# Is type of plastic important when choosing a container?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-type-of-plastic-important-when-choosing-a-container/778>\
**Category:** Anova Support\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-type-of-plastic-important-when-choosing-a-container/778 "2016-06-08T23:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![geordienz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@geordienz](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/geordienz)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-type-of-plastic-important-when-choosing-a-container/778/1 "2016-06-08T23:16:52Z")

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Also, would circular container be better than rectangular for water flow, or doesn’t it matter?

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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:** [June 10, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-type-of-plastic-important-when-choosing-a-container/778/2 "2016-06-10T14:19:24Z")

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You obviously don’t want a container that will deform when you get close to boiling temp as there are some things that need to be cooked up around 190-195F, but aside from that, I doubt there is much to worry about.

  

I have both round and rectangular containers depending on the volume I need to cook and I can’t say that I’ve noticed any differences in performance based on the shapes.

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**Author:** ![geordienz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@geordienz](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/geordienz)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-type-of-plastic-important-when-choosing-a-container/778/3 "2016-06-13T00:42:07Z")

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Sweet.  
Thanks heaps.