Anova WI-FI app for iPhone and iPad
NOTE: The Anova WI-FI app will no longer receive updates and is being retired. Please download the Anova Culinary app to continue to use with your Anova Precision Cooker WI-FI model.
Cook from anywhere using the Anova WI-FI app!
The Anova WI-FI app is the companion app to the Anova Precision Cooker WI-FI model. Connect the app to your Anova Precision Cooker WI-FI to start, stop, and monitor your food while you’re on the go. Receive notifications about what’s going on with your food, and get ready to come home to the best meal ever! We’ll be releasing exciting new features regularly, so look out for updates.
Don’t have a Precision Cooker WI-FI? Get one from http://store.anovaculinary.com/
Key App Features:
• Great recipes & guides created by James Beard Award-winning chef, J. Kenji López-Alt
• Visual Doneness photos guide you to the perfectly cooked meal
• Operate your cooker remotely (start, stop, change temperature, set timer, and monitor)
• Receive push notifications about your cook
What is Precision Cooking?
Once limited to the worlds best restaurants, precision cooking (commonly referred to as sous vide) is now the fastest growing kitchen appliance category. The Anova Precision Cooker WI-FI represents the next evolution of precision cooking technology, making it easy and affordable for everyone to reap the benefits of this type of cooking. Precision cooking is extremely easy. It usually involves these three simple steps:
1. Attach the Anova Precision Cooker WI-FI to a pot and set time and temp using the app or the device interface. Using the app, simply find what youre cooking and hit "start."
2. Put food in a ziplock bag and clip it to the side of the pot. The circulator moves water around the pot, ensuring a consistent temperature throughout.
3. Finish with a quick sear or broil, or even throw it on the grill for a nice, crispy finish.
Requirements:
• iOS 7 or later and the iPhone 4s or newer
• Anova Precision Cooker WI-FI
Pros and cons of Anova WI-FI app for iPhone and iPad
Anova WI-FI app good for
The app for the anova is a great addition to the device itself.
With the app, we can set the cooker to our preferred temperature. We must touch START COOKING before going into a specific meat guide, then set temperature and timer.
Cooking started within the guide with predefined temperature and timer cannot be modified. This is different than earlier version.
Most of the problems and bad comments can be avoided if we have a good complete user guide. We have to go thru two or three manual, none is complete, precise, up to date or specific to one APC model.
App is useless if cooker is not plugged in, app is always trying to connect to cooker.
Tested both over wifi and data.
It will start and stop the cooker.
You can type in the temperature. Took off a star because you cant change the timer mid cook. If anything, this app has taught me to read reviews and back-up apps just in case the latest update breaks all functionality.
The new update fixed the "read only" issue for the app. The only thing Ive had happen now is when I have a cook going it the app will sporadically fail to reconnect to the unit when I relaunch the app. Other than that its great.
I like it. Yes you still have to be there to put some items in. Im not leaving chicken out all day. But it shaves 30-45 minutes off overall cook time as I can get it preheating a few minutes before I leave work. It makes work night meals more feasible for me.
Im new to the Anova and so far the app works great. If anything it works a little too well. What do I mean?
I wish I could look at recipes without having to connect to my Anova. I was away from home and had some extra time on my hands and wanted to get some ideas for my next meal. Instead I was hassled (notified) every 10 - 15 seconds that the app couldnt connect.
Heres another example of why this is a pain. I cooked ribs all day yesterday when I had the time. Theyve been sitting in the fridge and now I would like to finish them in the stove but guess what? I have to take the Anova back out and plug it back so I can review the finishing steps. Not the most convenient thing to do.
Why cant there be an option in the app to "proceed with out a connection?"
Some bad moments
The wifi Connection doesnt work. Anova works good and is a great thing but i cant use the App. Two of my Friends have the same problem!!
Tried 10 times to establish WiFi connection. Impossible. Help link provided is dead link. Worst possible experience. Learned from support (very helpful and patient, most likely Zen Buddhists): you may have to change the name of your network. You may have to change the password of your network. You may have to switch to another channel. You may have to change other settings, too. So there is hope, but you have to be very patient. Namaste.
Since the last update the app somehow turns up the temp when it is keeping the dish warm. I just came to the kitchen 10 min late. The fish was totally over cooked by then.
WiFi doesnt reconnect after replugging cooker... You have to redo setup. Even when connected sometimes doesnt sync actions. I changed to Celsius but keeps reverting back Fahrenheit...
The recent update has made this app unusable. When it loads it will search for the Anova, be unable to find it, show a "retry" message...and thats it. You cannot click on retry, nothing happens. The same thing happened to both my iPad and iPhone at the same time, the retry button stopped.
Just gave it to my wife for birthday present and, not only did the cooker come without the instructions, the app wont find the cooker and then stalls. Very disappointing start!!!!!!!!
