I went with the Anova after doing lots of research. Its quieter than the rest, brings water temp up at a decent rate and the bluetooth was a nice touch. The Nomiku wifi is suppose to come out this year but didn't want to do the whole preorder thing. Also the Anova is much easier to clean
I'm going to precook with the sous vide and sear it on my infrared searing station, that this is awesome for searing things.
I'm planning on using a stock pot as the vessel for now. I have about 4 or 5 so defiantly can designate one for this purpose. My gf gets mad at me all the time, i have like5 or 6 knives in the cupboard still not used, pot and pans the same thing.
Thought about getting one of these, maybe a bit bigger
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