# New Sous Vide User? What Are Your Burning Qs? **URL:** \ **Category:** First Cook Essentials\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/new-sous-vide-user-what-are-your-burning-qs/7396 "2017-06-05T22:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 301
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The cook time for your food will not change when you have multiple quantities of food. Example, if you’re cooking 20 steaks instead of 2, your cook time will not change - as long as you don’t stack the meats on top of each other. Also, thickness is what plays a part here, not the weight. You can add all the meats in one bag, in one layer. And you’ll be good to go to cook it at the recommended time. However, you can also break it down into multiple bags. Here are some really good threads on your question: > [@cooking multiple items in one shot](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-multiple-items-in-one-shot/8574): > > I’m cooking 7 2lb steaks at one time,any suggestions? > [@Timing for steak](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/timing-for-steak/11442/3): > > Good answer. > [@Putting more than 1 piece of meat in a bag to cook?](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/putting-more-than-1-piece-of-meat-in-a-bag-to-cook/4037): > > I’m new to the Sous Vide way, and will be cooking 2 bone in ribeye steaks this evening. My question is do I need to put each ribeye (or chicken breast later) in its own vacuum sealed packed before the soak or can I put both of them in 1 package? Thanks, Tod Cox --- _[View the full topic](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/new-sous-vide-user-what-are-your-burning-qs/7396)._