# Top sirloin round steak about 1 inch 180 gram
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker
**Tags:** beef
**Created:** [May 12, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540 "2018-05-12T14:22:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Blackoctaupus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Blackoctaupus)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/1 "2018-05-12T14:22:11Z")
First time trying Anova for a steak. Yesterday night at around 6 pm I set my Anova to 130 F and 18 hours cooking expect to have my steak for lunch time today it will be around 18 hrs cooking. Will see how it come out. I use cooking pot and ziplock bag and saran wrap to cover the pot, So the pot retains the water see pics.
 
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### Author:  [@Mirozen](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Mirozen)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/2 "2018-05-12T20:48:41Z")
@Blackoctaupus Just FYI, usually people don’t cook steak longer than four hours or so. Longer cooks change the “texture” of the steak - I hear to a texture more like that of a roast.
The guys on the Youtube channel “Sous Vide Everything” did a comparison of different cook times for steak. Here’s a link to the video they did if you’re curious…
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### Author:  [@Blackoctaupus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Blackoctaupus)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/3 "2018-05-12T21:31:33Z")
Great Thank you. Just learning about sous vide. My steak wasn’t bad but wasn’t as tender as expected, Took me a year almost before I commit myself to sous vide and I’m quite sure that I will love it. The reason I went with Anova was this groupe support and the app. It seem it as more support. Now will look at the video and Thank you again Mirozen
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### Author:  [@Blackoctaupus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Blackoctaupus)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/4 "2018-05-12T21:39:18Z")
Wow great video. Thank you
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### Author:  [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/5 "2018-05-12T22:01:27Z")
Long cooks are about allowing time for the breakdown of connective tissue in hard working muscles. Steaks are from low working muscle groups so are naturally tender. As @Mirozen says, 4 hours really should be plenty for a steak, no matter which cut of steak it is.
Welcome to the wonderful world of sous vide @Blackoctaupus. There is a bit of a learning curve ahead of you, but with that comes some good food and some fun experiments.
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### Author:  [@Mirozen](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Mirozen)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/6 "2018-05-13T02:17:35Z")
@Blackoctaupus Just a suggestion - I think you might find it really worthwhile to review some of the older discussions of this community forum. There are a lot of questions that have been answered, and some of the answers are pure gold. (If you look up answers that have been posted by both @Ember and @chatnoir you will probably have 90% of your upcoming questions answered right there!)
🙂
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### Author:  [@Blackoctaupus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Blackoctaupus)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/7 "2018-05-13T03:35:29Z")
I know what you are saying, before I got my sous vide I read a lot about it. But now that I have it and want to try it as fast as possible, I forgot every thing I read but still want to do it. I read a few post before doing the steak but I knew it wasn’t perfect but had to try it. But you are right reading other post is definitely the answer to most of my question. Maybe one day I will be able to help a newbie like me lol. Now I have to go and read @Ember and @chatnoir until I really understand what I’m doing.
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### Author:  [@chatnoir](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/chatnoir)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/8 "2018-05-13T13:17:16Z")
Hey Black:
“Go slow to go fast.”
“Do the work.”
Words to live by in the kitchen.
So you won’t ever forget, get yourself a SV cooking journal, something serious with a hard cover and a good binding. You are going to be using it for a long time. You won’t take a clip board with a few sheets of paper seriously. Start it with all the details of your first cook and most importantly, your evaluation of the outcome and a recommendation for improvement next time. Journalize every cook with both cooking data and your results.
Teach yourself to be a great cook.
Think about why you selected 18 hours and why your Anova reads 135.1F when you plan a 130F cook. We don’t need to know, but you do.
Slow down, and do the work to succeed.
Food and your time are too valuable to be wasted.
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### Author:  [@papabiss](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/papabiss)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/9 "2018-05-16T02:43:00Z")
Buy yourself a box of ping pong balls on Amazon to replace the wrap. Reusable and water condenses on the ball and stays in the pot - very little loss of water over long cooks. I got orange ones and it really makes me look like I know what the hell Im doing!
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### Author:  [@Blackoctaupus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Blackoctaupus)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/10 "2018-05-25T10:54:20Z")
Thank you @papabiss
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### Author:  [@Blackoctaupus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Blackoctaupus)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/top-sirloin-round-steak-about-1-inch-180-gram/14540/11 "2018-05-25T10:55:36Z")
Thank you @chatnoir