# Floating carrots
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker
**Created:** [January 14, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465 "2018-01-14T03:43:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@nedlud](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/nedlud)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/1 "2018-01-14T03:43:58Z")
Hi all,
I’m trying my first batch of sous vide cooked carrots, but the bag keeps floating and half the carrots are out of the water.
I used the water displacement method to expel air from the bag. I found this works better when I use the water bath itself while warm (but not too hot), as it softens the ziplock bag making it easier to get more air out.
So my vacuum isn’t 100%, but it’s worked for the chicken breast I cooked yesterday.
The recipe in the app for carrots doesn’t give any special handling instructions.
For now, I have filled a preserve jar with water and placed it on top of the carrot bag and that seems to be successfully weighing it down, but how do other people deal with floating foods? Or what could I be doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/2 "2018-01-14T04:28:54Z")
Vegetables are notoriously difficult, particularly by displacement method. You could use a sink or container full of hot water to soften the bag and help you get the air out. Another common way to stop floaties is to pack something heavy but non-reactive in with them. A stainless steel dinner knife or two seems to be a popular option.
There’s an entire thread devoted to floating bags on here somewhere.
Here is one such thread, though this is not the one I was looking for:
> [@Holding bags under water](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/holding-bags-under-water/12049):
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> Finally used unit twice. Once to heat water to see if it would hold temp. Next we had a chunk of standing rib roast left over from Christmas to reheat. Both worked as expected using the wifi. This is the best way to reheat anything! My question is how do most of you hold the cooking bag down without clipping to side of tank? I noticed that someone used what looked like rods going across their cooler and bags clipped to that. I would like the water to circulate all around bags so no putting a we…
This is the one, I think, from forever ago:
> [@Keep bags from floating](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/keep-bags-from-floating/216):
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> Any tips on how to weigh down vacuum bags so they don’t float, especially for long cook times?
And something from about a year ago that specifically pertains to vegetables:
> [@Floating - Vegetarian](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-vegetarian/271):
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> Good morning! I have some issues cooking sous vide. I’m a vegetarian and cook lots of meals without meat, mainly alternatives such as tofu and of course vegetables. Last week I tried chamber vacuum sealing (default 30 seconds, VP112) some vegetarian meat product along with some organic carrots, oil and seasonings. Stored in the fridge for a few days. Last night took it out and sous vide using the Anova One machine at 85C for 25 minutes. The first few minutes were fine, until the bag started to p…
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### Author:  [@fischersd](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/fischersd)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/3 "2018-01-14T12:39:59Z")
If you get a sous vide rack for your vessel, you can always clip the bag to the rack. (though if the bag gets too buoyant, I guess it’ll lift the rack as well…though you could put a couple weights on the rack so it doesn’t move.
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### Author:  [@DParker](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/DParker)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/4 "2018-01-14T17:12:20Z")
> [@fischersd](#):
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> though if the bag gets too buoyant, I guess it’ll lift the rack as well.
You guess correctly. Ask me how I know. 😉
In the end, I’ve found added weights to be the only reliable counter to this problem.
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### Author:  [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/5 "2018-01-15T03:29:45Z")
Ah, yeah. Carrots along other veggies can be challenging to sink. Personally, I try to get as much air as possible out. I also push down the veggies with my (wooden) spatula and lay it there. That usually works.
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### Author:  [@nedlud](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/nedlud)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/6 "2018-01-15T03:50:34Z")
Thanks everyone.
The carrots turned out great in the end, as did the rest of dinner (also cooked sous vide salmon).
After a while, the carrots settled down and stopped floating. There was actually a surprising amount of fluid in the bag when I finally did take the carrots out, but the bag didn’t seem to be leaking. I just have to get used to this new way of cooking 🙂
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### Author:  [@princesspea](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/princesspea)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/7 "2018-01-15T16:10:24Z")
I usually use a vacuum seal to get the air out of my stuff but when i freeze my fruit in baggies i put the fruit in and use a straw to suck the air out. make sure that the straw is close to the top of the bag. i usually seal most of the bag first then use the straw and suck while closing an pulling straw out.
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### Author:  [@rdecker](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/rdecker)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/8 "2018-01-20T11:27:59Z")
Get a vacuum sealer!
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### Author:  [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/9 "2018-01-21T06:10:08Z")
Not going to solve the problem with a lot of vegies.
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### Author:  [@LGH27](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/LGH27)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/floating-carrots/12465/11 "2024-02-06T16:56:51Z")
Fill a re-sealable freezer bag about 3/4 full of water and seal. I use a Ziplock Medium Freezer bag (17cm x 18cm). Make sure your bag is sealed and no water leaks out. Then, just lay the water filled bag on top of whatever it is you have in the pot. Works for me.