# When do you place your food into the water **URL:** \ **Category:** First Cook Essentials\ **Created:** [December 29, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/when-do-you-place-your-food-into-the-water/24468 "2019-12-29T17:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steverogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Steverogers](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Steverogers)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/when-do-you-place-your-food-into-the-water/24468/21 "2023-08-30T19:03:46Z")
> [@Boot6761](#): > > I set up my steaks, set the timer, and temperature…do you wait until your water meets the set temperature or do you place the food in the bath right away? I noticed that the timer did start to count down but this occurred once the set temperature was reached? [Mywawavisit](https://mywawavisit.one) But it took approximately 25 minutes to reach the set temp? We are also facing the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![MrGus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@MrGus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/MrGus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/when-do-you-place-your-food-into-the-water/24468/22 "2023-09-03T15:03:55Z")
Depends if it is frozen or not (defrost cycle via pre-heat) otherwise no, unless maybe it is within a degree C in my very well insulated container because that takes nigh on no time, if it wasn’t insulated that would be the thing that wrecks heat up time. NB I don’t use hot water to speed heat, I do use cold to drop a temp if doing several back to back cooks. Prefer to follow times due to pasterurisation being a necessity, poisoning friends & family is something I never wish to contemplate having happened. [Previous page](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/when-do-you-place-your-food-into-the-water/24468.md?page=1)