"

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Yes and no. A egg shell is air permeable, so the shell does not provide a vacuum. If you take "sous vide" literally, then you'd need a vacuum bag because the term means "under vacuum." That said, a vacuum bag is not technically necessary. It's used simply to:

1) protect the food from the water

2) a vacuum prevents the bag from floating

3) a vacuum keeps marinade close to the meat

[dubbster06]

just bite the bullet and buy a real immersion circulator..ull get laughed at using that thing in the culinary world

[aca192maric]

are you crazy cooking only a agg for 45 min lol xDDDDDDD :D

[larryrp66]

Spend a couple extra bucks, and get a Sous Vide Magic 1500D. Also use a manual switch rice cooker. Rice cookers heat from the bottom, which allows for better natural convection. Far more accurate. Not an opinion, just a fact.

[Bad2Bone98]

Nukeing it in the microwave works to

[intoximacated]

@Bad2Bone98 er, not for keeping a constant, low temperature for a long time it doesn't...

[TheJonHoskins]

Does anyone know what brand/model that thermostatic controller is?

[Bjo15]

45min to an hour ??? more like 7 mins in boiling water :D

[intoximacated]

@Bjo15 This technique lets you get the egg to the exact temperature you want though, and evenly that temperature all the way through! That's why people sous-vide things. It's also a great technique for steaks, duck breast, and stuff like that.

[ddookk91]

Nobel :D

[AllenKll]

uhm, Where's the vacuum?

[kvacken1]

EAT THE FREAKING EGGS!

[TheMaffo22]

Ok... Now in normal English??

[klusmanp]

You need to add an annotation at 1:19 to warn people to UNPLUG the power chord BEFORE they cut it. This seems obvious to most people but someone out there will make this mistake.

[Nitrolego]

i don't get the "close the circuit" part....

[furio01]

isnt sous vide when you put something in a sealed bag and leave it in boiling water?

[elemenhorster]

wait... what?



[EivindTube]

what's the point of cooking it for so long?

[SaiyanKnight]

45 minutes to an hour? Orr, you could lay out some plastic wrap and oil it lightly, crack in the egg and make a pouch, tied with string of your choice; set in lightly boiling water for 3 minutes and serve. =/

I understand wanting to make stuff, but how about something a little more... Realistic or functional?

[helicop99]

2:49  Creeper Groan hahaha

[MultiDimwit]

hehehehehe, GEEK

[tweek9980]

Sous-vide (pronounced /suːˈviːd/), French for "under vacuum",[1] is a method of cooking food sealed in airtight plastic bags in a water bath

Wheres the vacuum in this?

[K9LLL]

I like this channel but this is a little much to cook some freaking food

[deilax]

I had to look up what a sous vide egg was and quite frankly, I'm disgusted. Why would anyone want to eat that?

[MPS186282]

@deilax I really don't understand. It's a method of preparing food. Troll much?

[WpA09]

thermal detonator!!!!

[nonsquid]

Most of the controllers I work with could not handle that much electrical AC current. Most of them can only handle 1-3 amps. You may want to consider using a relay / mini contactor to buffer the controller output.

[poelsemads]

Cooool cutting board!

[cheskamouse]

Or, you could use your brain and just use what is on the market and learn to cook.

Which means paying attention to what you are doing instead of using technology to become even more lazy.

[Cesar2005]

"Cooking for Geeks" - EXACTLY

[thepryest]

Wouldn't buying a pot with an accurate temperature gauge end up the same price as your mangled setup?

[thetommantom]

@thepryest but you can use it for more things

[InfinityNS]

Oooor, bring the water to the boiling point, and then drop the eggs in for 10 minutes. Done.

[PRJohnnyT]

Sous Vide means in vacuum in french, there is no vacum there + without air ur eggs r gonna pop open cause of pressure differential and the only way u can maybe heat them is with microwave, laser or IR.

I love u geeks, u make lotsa cool stuff but trust me u don't wanna cook with wires allover the place.

[asertresa]

WTH 45MIN for a EGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[onexrocks]

lol hey look mah! i used an aquastat to boil me some eggs!! :p

[mangoz69a]

tank nerd true?

[grg900]

OR bring a pan of salt water to the boil drop an egg or 2 in and leave for 3 - 4 minutes perfect soft boiled eggs every time (i find this way much easier

[tzkelley]

Should have cooked a steak instead of an egg and showed the result at the end so these "beer and hotdog" types could understand why someone would cook like this!

[controlador007]

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd

[LastTaboo]

Thermostatic controller... huh, I think I have a few of these lying around, right next to my decombobulators and thingamajigs.

[FrostfoxFilms]

@LastTaboo I just looked through my drawer and found a few next to my whachamacallits, which was in front of my doodads.

[bugtaler]

@LastTaboo looool thingamajigs classic

[RobotMonkeyStudio]

@LastTaboo do you have a nuclear reactor to? i know someone with a flux copasator

[IamHueGraves]

@LastTaboo you should just buy one

[Brandonduboff]

@LastTaboo its just the thing attached to your wall that where you set the temperature for your apt or house. really not a complicated thing, find it at any home depot or the like.

[lgbtTV4]

@Brandonduboff wrote "its just the thing attached to your wall that where you set the temperature for your apt"

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No, unless you want your apt to kill you. Sous vide is done from 130F-170F, and no home thermostat goes that high. What you need is a thermocouple, not a thermostat.

[quosmo1]

@Neodudeman maybe but your still a douche.

[juredddd]

@Neodudeman I got to say that you are wright and also idea of BUYMAGAZINE is pretty good idea somebody should make youtube channel called like this this channel should be pretty popular i think :)

[Guydabest]

@Neodudeman I agree with your entire post, but I love how you say 'exactly' and then put a range XD

[lHenry97]

@Neodudeman Buyazine is the 2nd best word in the world

[dcool96]

Its still probley cheaper to buy a one that has a temp control on it and safer and cleaner......

[reubenbridges]

Is Make doing tryouts for a know host

[Halljac]

@reubenbridges I have been wondering the same thing. I think they should put out a contest where anyone can submit videos and have the opportunity to host like a 5 episode series or something if the general viewing crowd voted for them.

[makemagazine]

@Halljac we are indeed hosting auditions but Jeff Potter is an O'Reilly author, this video goes along with his book.

[Halljac]

@makemagazine Where is the information to submit videos and ideas?

[makemagazine]

@Halljac There's a link in the Google Reader Pedal vid description!

[electron2222]

Super =D

[wowonice1]

2:50

[HomeDistiller]

WOW modifying a device to do something its already designed to do!! thats amazing!! and with uninsulated connections on a mains voltage unit, thats really geek. HA!

[sonicmonkey123]

Geeks make the best cooks ever.

[youcrackers]

geek!

[TylerTR4G3DY]

If it takes up to an hour to make hard boiled eggs, I can't imagine how long it would take to make a PROPER sous vide meal.

[unicyclefinatic]

damn i thought i was a geek

[Loftworthy]

"Cheaper is better". Right, so this is why we're dismantling an expensive appliance to make it do a job it is not designed to do, when there is almost certainly a probably cheaper appliance in the shops that IS designed for that task?

[briackman]

@Loftworthy nope, just checked, the closest thing is $450, and also, the dumber crock pots are about $50, the temperature level is $150, so its still cheaper.

[Karnyth]

back in my day, we just turned the stove on to heat our water.

[thedrizzle09]

@Karnyth I know right? Talk about making things overly complicated.

[TheRealJohnnyJaymes]

So slow cooked hard boiled eggs? You can do that in a microwave in like 35 seconds!

[dethklok6511]

KipKay would've made it better. His would be able to read your mind or something awesome.

[HurdyGurdySwede]

Why is it seen that geeks can't cook..? I'm a self confessed super geek but I still recently cooked (a self admittedly, great) 3 course meal for 7 of my friends...

[Sho81]

@HurdyGurdySwede I know the thought. When my friends hear me go off about computers and gaming they always expect me to order out until they taste the food I make.

[jonnyroy]

Where is the sous vide "under vacum " part?

[Gunner7121]

@jonnyroy was wondering the same thing

[gadgetmanubuntu]

now, to do that to a soldering iron...

[ms18ins]

OMG i just bought this crock pot yesterday

[DiesesedCow]

19th

[nonsenseical]

i thought cooking for geeks was only ramen haha

[randomactofawsome]

remember, kids! ALWAYS UNPLUG YOUR SHIT BEFORE YOU TAKE IT APART XD

[funwithhydrogen]

sous vide means under vacume and im pretty sure that if you can just stick the thermometer in the lid then there is no seal and no vacume also you can get food poisoning from sous vide because of lack of oxygen and so you need to keep fresh water circulating in it and that rig wont do that

[Fatam05]

@funwithhydrogen ive be learning about sous vide cooking in school and all you do is cook the food in boiling water while it is under vaccum pressure i dont u can get food poisoning

[Fatam05]

@funwithhydrogen think*

[CrashGames2108]

@funwithhydrogen Are you retired due to lack of oxygen?

[Halljac]

@CrashGames2108 how would he be retired?

[funwithhydrogen]

@CrashGames2108 i think you mean retarded.......

retard

[hydrolisk1792]

LOL, this is cool.

[SaxInThaCity]

Slow Cookers haven't changed for years--- there is a reason for it. Thumbs up for KipKay Weekend Project :)

[catman72]

very good concept.

but for this to become true sous vide you need 2 more things-

1. something to circulate your water in the slowcooker, so the temerature

will be uniform, and also for heat convection -

moving water will move heat into your food.

2. a vaccum pack for foods that are not eggs...

:-)

[japox2300]

what is the point of this? cant you just cook normally like everyone else? seems too much hassle for eggs imho!

[zck7]

I heard an interview with Potter on NPR's Science Friday, it was really good...

(Google: cooking for geeks science friday)

[faIc0n]

HELL TO THE NO that I'm gonna wait 45 minutes for eggs

[nisse91]

ill make sure my girlfriend watch this..

[Vleesball]

booger eggs... disgusting man.

i can cook a way better egg in just 5 minutes

[joeprissel]

you dont need a modified slow cooker to boil eggs

[Wylmryk]

@joeprissel Thankfully sous vide cooks a LOT more than just eggs.

[mndi89]

Ask KipKay to put in a resistor and views will be happier!!

[Elephantintheroom01]

@mndi89 Kip kay would make it only make eggs for U...

[mndi89]

@Elephantintheroom01 ooook...and who asked the damn elephant to talk ¬_¬

[nathangek]

second :D joke but lol this was nice

[BagboyTim]

"mmmmm sius vide eggs" creeeaaapppyyy

[Holyfraek12]

lol kewl