The Anova Precision® Cooker is a standalone immersion circulator that heats water and circulates it around the pot to maintain precise temperatures evenly. Immersion circulators are an affordable and easy-to-use sous vide machine option. The Anova Precision® Cooker is a sous vide immersion circulator.Click to see full answer. In respect to this, are precision cookers worth it?The Anova Precision Cooker is awesome appliance, and worth every penny. However, if you were really looking forward to the wifi cooking, I highly recommend you check out my Joule review. The Joule really bridges the gap between tech and cooking much more smoothly than Anova.Additionally, can I use Anova without WIFI? Yeah, you can use the Anova without any phones. You can control it directly from the cooker itself. In terms of how far your phone can be away from your cooker, that distance is limited over Bluetooth, because well, it’s Bluetooth. But with Wi-Fi you should be able to control from anywhere. Beside this, how does Anova sous vide work? Anova Sous vide means “under vacuum” in French, and the term refers to the process of cooking food in a temperature-controlled water bath. Basically, meat, eggs, and vegetables are sealed in an airtight vacuum bag, which is left in a precisely heated pot of water for longer than normal cooking times.How long does it take to sous vide a steak?A 1-inch steak should be cooked in the sous vide between 1 hour and 3 hours for medium-rare. That’s right! You have that giant window of time that you can do other things and your steak will come out perfect whenever you take it out within that window.