Sous Vide Cooking » Post Tags » Fresh Meals Solutions http://www.sousvidecooking.org A blog about cooking with low temperatures Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:23:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The SWID – First images and impressions of Addélice Immersion Circulator dedicated to Sous Vide Cooking http://www.sousvidecooking.org/the-swid-first-images-and-impressions-of-addelice-immersion-circulator-dedicated-to-sous-vide-cooking/ http://www.sousvidecooking.org/the-swid-first-images-and-impressions-of-addelice-immersion-circulator-dedicated-to-sous-vide-cooking/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:38:46 +0000 jean-francois http://www.sousvidecooking.org/?p=1200 swid-addelice-thermal-immersion-circulator-cooker-equipment-appliance-sous-vide-4Two weeks ago, I have been contacted by Addélice who has proposed me to test their new immersion circulator dedicated to sous vide cookery.
I was honored by their proposal and, as you can imagine, I have accepted!

I received the Swid this morning and had only time to take some pictures before leaving. I am very excited to share my first impressions about this sous vide appliance!

I was very surprised by the size and the weight of the Swid. I had to give back the Julabo EC that was borrowed to me during summer holidays and therefore I can’t show you pictures to compare the 2 appliances. Nevertheless I took some pics to compare the Swid with the SousVideMagic.

The Swid is compact and can be stored easily in one of your kitchen draws. This is an excellent point.
The casing is amazing, very soft and sensual to the touch. The protection grid is part of the whole metal structure of the Swid. For the record a metal grid is always coming as an option with the other immersion circulator such as Polyscience and Julabo…The Swid grid as a funny design with holes like bubbles carved in the metal.

I didn’t have time to try it so far but my first feeling about the swid is excellent. I’ll come back to you as soon as I have a little bit more time.

Jean-François

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]]> http://www.sousvidecooking.org/the-swid-first-images-and-impressions-of-addelice-immersion-circulator-dedicated-to-sous-vide-cooking/feed/ 12 SousVide Supreme – A water oven dedicated to sous vide http://www.sousvidecooking.org/sousvide-supreme-a-water-oven-dedicated-to-sous-vide/ http://www.sousvidecooking.org/sousvide-supreme-a-water-oven-dedicated-to-sous-vide/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:05:53 +0000 jean-francois http://www.sousvidecooking.org/?p=1143 sous-vide-supremeThe sous vide world is definitely very active those last days. FreshMealSolutions announced some weeks ago to work on the launch of a bubbler (the FreshMealsMagic), Addélice with its thermal immersion circulator (the Swid) will be launched soon and finally Eades Appliance Technology LLC indicates on its site the SousVide Supreme will be launched October 23rd.

The SousVide Supreme site shows a very nice video illustrating the use of this “water oven” dedicated to sous vide. Their not so many information about the technology and the precision of the appliance available on the site.  Nevertheless, watching the video you can see their is no integrated pump to mix the water inside the container. We don’t know the capacity of the container but in any case will be limited to a personal use.

What I like in this product is the price, USD 450 (launche price USD 399 – does it include the shipping costs?), the design is reassuring, feminine and reminds bread baker or French fries appliances. It should be noted that the SousVide Suprem comes with a praticale rack to hold pouches inside the water bath.

It seems the SousVide Supreme will be first available in the USA with 120 V specifications.

Jean-François

]]> http://www.sousvidecooking.org/sousvide-supreme-a-water-oven-dedicated-to-sous-vide/feed/ 19 FreshMealsMagic – Next Pid Controller (incl. bubbler) by Fresh Meals Solutions http://www.sousvidecooking.org/freshmealsmagic-next-pid-controller-incl-bubbler-by-fresh-meals-solutions/ http://www.sousvidecooking.org/freshmealsmagic-next-pid-controller-incl-bubbler-by-fresh-meals-solutions/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:08:05 +0000 jean-francois http://www.sousvidecooking.org/?p=963 sous-vide-at-home-equipment-pid-controller-freshmealsmagic-freshmealsolutions-news-bubbler-coker

Sousvidecooking.com mentioned some weeks ago fresh news about next Fresh Meal Solutions’ PID controller called Freshmealsmagic!
Fresh Meals Solutions is well known for providing the most price competitive PID controller dedicated to sous vide at home. I purchased and tested Sousvidemagic 1500B. I have to admit I was very satisfied about it.

For your information the global cost for my SousVideMagic 1500B was:

  • SousVideMagic 1500B: USD 169 + USD 25 = USD 194 incl. sending to Europe
  • Custom duties: EUR 35
  • Basic rice cooker: EUR 45
  • Input power cord and socket adaptor: approx EUR 16.

Grant total (1 EUR = 1.4 USD): approx. EUR 234 (USD 327)

This article indicates next Fresh Meals Solutions’ equipment will keep the original appliance (the PID Controller) but add a new device: an immersible bubbler.

Fresh Meals Solutions replaces the rice cooker by the built-in immersible bubbler which has 2 functions: heating the water of any kind of container and stirring water so that the heat is spread evenly in the pot.

I personally think this is a great evolution of Fresh Meals Solutions products and expect this product being sold below 200 USD. The release of this new sous vide equipment has not been disclosed to date.

Jean-François

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