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Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Post by zemvpferreira »

dang wrote: post #85

All: For some reason, more than one user went through this thread downvoting everything. Abuses like that cause accounts to lose voting privileges. When you notice substantive and civil comments which have been unfairly faded out by downvotes, please give them a corrective upvote. This doesn't mean you agree with the comment, only that it didn't deserve to be faded. Usually, one or two upvotes is all it takes to get…

I'm sorry to hear that, dang. If you think my presence here is harming more than helping, I'd be happy to stop posting.

Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Post by jadence »

zemvpferreira wrote: post #88
jadence wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the reply zemvpferreira. How are you planning to solve the concern of plastic leaching while maintaining the benefits of sous-vide?

Ah, there's a question I'm going to sneak away from. I shouldn't have hinted, sorry for being a tease, but it's just not ready for show-and-tell yet :)

Fair enough.

For the interim what do you and Mellow recommend customers use for a "temperature-safe bag" (per instructions on your website)?

Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Post by zemvpferreira »

johnurbanik wrote: post #74

Admittedly, I don't know much about state of the art sous-vide, but I'd be really interested to see a device with two reservoirs that can be held at different temperatures and fill/drain the main water bath. Hypothetically, this would allow for cook->chill methods, though the overhead may not be worth it except for a small niche of customers.

We actually played around with that idea a year ago at the insistence of a local VC.

Result: wasted a week.

Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Post by zemvpferreira »

bsilvereagle wrote: post #25

Relevant reddit discussion on r/hwstartups: http://www.reddit.com/23mshg/ tl;dr - Uses the Electric Imp platform for wireless communication - cannot be used without smartphone/tablet/computer/internet connection - heats in about 10 minutes - not to be used for cook -> chill

We also have a thread full of great questions on PH: http://www.producthunt.co/posts/mellow

Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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dftf wrote: post #56

Surprised not to see any positive comments here – this is exciting stuff. The IoT should be changing the kitchen faster than any other room in the house (it's the room with the most gadgets to begin with, with the potential for the most time savings / life improvements). There's not a lot of serious projects in the kitchen yet, and there should be so many more!

Thank you dftf. I blame twitter-fridge and the stupidity of most kitchen gadgets for numbing people to the power of well-designed products in the kitchen.

Most of the groundbreaking stuff has been with us so long that it's become invisible. Who really appreciates have access to cold storage these days?

Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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zemvpferreira wrote: post #88
jadence wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the reply zemvpferreira. How are you planning to solve the concern of plastic leaching while maintaining the benefits of sous-vide?

Ah, there's a question I'm going to sneak away from. I shouldn't have hinted, sorry for being a tease, but it's just not ready for show-and-tell yet :)

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Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Post by zemvpferreira »

tptacek wrote: post #75
zemvpferreira wrote: post #54

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Medium rare chicken is like medium rare pork. If you can get over your upbringing enough times to get used to it, you can never go back. It me took 3-4 times for each, and the only reason I stuck with it was that my snobbery overpowered my mother's education. But really, sous-vide, medium rare chicken breast has a taste and texture you'd never think chicken breast could have. Same with pork, it's a revelation on all…

60C is really very low for a chicken breast.

It's an acquired taste, for sure. 63C is still worlds away from what most people consider a normal chicken breast.

Re: Mellow, the robotic sous-chef

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Post by dang »

zemvpferreira wrote: post #91
dang wrote: post #85

All: For some reason, more than one user went through this thread downvoting everything. Abuses like that cause accounts to lose voting privileges. When you notice substantive and civil comments which have been unfairly faded out by downvotes, please give them a corrective upvote. This doesn't mean you agree with the comment, only that it didn't deserve to be faded. Usually, one or two upvotes is all it takes to get…

I'm sorry to hear that, dang. If you think my presence here is harming more than helping, I'd be happy to stop posting.

By no means! You're doing great.
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