Sunday, January 8, 2023

Sous Vide Cooler

 We decided to drill a hole in the lid of a cooler we had so we could use it for sous vide following directions here. This cooler is a good depth to fit a variety of food to sous vide, but not so large as to contain a lot of extra water. It also fits in our utility sink for an easy cooking location and clean up. To fit our sous vide unit we purchased a 2.5" hole drill bit. We wanted to be able to use it as a cooler still, too, so I found a rubber stopper online with the dimensions of 2 1/4" on the bottom and 2 5/8" on the top. A good search term for this seems to be rubber stopper bung, a size 13. This works great for sous vide and the cooler can still be used for it's original purpose.

Cooking a pot roast for 24 hours

Pork

Brisket

Pork Loin

Salmon

Beef