# Cooking times and temps

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-times-and-temps/788>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Tags:** timetemp\
**Created:** [July 22, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-times-and-temps/788 "2016-07-22T20:43:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JustJoel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JustJoel](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JustJoel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-times-and-temps/788/1 "2016-07-22T20:43:25Z")

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I have several steaks, seasoned, vacuum sealed and sitting in my freezer. How much time do I need to add to the cooking time,and do I have to raise the cooking temperature? Is it better to just thaw the food?

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**Author:** ![acs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/acs/32/855_2.png) [@acs](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/acs)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-times-and-temps/788/2 "2016-07-22T22:34:47Z")

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I add about 20-30 minutes to the cook time for frozen steaks. &nbsp;An hour if it’s a whole roast. &nbsp;Frozen chicken, about 15 minutes.

  

I don’t change the temp as that will cause the food to be cooked to a higher level of doneness than I desire.

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**Author:** ![john.jcb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/john.jcb/32/7269_2.png) [@john.jcb](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/john.jcb)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-times-and-temps/788/3 "2016-07-24T12:54:32Z")

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I do the same as @acs. You can also thaw the meat in a bowl of hot tap water if it is vacuum sealed.

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**Author:** ![JustJoel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JustJoel](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JustJoel)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-times-and-temps/788/4 "2016-08-06T20:25:27Z")

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Thanks for the answers, folks. Much appreciated