I tried anova nano for the first time today - hard boiled eggs. Was going to cook at 170 fro 20 minutes. Water got to 170, but then would go down to 168 and back up, the timer would stop (i am guessing because the temperature had gone down?) and after 15 minutes the timer only showed it cooking 2. What could be wrong? Thank you all for your help.
This was a gift and I was looking so forward to it!
Welcome aboard. First question I have is are you using the app to set your device temperature and time or have you done it from the head of the unit? It is possible that reinstalling the app may solve the issue.
Otherwise, I’d suggest you contact Support (support@anovaculinary.com or the telephone number on the website) as they are probably the ones best able to assist you if there is something wrong with your IC.
If you cover your cooking vessel with aluminum foil or plastic wrap it will prevent evaporation and heat loss (at that high temp my preference would be the foil). It will also help protect the electronics in your cooker from steam. I would also recommend some sort of insulator (dish towel, trivet) under your cooking vessel.
Thank you for responding. I did have it in a rubber trivet. There did not seem to be evaporation
I manually set the time and temperature on the nano - did not use the app. Thank you for any help.
I have noticed temp may fluctuate a bit in the beginning until it stabilizes after 1 or 2 min
Angie, as a first cook SV eggs can be challenging although Hard-Cooked Eggs are the easiest. I finds steaming is significantly quicker and easier.
What size or volume and material is your cooking vessel? If it’s too large it may be more than Nano can competently heat. Not likely though, your device may be faulty and the Anova folks will help you with that.
Also, your cooking time appears short to me at that temperature. SV egg cooking is critically temperature dependant, not so much time. However, i defer to the eggsperts here for your better guidance.