# Warmup and overall time

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/warmup-and-overall-time/189>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Tags:** timetemp\
**Created:** [December 12, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/warmup-and-overall-time/189 "2014-12-12T17:31:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CCS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@CCS](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/CCS)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/warmup-and-overall-time/189/1 "2014-12-12T17:31:10Z")

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I read in one review that it took 4 hours for the water in a large pan to reach cooking temperature. I’ve looked but cannot find how this affects settings. Do you simply add a certain number of hours to the cooking-time setting, based upon # of gallons of water in pan, or what? So if I wanted to cook steaks and it says 1.5-8 hours, and I have a pot full of 5 gallons of water, would I start it 4 hours earlier and set it at 5.5 hours minimum?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![gwendelen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@gwendelen](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/gwendelen)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/warmup-and-overall-time/189/2 "2014-12-12T19:26:21Z")

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I can’t totally say since I don’t have my unit yet, but I have read many times where it is suggested that you start with hot water and even cheat a little by adding some boiling water if you need to to get it up to temp. I’d be surprised if it really took four hours to get a pot up to temp, but I really don’t know. If it does, I think I would be concerned about leaving your food in there for four hours in the danger zone temp.

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**Author:** ![plarpco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@plarpco](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/plarpco)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/warmup-and-overall-time/189/3 "2014-12-12T20:03:16Z")

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Don’t put your steaks in the bath until the water is up to temp. Then set your timer.