Comparison: Best Sous Vide Equipment (Updated | Oct 22nd)
Sous vide cooking offers precise temperature control for consistently delicious results. This comparison explores various immersion circulators and sous vide ovens available on the market to help you choose the best equipment for your needs. We’ll consider factors like ease of use, temperature accuracy, capacity, and features. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced cook, our guide will help you understand the key differences between these popular sous vide options so you can confidently select the right tool to elevate your culinary creations.
Editor’s Choice
Best for a specific purpose
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Best for best overall:
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker 3.0 (WiFi) -
Best for turbo mode:
Breville BSV600PSS Joule Turbo Sous Vide Machine -
Best for complete accessories:
HOMENOTE Container 12 Quart with Lid & Rack and Sleeve – BPA Free Complete Sous Vide Accessories Kit with Cookbook For Anova and Most Sous Vide Cookers -
Best for minimum evaporation:
EVERIE Sous Vide Container 12 Quart EVC-12 with Collapsible Hinged Lid Compatible with Anova Nano or AN500-US00 or Anova Pro 3.0 or Anova Mini -
Best for small and mighty:
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker Nano 2.0 -
Best for best budget:
Sous Vide -
Best for wifi control:
Inkbird WIFI Sous Vide Cooker ISV-100W -
Best for reusable bags:
42 PCS Sous Vide Vacuum Sealer Set – 30 Reusable Bags -
Best for commercial grade:
Breville Commercial CSV700PSS HydroPro Commercial Grade Sous Vide Immersion Circulator -
Best for most powerful:
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker Pro
Product Comparison: Best Sous Vide Equipment
Best Overall
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker 3.0 (WiFi), 1100 Watts
Anova Culinary
- Pros have been doing it for years, and now you can too. Sous vide (pronounced sue-veed) is a cooking technique that utilizes highly precise temperature control in a circulating bath of water to deliver consistent, edge-to-edge perfect results, with virtually no risk of overcooking your food.
- Our best-seller, only better. The first Anova Precision Cooker launched in 2014 and started a home-cooking revolution — bringing sous vide to the masses and making Anova a household name in the process. This third generation of our flagship sous vide circulator adds key improvements, making perfect results easier to achieve than ever before. What’s different: 1) We upgraded to use dual band WiFi for improved connectivity. 2) A two-line touch screen display allows you to quickly view time and temperature.
- The adjustable clamp makes it an ideal fit on nearly any pot that is deep enough to meet the minimum water depth requirements. A removable stainless steel skirt on the cooker’s lower half makes it easy as a twist of the wrist to detach and clean the skirt either by hand or in the dishwasher.
- Anova App (free): Control your time and temp directly on the Anova app or directly on the cooker itself.
- Anova App (subscription): For $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year (cancel subscription at anytime), get access to the ultimate sous vide educational content and cooking guides. Recipes from professional chefs and the food nerd community feed directly to your Precision Cooker at the touch of a button. Continuous access to your personal recipes and cook history, ready to revisit or share with your friends and family. Two week free trial included.
Turbo Mode
Breville BSV600PSS Joule Turbo Sous Vide Machine, Polished Stainless Steel
Breville
- The Breville Joule Turbo Sous Vide cooker provides an automated cooking experience in your kitchen, powered by the Joule App; Powerful sous vide machine makes cooking easy, especially cooking meat; Put it on Autopilot and let it do all the work
- TURBO MODE: Precise results in half the time; Breville's sous vide machine has a new Turbo feature; Uses complex algorithms and powerful cloud computing to cook sous vide proteins, including delicious chicken, steak and fish, in half the time
- VISUAL DONENESS: Select desired doneness results before you begin cooking your culinary masterpiece; Setting options include Rare, Medium, Well Done, and everything in between; It's the quick, simple and reliable way to get started with sous vide cooking
- PRIME TIME: Breville sous vide delivers a window of time when food is at its prime; Prime Time feature gives you ultimate flexibility to eat when you are ready, simplifying the cooking process and making time spent in the kitchen more efficient
- COOK GUIDES: Confidently cook your core ingredient with preset times and temperatures tested by the Breville Test Kitchen chefs; Experience sous vide steak like never before; Cook mouthwatering pork; Serve light and tasty fish; Now you can try it all
- GUIDED RECIPES: Expand your culinary horizons and do more than just cook an ingredient; The Joule App now includes recipes for any day of the week; From simple to complex, with guided support to create delicious, precisely-cooked meals with your sous vide
Complete Accessories
HOMENOTE Container 12 Quart with Lid & Rack and Sleeve – BPA Free Complete Sous Vide Accessories Kit with Cookbook For Anova and Most Sous Vide Cookers
homenote
- 【Complete sous vide essential accessories】12 Qt container and lid with Pre-cut holes (middle mount), sous vide rack and sleeve that make up these bundle kits are all you need to start your favorite sous vide cooking.
- 【The most suitable container for sous vide】This container/lid is made from BPA free Polycarbonate, it’s resists heat very well which help keep even water temperature and prevent water evaporation. They are transparent (so you know what’s inside) and surprisingly lightweight.
- 【Sturdy and adjustable sous vide rack】The wavy design of our rack is made of 304 stainless steel, hard to rust (Please keep it clean, especially the welds on the rack, to extend the life of the rack), and it does its best function of keeping the food bags from floating. It also puts some space between the bottom of the container and the food bags, and this elevation allows more circulation of the hot water.
- 【Heat-resistant and insulated sous vide sleeve】This sous vide sleeve is made from high grade neoprene that precious heat from dissipating through the sides. It efficiently stores heat so cooking time is lessened and fuel or electricity is saved.
- 【Attention】This set of accessories has been tested perfectly for ANOVA and CHEFSTEPS machines, but we are not committed to that it is suitable for other brands of machines（Like Sous Vide Art）. Please confirm the suitability of your machine according to the size of pre-cut hole before purchase.
Minimum Evaporation
EVERIE Sous Vide Container 12 Quart EVC-12 with Collapsible Hinged Lid Compatible with Anova Nano or AN500-US00 or Anova Pro 3.0 or Anova Mini, Also Fits Instant Pot
EVERIE
- Everie Sous Vide Container Bundle for Anova Nano – 12 Quart container EVC-12 and collapsible hinge lid. Compatible with Nano 750w and Mini 850w and AN500-US00 1000w and Anova Pro 3.0 AN525-US00 1100w only. It also matches Instant Pot sou vide cooker though the hole is slightly bigger.
- Hinged Lid for Minimum Water Evaporation – Cook long time even over night without having to refill water.
- Collapsible Lid – The hinge is close to the machine giving enough space to check or refill or remove ingredients any time. Durable hinge is tested for 100,000 uses. No Clamps Required – The lid fits to the container snugly to clamps the sealed bags to stop it from swimming in the bath, no additional clamps required.
- Container NSF Approved – EVERIE container EVC-12 is NSF approved for your safety for sous vide. Only the container in which water is filled and heated is NSF approved. The lid is not NSF approved, but the lid is food safe.
- Notice: It is compatible with Anova Nano & Instant Pot Only. It does not fit Anova Bluetooth or WIFi version. Its fit for Nano is perfect, its hole is slightly bigger than Instant Pot though.
Small and Mighty
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker Nano 2.0
Anova Culinary
- Perfect results every time: Never over or under cook your food again. The Anova Precision Cooker Nano circulates water at the exact temperature required for perfectly cooked meals, no matter what's on your menu..Temperature : 0˚-92˚C (32˚-197˚F) | +/- 0.1˚C (0.2˚F) accuracy.
- What to cook: Sous vide (pronounced “sue-veed”) cooking offers the perfect level of doneness for chicken, fish, vegetables, eggs, beef, lamb, pork, and more. The ability to lock in flavor and moisture during the cooking process results in texture and taste that is second to none.
- Small but mighty: The 12.8″ Anova Precision Cooker Nano stows away in any kitchen drawer next to the whisk and ladle, so your counters stay uncluttered and your favorite new cooking tool stays within reach. Nano easily attaches to any stock pot or container with a fixed clamp, and is constructed of super durable plastic that's easy to clean.
- Anova App (free): Precision Cooker – Control your cook directly on the app or on the cooker itself
- Anova App (subscription): For $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year (cancel subscription at anytime), get access to the ultimate sous vide educational content and cooking guides. Recipes from professional chefs and the food nerd community feed directly to your Precision Cooker at the touch of a button. Continuous access to your personal recipes and cook history, ready to revisit or share with your friends and family. Two week free trail included.
Best Budget
Sous Vide, Wancle Sous Vide Cooker 1100W IPX7 Waterproof Thermal Immersion Circulator With Reservation Function, Easy to store
Wancle
- ✔[Good Performance Sous Vide] Wancle newly released 1100W high-performance sous vide cooker with as high as 1100W power and 18% more utilization rate of electricity. The unique 3D water circulation heating can reach the set temperature faster with high efficiency. All functional modules of the latest Wancle sous vide precision cooker have been optimized with 40% less in size, better portability and easy storage compared with other competitive products.
- ✔[Accurate, Silent & Efficient] Wancle precise cooker is capable of precise temperature control (+/- 0.1°C) and time control within the the temperature range (25~90°C) and time range (1 minute~99 hours 59 minutes) . The 3D water circulation design enables the water to circulate and the food to be heated evenly without the loss of nutrients. It’s very quiet and efficient with time-saving during the operation.
- ✔[Easy & Worry-Free Operation] Only one hand is needed to operate the Wancle thermal immersion circulator. The design of 30° screen is very convenient for observation and operation. Two displays on the big screen make the temperature and time setting more intuitive without even reading the user manual. Appointment function is also designed to enable food preparation in advance more conveniently. The adjustable clip allows it to be firmly attached to the edge of different cooking utensils.
- ✔[Safe, Waterproof & Durable] The “IPX7" certificate ensures excellent waterproof performance. It can be rinsed and cleaned directly in running water. There is no need to worry about machine failure despite a lot of steam during operation. The immersion circulators is capable of multiple safety systems such as current protection and overheat protection with higher security and durability.
- ✔[Start New Cooking Life] We have prepared everything for your sous vide cooking: Wancle sous vide cooker, user manual. In the case of any suggestions or problems during the use, please don’t hesitate to contact us and Wancle is looking forward to your feedbacks. Wancle will become better.
- ✔ Voltage: 120VAC, Power: 1100W. 1 x Sous Vide Cooker, 1 x User Manual.
Wifi Control
Inkbird WIFI Sous Vide Cooker ISV-100W, 1000 Watts Sous Vide Machine Immersion Circulator with 14 Preset Recipes on APP & Calibration Function, Thermal Immersion, Fast-Heating with Timer
Inkbird
- Wifi Remote Control: The WIFI sous vide cooker only support 2.4Ghz WIFI, but once connected with the sous vide machine with your router via APP InkbirdPro, it could be checked and controlled anywhere you're
- Powerful Yet Quiet Cooker: This sous vide cooker keeps a homogeneous temperature for up to 20 L of water even at full 1000 W output; ultra-quiet with less than 40 dB noise at 1 m
- Sosu Vide Cooker & Intelligent Design: Our sous vide cooker features a wide temperature range of 77-210°F (25-99°C) within 0.1°C accuracy and the max timer setting of 99 hours; intuitive LCD touch controls allow effortless adjustment and tracking
- Cook Like a Chef at Home: Achieves restaurant quality meals with ease by preserving juices, moisture and flavors thanks to precise temperature control; retains all of the health and nutrition benefits that are difficult to achieve from traditional cooking; included easy-to-follow sous vide cooking recipe book recommended by top chefs
- Reliable Cooking Partner: Additional calibration function is added to Inkbird Precise Cooker, which can keep a more accurate temperature at any time. Calibration range: -10F~10F
Reusable Bags
42 PCS Sous Vide Vacuum Sealer Set – 30 Reusable Bags, 5 Clips and Sealing Clips for Anova, Joule Cookers
KOSBON
- 【42 PCS Food Vacuum Sealer Set, Use for Home /Restaurant /SuperMarket】Kosbon 42 PCS Sous Vide Vacuum Sealer Set – 30 Reusable Bags, 5 Clips and Sealing Clips for Anova, Joule Cookers.
- 【Rechargeable Portable Vacuum Sealer】Kosbon handheld vacuum sealer is suitable for dry and wet food. Simple and fast with one-touch on/off button. Only need 10s to complete the vacuum seal. Professional removable "water storage" design can store water drawn from the bag, with a maximum water level line alert to effectively avoid damaging the pump.
- 【Easy to Use and no noise】To improve your favorite meals or cook new dishes, tons of amazing foods can be created with it easily. Fix the Sous Vide to your pot with the clamp, fill the pot with water, seal the food in a bag and put it into the pot, set the food to the exact temperature, then you can get perfect doneness you desire. We have prepared some recipes in the app and the personalized customization recipe is now available.
- 【Compact Mini Size】With its mini size, this food pump is designed for convenience and portability. Take it with you on camping trips, use it in the kitchen, or wherever your culinary creativity leads you.
- 【Food Security & BPA Material】Reusable sous vide bags are made of food grade PA+PE material. Security and healthy for food storage and cooking. Sous vide bags can be used for meats, vegetables, seafoods, fruits, cereals, nut snacks and sandwich, vacuum storage can keep foods fresh and long storage.
Commercial Grade
Breville Commercial CSV700PSS HydroPro Commercial Grade Sous Vide Immersion Circulator, Polished Stainless Steel
Breville Commercial
- The HydroPro initiates a new generation of professional sous vide immersion circulators; Features the Sous Vide Toolbox, a built-in cooking guide that uses scientific algorithms to calculate time to temperature and pasteurization for a vast range of foods
- PRECISE RESULTS: Sous Vide Toolbox feature allows you to select type of food, size and level of doneness; Food types include animal proteins, eggs, vegetables, fruit, legumes, lentils, custard, and yogurt; Sous vide cooker simplifies the cooking process
- HEATS UP FAST: Breville Commercial's sous vide machine has a powerful 1450 watt heater and 17 liter per minute water flow; Sous vide meats and veggies are ready quicker
- WATERPROOF: Immersion circulator for sous vide is a fully submersible kitchen appliance to prevent accidental damage if unit is dropped in water; IXP7 rated
- ROBUST CONSTRUCTION: Sous vide circulator features a durable stainless steel body, 4.3 inch Gorilla Glass touch screen and a sturdy and removable clamp
- EASY TO CLEAN: Tool-less disassembly of commercial dishwasher safe components make circulator simple to clean; Access to pump assembly though removable foot and magnetic impeller; Wipe exterior clean with soft cloth after removing clamp
- COMMERCIAL QUALITY: Used in busy restaurants and home kitchens; Breville Commercial HydroPro Sous Vide machine is CUL and NSF certified and built to last; 14.6 inches tall and 3.7 inch diameter; Weighs 4.4 lbs
- Breville PolyScience is now Breville Commercial! Some products and packaging may contain references to PolyScience
Most Powerful
Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker Pro, 1200 Watts, Black and Silver
Anova Culinary
- Perfect results every time: Never over or undercook your food again. The Anova Precision Cooker Pro circulates water at the exact temperature required for perfectly cooked meals, no matter what's on your menu.
- What to cook: Sous vide (pronounced “sue-veed”) cooking offers the perfect level of doneness for nearly any food. Chicken, fish, vegetables, eggs, beef, lamb, pork, and more, are all ideal foods for sous vide circulation. The ability to lock in flavor and moisture during the cooking process results in texture and taste that is second to none.
- Our most powerful sous vide cooker: The Anova Precision Cooker Pro was ruggedized to thrive in the most demanding of kitchens, able to heat up to 100L of water when in a covered container, and run for a minimum of 10,000 hours straight. Constructed of stainless steel, it is drop tested and IPX-7 rated; drop it on the floor or dunk under water, and you can keep on cooking, no problem.
- Easy to use: Simply attach the precision cooker to your own pot or container, fill the pot or container with water, add your food in a sealed bag, and cook manually with the built-in controls or with the Anova app
- Anova App (free): Control your time and temp directly on the Anova app or directly on the cooker itself.
- Anova App (subscription): For $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year (cancel subscription at anytime), get access to the ultimate sous vide educational content and cooking guides. Recipes from professional chefs and the food nerd community feed directly to your Precision Cooker Pro at the touch of a button. Continuous access to your personal recipes and cook history, ready to revisit or share with your friends and family. Two week free trial included.
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Buying Guide
FAQs
What is sous vide cooking?
Sous vide is a cooking technique where food is sealed in a bag and cooked in a temperature-controlled water bath.
What are the key components of a sous vide setup?
A sous vide setup typically includes an immersion circulator (the cooker), a container to hold the water, and bags to seal the food.
What should I look for in a sous vide cooker?
Consider factors like power (wattage), temperature accuracy, water circulation, and ease of use when choosing a sous vide cooker.
Do I need a special container for sous vide cooking?
While not strictly necessary, a dedicated sous vide container helps maintain consistent temperature and prevents heat loss.
What type of bags can I use for sous vide?
You can use vacuum-sealed bags or high-quality, food-safe zip-top bags. Ensure the bags are BPA-free and can withstand the cooking temperature.
Is Wi-Fi connectivity important in a sous vide cooker?
Wi-Fi connectivity allows you to control and monitor the cooking process remotely via a smartphone app.
What size sous vide container should I get?
A 12-quart container is a versatile size for most home cooks, accommodating various cuts of meat and quantities of food.
