Delayed Start Option

[vansous]

Hi, there used to be an ice bath option where the app will warm you on when the water gets to the point where the meat isn't safe without cooking it.

What happened to that option?

[echiriff]

I don't understand how that would work. It means you would have to place your food in a water bath at room temp so that it would start at a later time. That would be unsafe, wouldn't it?

[fischersd]

There's this thread that's discussing the elimination of the feature that would alert when your ice bath moved into the "danger zone" for temperature:

Ice Bath Option in Wifi App

I actually didn't know this WAS a feature but holy CRAP would that make my life easier. I want this so much. It would make it possible for me to cook way more things and use my Anova literally every day rather than just on certain days. I love my Anova. I use it very often. I have used a recipe found in the app exactly one time--when making boiled eggs--and would much prefer a separate recipe app and this feature. Please streamline the app and bring back this feature. I want the icebat…

No, you wouldn't be putting your food into room temperature water and leaving it there for several hours - that's certainly a recipe for getting sick! Using an ice bath is how you can have a delayed cook that you can kick off several hours later without having to be there to put the food in the bath. (ideally, you do some experiments/tests with your own ice bath, ratio of ice to water, etc, so you know what the cooling rates are as well as how long it will take the Anova PC to get it up to the desired cooking temperature - as you'll still have a target time that you'll want your food to be ready)

[Thoenix]

Yes. This sounds ideal but I definitely want an alert if something unforeseen happens to change my timeline on ice melting. For example, last summer my ac went out in my house and within a couple hours my house went up to 93 degrees.

[fischersd]

If you have an insulated vessel, it'll still hold its temperature quite well.
On the power outage front - I always have my PC on a UPS if I'm doing a cook more than an hour or so (or if I'm not going to be home). Default behaviour is that it does NOT resume the cook if power is lost (this is by design - so people don't get sick with their food unknowingly being in the danger zone for several hours.

More info on the UPS topic here:

Protecting your cook with a UPS

[Robert_Moore]

@Bill, can you give an update if this feature will be added in 2017?

Thanks

[Gdavis]

As far as monitoring an ice bath for a delayed start, I would suggest using the Fireboard cloud based thermometer. It will set off an alarm at a temperature you set on your smartphone, send text message, email etc. Very cool Wifi product. It might seem pricey, but it is cheaper than a trip to the ER. I really love mine and the company is outstanding on customer support. You can be anywhere in the world and monitor the temperature since it is cloud based.

FireBoard Thermometer

[Alex_Semenyaka]

Hi @Bill, any plans for 2018?

[AlyssaWOAH]

@Alex_Semenyaka Are you referring to the ice bath feature? If so, it's already in the app (for Wi-Fi).

[cailloux]

Super excited about the "monitoring ice bath" feature. This is very useful!! Thank you!

Like many other users, I pack my frozen sous vide meat in the ice bath when leaving in the morning. Most of my cooking takes between 2 to 4 hours hours and I want them to be ready by 6:30PM.

Right now, I setup an alarm on my phone between 2:30PM and 4:30PM depending on what I cook, to remind me to remotely start the Anova device.

If I understand, this thread is asking about a feature that would allow to set a start time for the cooker directly within the app. If that's correct, then I'd love it and use it all the time.

Any update on the feature potential availability time frame would be great!

Thanks for this great product, love it.

[Mirozen]

Hi @cailloux,
Regarding the ice bath feature I personally have not yet used it, but among those posting on this forum @SouthernDad is a seasoned veteran when it comes to ice bath cooks! You might be able to glean some first hand information on using it by taking a look at posts he has made on this forum.
Good luck!

[craigsalisbury]

it's slightly concerning that your documentation has features that do not currently exist. scheduling is another fine example.

[StenerFranz]

Come on. I've been waiting for 2 years on this simple feature! It's a simple timer, it simply can't be on the drawing board for 2 years!!!

I could really use it today (again).. I'm going to prepare a rather large potion of meat 12lbs (5 packs) thus my water bath is something like to 6gal.. If I had the timer today I would set the timer to start heating the water (without meat in it) at like 5am so when I wake up at 7 I can put the meat straight in and still allow time for the meat to be cooked. Do I wait until 7am to start heating the water the anova struggles keeping up.

[Mirozen]

@StenerFranz, I know this doesn't really address the issue, but I usually use an electric kettle in conjunction with my Anova when I start my cook. It can quickly bump your water bath temp up - especially useful on high temp cooks like Creme Brulee! You can have the water bath up to cooking temps in just a few minutes for those times when you're in a hurry - or as in your case where you have a large volume bath to heat up.

I hope they add a delayed start soon, but until they do I hope this info helps you out.

[miccz]

I would also vote for Delayed Start feature. Very simple use case is - I want to have my eggs ready when I wake up, so I want to start the cooker an hour before. Seems like very simple, yet powerful feature. How do you solve this without delayed start? Having the cooker on for a whole night seems inefficient to me...

I am already hearing the arguments that delayed start feature is there for saving people from getting sick, but why you don't let me to control if I get sick or not? And note below as this seems as mainly US forum and while googling this topic I noticed that there are different "eggs regulations" in US and Europe which requires the "US eggs" to be refrigerated while eggs in Europe are safe if kept at room temperature (of course, they last longer refrigerated) - I am quite sure nothing happens to it if kept outside for one night...

[samjohn]

Hi

When is supposed to implement delayed start. I have a sous vide cooker at home, and the only thing I miss is delayed start. I would like to eat in the morning when I wake up.... so wifi option does not solve that, if mobile app does not support that.
The quickest solution for all Anova users would be by app delayed timer, that would send command to Anova cooker after delayed time is finished.

Please be responsive...

[chatnoir]

In an attempt to be responsive to the needs of SV Breakfast Clubbers everywhere, perhaps Anova's product development team could produce an insulated all-in-one appliance that combines a refrigerated water bath and integral heating circulator with a variable controller to enable a safe delayed start based on the specific item to be cooked or reheated.

The delayed start component is easy. Airline in-flight catering systems have be doing it for over five decades. It's getting an ever variable when-to-start product dependant function right that's challenging.

[fischersd]

"An insulated, all-in-one appliance" is going to be more along the lines of your traditional sous vide appliances in terms of pricing....not sure Anova wants to try to compete in that market.

All everyone wants is a basic scheduler - it's up to the individual to determine how long their particular vessel will take to come up to their desired cooking temperature (through experimentation). Ratio of ice/water, how well insulated the vessel is, volume, how well sealed it is, ambient room temperature and even elevation will all contribute to the warming ramp-up time.

Basic feature, not a lot of excuses as to why we never got it (closing in on 3 years that customers have been asking for it).

[Kevin_Green]

+1 No excuse not to have this feature. This long, either development has stopped on the app or they are afraid of frivolous lawsuits for under cooked meat. I personally wouldn't sue my oven manufacture if the power went out on it and I was dumb enough to eat it, or left chicen to cook in it with a 12 hr delayed start.

[Furluge]

Requested simple features like this going into a memory hole seem to be par for the course just like the alexa skill was removed. Here I was hoping it'd be a simple matter to cut down on 30 mins to an hour of preheat time by setting the cooker to start heating an hour early but i guess asking for simple features from a smart device I paid extra for wifi control is too much to ask.

Seriously this thing isn't just a simple physical interface why exactly? An app and wifi and bluetooth hardware just to use it as a remote control and egg timer. The only remotely smart thing this device does is the ice bath and even that had to be rolled back for ages.