# Sous vide time
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-time/10332
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-time/10332 "2017-11-13T15:48:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rtome](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/rtome)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-time/10332/1 "2017-11-13T15:48:12Z")
What is the amount of time to sous vide a 5 pound beef tenderloin medium?
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### Author:  [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-time/10332/2 "2017-11-13T19:37:37Z")
@rtome how thick is it?
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### Author:  [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-time/10332/3 "2017-11-15T19:19:38Z")
Woops, your response for thickness ended up as a ticket. But I saw it!
For a 3-3.5” beef tenderloin, I’d shoot for ~2.5 hours. I also recommend checking out this [recipe](https://recipes.anovaculinary.com/recipe/tenderloin-steak-time-and-temp) as a general guide.
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### Author:  [@Moe99](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Moe99)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-time/10332/4 "2017-12-23T16:55:01Z")
On this forum I’ve seen 1 hour per inch of diameter, but other say not longer than 2.5 hours for rare - medium rare. For a 3.5" diameter tenderloin would it be 3.5 hours or 2.5 hours? Thanks