I Compared $50 and $300 Sous Vide Machines With Steak • Tasty

Alvin attempts to make the perfect steak using a $50 Sous Vide Gadget and a $300 Sous Vide Gadget. Will there be much of a difference in quality?

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[HondaCL]

Pro tip: if you don't have access to a vacuum sealer, you can use freezer bags and submerge them 99% into water with just the little opening above the surface in order to get more of the air out than just "squeezing" the air out.

[bonneil]

To be honest, I think the only thing that made a difference was the vacuum seal.

[DuelScreen]

This was not a fair test. There were two variables: the machines AND the bagging of the meat. I suggest a follow up video in which you do exactly the same thing BUT switch the bags. Put the vacuum sealed bag in with $50 machine and vice versa. I bet the $50 Sous Vide machine is just as good as the $300 machine but you can get the $300 quality by purchasing a separate vacuum sealer for another $50-$80.

[ResponsiveWall]

Alvin, a tip for next time, instead of trying to forcepushing the air out of the ziplock bag, emerge it into water, and the air will be pressed out. its like a makeshift vacuum sealer

[Kitchen]

There is only one master on YouTube when it comes to sous vide.... Guga
'Sous vide everything'

[lulucthlhu]

Get yourself the $50 machine and a vacuum sealer, and voila, a gourmet steak.

[zoeseims]

I’m sorry but Alvin looks so cute with his hair🥺 it had to be said...

[brypiot]

This experiment was ruined at the very beginning by him not vacuum sealing both steaks. The air removed is completely required to sous vide. Also, you would never add that much aeromatics in a vacuum sealed bag because the flavors get super intensified and burn the garlic into the spot it is touching in the vacuum sealed bag. Less seasoning is more with sous vide.

[kawaiteam]

For a true test he should have made the exact same conditions for both (either both ziplock bags or vacuum sealed bags). I'm guessing the difference in flavour is just because of the air in the cheaper bag, and not due to the quality of the sous vide machine :/

[danielt]

The test I would have been most interested in is to use a digital thermometer to see how accurately both maintained temps during the cooking cycle.

[Amodh]

"it sinks and floats all the way to the bottom of the water"




????

[bluepenguin]

“Magic is not happening, what did I do wrong?”

[shyeahright]

You can get a vacuum sealer for $20 from target. I dunno what other poor person needed to hear that, but I got yo back.

[CrashBashL]

Dude, you just submerge the Ziploc bag in the water leaving the opened part outside and the air goes outside the bag because it's pushed out by the water.
And a real test would be to set the gadgets to the desired temps, and measure the water temps after 1h to see if the water temp is the same with the temps showed on the gadget's
No need to cook meat, nothing.
Just measure the water temps

[TheEffect]

The machine alone runs for 150 on amazon without the vacuum seal. So more of a $50 vs $150

[godblesshumphreym]

That butter he put on the steak ain't melting😂😂

[saturapt]

You don’t pay for the results you pay for the precision, the experience and the quality of the product itself

[JGDeRuvo]

if you submerge the ziplock until the zipper is just above the water, and then seal it, the water pressure will push all the air out.

[samuils]

For those who are not aware, a tip. For the ziplock bag, do not close it, simply submerge it partially into the water and the pressure of the water will rid of the air, leave it submerged and clip the bag to the side.

[ambroseborchards]

Anyone who follows guga is confused when they saw the sous vide products