Anova Sous Vide Cooker 1200 Watts

If you mainly want to cook by feel, a circulator adds a more controlled approach. The Anova Precision Cooker Pro is designed to hold water at a set temperature while your food cooks in a sealed bag.

It can handle familiar ingredients like chicken, fish, vegetables, eggs, beef, lamb, and pork. That range makes it useful for more than one kind of dinner.

The appeal is steady, hands-off cooking rather than watching a pan. You still need to plan for a water container and bagged food.

What to know

This 1,200-watt sous vide cooker circulates water to maintain the temperature you choose. The stainless steel unit attaches to a pot or other container, and you can set time and temperature on its built-in controls or through the Anova app. The app’s basic time and temperature controls are free, additional cooking guides and other educational content require a subscription.

The Pro is described as ruggedized for demanding kitchens, with an IPX-7 rating and a drop-tested design. Anova also says it can heat up to 100 liters of water when the container is covered and is built to run for a minimum of 10,000 hours. Those details point toward a model intended for frequent use, not just occasional experiments. Keep in mind that the stated capacity depends on using a covered container.

Compared with a simpler countertop cooking method, sous vide puts more emphasis on controlled water temperature and sealed-bag cooking. It suits you if you want to cook different foods with that method and prefer to set the cooker rather than tend a pan continuously. It might not be a great match if you want dinner without setting up a water bath or preparing sealed bags.

How to use it

Attach the cooker to your own pot or container, add water, and put the food in a sealed bag. Choose the time and temperature on the cooker or in the app, then let the circulator heat and move the water. For example, you could set up a bag of chicken while preparing the rest of dinner, leaving the cooker to maintain the water temperature instead of requiring constant attention at the stove.

There’s no need to use the app for basic control, which is helpful if you’d rather make adjustments at the appliance. The paid app content is an optional extra, not a requirement for operating the cooker.

Practical tips

Choose a container that suits the amount of food you expect to cook, and cover it when aiming for the stated capacity. A smaller household meal and a large batch place different demands on the water bath, so the container is part of the setup—not an afterthought. Make sure each portion is in a sealed bag before it goes into the water.

The cooker’s stated ability to handle many ingredients makes it flexible, but it doesn’t remove the need to choose suitable cooking settings for each food. If you mainly cook one-pot meals or prefer a fast, minimal-prep routine, a more direct cooking method may fit your habits better. The Pro’s added durability and capacity are more relevant when you expect to use a circulator regularly.

Before you decide

Can it cook different kinds of food? Yes. The product information lists chicken, fish, vegetables, eggs, beef, lamb, and pork as suitable for sous vide circulation.

Do you have to use the app? No. Time and temperature can also be controlled with the built-in controls.

What do you need to get started? Your own pot or container, water, and food in a sealed bag. The cooker attaches to the container.

Should you buy it?

Choose the Anova Precision Cooker Pro if you want a sous vide circulator with stainless steel construction, built-in controls, and a stated capacity for larger covered water containers. Its ruggedized design may matter if you expect frequent use or a more demanding kitchen routine. Skip it if the water-bath setup and sealed-bag step feel like unnecessary work for the way you cook, the extra capacity won’t help if you rarely use the method.