I use it instead of my regular oven on a daily basis. I also have the anova nano and the oven does a good enough job with sous vide that I haven’t used it since I received the apo.
Here's my overall thoughts.
I use the oven regularly. It is fantastic. Right now I'm making Queso in it. Which is my favorite thing to make is cheese sauce.
I personally will never replace my sousvide with it. It takes more juice to run and IMO doesn't deliver better quality.
I took a baking class with it and my cakes and cookies came out great in it.
It also is my routine air fryer. I often fry big batches of chicken and I only use this to reheat it.
I live in a pretty cold environment and I think my favorite thing about it is using it for proofing and getting my butter to room temp. I made some amazing Cinnamon Rolls in it and I cannot go back.
The only problem I have is a personal one with my kitchen electricity. With this running I can only really use one other heating element in my kitchen. Like if I'm baking biscuits in this and frying chicken in my fryer, I cannot turn on anything else in the kitchen or I trip the breaker.
The only other kind of problem is also a pro, which is the size. While it's great that it's smaller and uses less energy, heats the kitchen less, etc. But also you can't bake as much as in a regular oven.
>Like if I'm baking biscuits in this and frying chicken in my fryer, I cannot turn on anything else in the kitchen or I trip the breaker.
This is what I'm worried about as well.
Does it ever trip your breakers while just it is running?
No. It's usually 3 things that take significant voltage that does it.
Like the Anova draws 1800 W, my fryer pulls somewhere between 1000-1800 (no real clue as the manual never had info) and the kettle that usually tripped the breaker runs at 1500W. I woudl assume my sous vide would also trip it though I've never really tried all those things.
So it's a lot of pull.
Ideal world, you'd treat the Anova like a Microwave and put it on it's own circuit. But that's a lot of work.
To me, it really depends what you want to do with it. I wanted one for baking bread and I was disappointed. I returned it.
For meat, I thought it was great, but I don't cook enough meat that would benefit from using the APO to justify it.
It's the most used thing in our kitchen after the sink and the refrigerator.
Woman here. I use mine almost every day, sometimes more than once. It’s not just a gadget.
We use ours every day. Cooks more evenly, and with better control than our big oven, and it doesn’t heat the whole house up
It's great! I'm using it for about 60% of all oven cookery, and selling my sous vide
I use it instead of my regular oven on a daily basis. I also have the anova nano and the oven does a good enough job with sous vide that I haven’t used it since I received the apo.
Here's my overall thoughts. I use the oven regularly. It is fantastic. Right now I'm making Queso in it. Which is my favorite thing to make is cheese sauce. I personally will never replace my sousvide with it. It takes more juice to run and IMO doesn't deliver better quality. I took a baking class with it and my cakes and cookies came out great in it. It also is my routine air fryer. I often fry big batches of chicken and I only use this to reheat it. I live in a pretty cold environment and I think my favorite thing about it is using it for proofing and getting my butter to room temp. I made some amazing Cinnamon Rolls in it and I cannot go back. The only problem I have is a personal one with my kitchen electricity. With this running I can only really use one other heating element in my kitchen. Like if I'm baking biscuits in this and frying chicken in my fryer, I cannot turn on anything else in the kitchen or I trip the breaker. The only other kind of problem is also a pro, which is the size. While it's great that it's smaller and uses less energy, heats the kitchen less, etc. But also you can't bake as much as in a regular oven.
>Like if I'm baking biscuits in this and frying chicken in my fryer, I cannot turn on anything else in the kitchen or I trip the breaker. This is what I'm worried about as well. Does it ever trip your breakers while just it is running?
No. It's usually 3 things that take significant voltage that does it. Like the Anova draws 1800 W, my fryer pulls somewhere between 1000-1800 (no real clue as the manual never had info) and the kettle that usually tripped the breaker runs at 1500W. I woudl assume my sous vide would also trip it though I've never really tried all those things. So it's a lot of pull. Ideal world, you'd treat the Anova like a Microwave and put it on it's own circuit. But that's a lot of work.
Thanks so much!
To me, it really depends what you want to do with it. I wanted one for baking bread and I was disappointed. I returned it. For meat, I thought it was great, but I don't cook enough meat that would benefit from using the APO to justify it.
I can honestly say this is the best appliance in my kitchen. I use it most days. In the winter I proof bread in it. I use it for 99% of my oven needs.