Learning how to cook sous vide (which translates literally to “under vacuum” in French) can be intimidating for beginners. Not only do you need to have a sous vide machine (aka an immersion circulator), some people will also say you need additional equipment like a vacuum sealer, special plastic bags and more. And while those things do help, they’re not 100 percent necessary and they shouldn’t scare home cooks off one of the best and most accurate cooking methods, especially for proteins like meat and fish.
The hard part, though, is choosing the right device for you, as sous vide cookers are relatively recent newcomers to home kitchens. After all, the first immersion circulator priced under $500 went on sale in 2009. Prior to that, these devices were typically only found in high-end restaurants or as playthings for professional chefs — they were not as widely available to home cooks. So if you want to see which machine can up your cooking game, take a look at our top picks for the best sous vide cookers you can buy right now.
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