Best way to clean your sous vide cooker

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Depending on the makeup of the water in your sous vide bath, minerals will build up on portions of the immersion circulator, especially the heating unit. This buildup is normal due to the deposits from tap water. These deposits can be white, brown, black, or even green, depending on your water pipes and water source.

If these deposits get heavy enough, they can reduce the efficiency of the heating element and/or cause issues with the spinning impeller. So, if you want to keep your circulator operating at its peak efficiency, it makes sense to give it a cleaning periodically.

Sous Vide Vinegar Cleaning Steps
This cleaning procedure has the following steps:

Step 1) Find a small pot, jar, or other container that you can put the circulator into, while minimizing the amount of liquid required. I usually use a glass… but anything up to a 2-quart pitcher. This simply reduces the amount of vinegar necessary.

Step 2) Mount the circulator securely in the container.

Step 3) Fill the container with equal parts distilled white vinegar and water or just use distilled vinegar straight up.

Step 4) Plug in the circulator and set the temperature to 150°F (60°C).

Step 5) Start the circulator and run it for about 5 minutes then turn it off. You can empty scum water and proceed to step 6 if necessary.

Step 6) Empty the vinegar water out of the container and replace it with fresh water.

Step 7) Run the circulator for a few minutes to rinse it well, then remove from the container.

Step 8) Dry the circulator off with a soft cloth and store it.

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Growing up, I have learned that vinegar is the end all be all to cleaning