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Using Non-Pressure Cooking Smart Programs
Smart Program: Sous Vide
The term Sous Vide is French for ‘under vacuum’ and refers to the process of
vacuum sealing food, bringing it to a specic temperature, and maintaining that
temperature for a period of time to achieve high quality, consistently delicious
results.
The Sous Vide Smart Program offers a customizable setting which allows you to
choose a cooking temperature from a range of 25°C–90°C / 77°F–194°F, ideal for
Sous Vide cooking.
What You’ll Need:
• Tongs
• Thermometer
• Airtight or Vacuum Sealed Food Pouches
• Optional: Vacuum sealer
1. Fill the inner pot to the Half Fill mark as indicated on your inner pot.
2. Insert the inner pot into the cooker base.
3. Connect the power cord to a 120 V power source. The cooker goes to Standby
mode and the display indicates OFF.
4. Close the lid as described in Pressure Cooking Basics – 2. Open & Close Lid.
Note: The quick release switch will automatically set to Seal when the lid is closed. For
Sous Vide it does not matter if the quick release switch is set to Seal or Vent.
5. Press Sous Vide to select the Sous Vide Smart Program.
6. Turn the dial to scroll through the 6 Preset options: Custom, Egg, Poultry, Beef,
Pork or Seafood. Press the dial to conrm your selection and go to the next
eld.
7. When the custom temperature ashes, you may press the dial to select the
default temperature, or turn the dial to adjust the temperature in Fahrenheit (ºF)
or Celsius (ºC). Press the dial to conrm your selection and go to the next eld.
8. When the cooking time ashes, you may press the dial to select the default
time, or turn the dial to adjust the cooking time. Press the dial to conrm the
change.
9. Press Start to begin heating the water in the inner pot. The display indicates
On and the progress bar displays Pre-heating.
10. While the water heats, season your food as desired, then separate single
servings of food into individual airtight pouches. Remove air from the pouches
and seal them tightly.