Mellow, the robotic sous-chef
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Mellow, the robotic sous-chef
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Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef
#2Looks like a great improvement on the sous vide. Is there a prototype?
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#3This is exciting - I think the fact that it has cooling built in easily puts it apart from crock pots for convenience - allowing you to go from the fridge to the stove is really cool.
Now I just have to resist getting a peltier module and making one of these before 2015...
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#4Great looking web site. Perfectly in tune with the product; at least that was my impression. I wish I could eat it.
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#5The timed refrigerator -> cooking -> {refrigerator / warm} cycle alone makes this a really, really nice idea.
The thin clear container and large volume of water is going to be a bit rough on power consumption for that use-case though.
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#6The timed refrigerator -> cooking -> {refrigerator / warm} cycle alone makes this a really, really nice idea. The thin clear container and large volume of water is going to be a bit rough on power consumption for that use-case though.
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#7$400 is relatively expensive. You can get a 1100 watt Polyscience circulator for that much.
No circulator or water bath I know of requires vacuum sealers; all of them work fine with zips.
Also, not to nitpick, but duck confit only takes 8 hours or so; it's one of the easiest things to do with a water bath.
It looks neat, though. It'll be interesting to see if the cooling feature is useful, or more of a gimmick. That cooling system doesn't look powerful enough to chill down a low-temp cook (you're supposed to ice down anything you don't serve immediately); I assume you use it to delay the start of cooking?
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#8For some definition of robotic... I guess networked crockpot doesn't have the same ring.
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#9What's this cost? The pre-order button doesn't actually bring up a pre-order screen for me.
Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef
#10What's this cost? The pre-order button doesn't actually bring up a pre-order screen for me.
$400 is what pops up in mine.