I'm fascinated by sous-vide. Unfortunately, the set up is still very expensive. I've been following a few forums where people are doing it, and everyone swears it's better than all the old techniques. Maybe I can get the equipment for xmas or my birthday and give it a try.

In the meantime, I am enjoying it vicariously through those of you lucky enough to be able to do it.

I like my beef , lamb, duck, and fish rare, my pork medium rare, so sous-vide would be the perfect way to always have it done precisely to my taste.

After doing some research on the internet, I am thinking it is more involved than I want to get at this point in my life. So that being said I still find it interesting, but I think I will just keep firing up my smoker for now. CF:)

I bought mine at FreshMealsSolutions.com from Canada. Free shipping for the temp controller and plate to hold sensor, so I think it was like $160.00. I planned to use my slow cooker, but when the controller arrived I found crockpot was only 180 watt and ceramic and thought best to get something else. So instead of experimenting and perhaps buying something I couldn't use, I decided to get the Magical 9L modified rice cooker and they threw in a bubbler setup to keep the water temp even. With those two items I'm at about $340.00. They have combos of this setup for less. Or you can use a 330+ watt slow cooker.

I had good experience buying from them and have no affiliation. Just passing on my experience.