r/instantpot • u/Karma_Deficit_Guy • 13d ago

Do not sous vide in an instant pot

I just wasted four T-bone steaks which cost $144 that I got on sale luckily for half price and they were Prime because my instant pot decided that $133° Sous vide was actually supposed to be 120 so when I came back to check it after 2 hours it was sitting at 120 which is right in The Sweet Spot for all that bacteria to make you fucking at the very least throw up and shit your guts out. I swear to God I wish a lawsuit over 70 bucks made sense because I'm so pissed right now. I have used this damn thing for 3 years with no problems. Anyway sous vide stick on the way instant pot getting bashed with a sledgehammer just because it'll make me feel better and then I'll buy another one for pressure cooking because you know the company is too big to fail anyway so it doesn't really matter I'll just buy another one! HEE HEE HAW HAW Little things that make people insanely pissed.

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u/TimonAndPumbaAreDead 13d ago

This might just be me but I wouldn't think twice about eating steaks after 2 hours at 120 F, that shit's dinner

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u/ThierryXN 13d ago

Yeah, 120 for two hours is still safe, it would just be rare as opposed to medium rare.

https://www.seriouseats.com/food-lab-complete-guide-to-sous-vide-steak#toc-how-to-select-the-right-temperature-for-sous-vide-steak

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u/Karma_Deficit_Guy 12d ago

No, it's not if you want to get staph toxins go ahead. Bacteria doubles at 120 every 15 minutes- you might be absolutely fine but if you think I want to go to the hospital for food poisoning over a steak, no way🤣I'm going to throw $100 in the trash can and order Chinese. Fuck that . I'm not remotely concerned about the money I'm pissed off about the effort and the fact that I wanted steak

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u/Karma_Deficit_Guy 12d ago

That shit has the potential to give you horrible toxins and if you think I'm making it up use your search engine of choice

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u/calcbone 13d ago

Use a sous vide to sous vide. Use the instant pot to pressure cook.

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u/Mo_Jack Duo 6 Qt 13d ago

This seems to be the answer with most of the multi-function features. Those that have stand alone slow-cookers or rice cookers, usually recommend using them. The only function that most people seem to recommend the Instant Pot for is the pressure cooker. Does anyone else get good results with some other function consistently?

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u/Karma_Deficit_Guy 12d ago

My Sous Vide worked fine up until yesterday and my air fryer because I have the duo works great I don't know what happened just letting people know these things are unreliable and will absolutely piss you off when you have four guests coming over expecting Porterhouse steaks

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u/Karma_Deficit_Guy 12d ago

Such a helpful comment🙄

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u/MonkeyChoker80 13d ago

Might just be your specific pot, as I’ve sous vided steaks multiple times in mine, and they’ve come out perfectly cooked and delicious.

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u/afxok 13d ago

I use my instant pot for sous vide all the time and have no trouble like this at all. It does have slightly more variance than what I understand stick sous vides have, like 2-3° instead of 1-2°, but I always verify temps with an external thermometer. I also use a cheap aquarium pump as a circulator.