Using this as I don’t have a container and the pot is too small that I normally use. Doing corn beef at 74 degrees C for 24 hours, will it melt the plastic? Thanks
by Elza4000
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Zealousideal-Hat-951
173 ish fahrenheit? Unless that’s some really low melting point plastic, you should be just fine. That’s probably comparable to the hot water coming out of the tap
K33bl3rkhan
LDPE can take 150 – 200,but over time, this will begin to lose its structural integrity and you’ll start to see deformations if you cook with this often. I used to use Tupperware for cooking corn, but using it almost every weekend during the summer it just split a seam one day.
ObviousEconomist
most plastics will leech into the water anyway. almost unavoidable, we all have microplastics in our bodies these days.
neecho235
Should be fine, but if you want to be safe, put the whole thing in an empty roasting pan or something like that to make sure you won’t have a mess to clean up later.
TheKingWacky1
I just bought a cheap stock pot for my sous vide. Short cooks I leave it uncovered longer cook I’ll put some foil and then a couple hand towels over the top.
DadFromACK
From the Cambro website, “Camwear Boxes withstand temperatures -40°F to 210°F (-40°C to 99°C) and come with a 2-year pro-rated warranty.”
NickRubesSFW
Get an 8qt Cambro
roanokephotog
I bought a cheap cooler and cut a hole in the top. Works great for longer cooks
BillyRubenJoeBob
Get a dedicated container designed for this. I got a neoprene cover for mine and a lid specifically designed for my circulator off Amazon.
For large cooks, I also did the hole-in-the cooler-lid trick and it works great.
HOSToffTheCoast
Used to be a plastics engineer… the base plastic will usually have a much higher melt rate, but as the other user said, it’s the seams you have to worry about, the quality / strength of the welds will be the eventual failure point.
If this is LDPE per another commenter, the melting point of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is typically between 105–115°C (221–239°F), and will break down more quickly.
As also suggested, go with a cheap cooler and cut a hole in the top…
10 Comments
173 ish fahrenheit? Unless that’s some really low melting point plastic, you should be just fine. That’s probably comparable to the hot water coming out of the tap
LDPE can take 150 – 200,but over time, this will begin to lose its structural integrity and you’ll start to see deformations if you cook with this often. I used to use Tupperware for cooking corn, but using it almost every weekend during the summer it just split a seam one day.
most plastics will leech into the water anyway. almost unavoidable, we all have microplastics in our bodies these days.
Should be fine, but if you want to be safe, put the whole thing in an empty roasting pan or something like that to make sure you won’t have a mess to clean up later.
I just bought a cheap stock pot for my sous vide. Short cooks I leave it uncovered longer cook I’ll put some foil and then a couple hand towels over the top.
From the Cambro website, “Camwear Boxes withstand temperatures -40°F to 210°F (-40°C to 99°C) and come with a 2-year pro-rated warranty.”
Get an 8qt Cambro
I bought a cheap cooler and cut a hole in the top. Works great for longer cooks
Get a dedicated container designed for this. I got a neoprene cover for mine and a lid specifically designed for my circulator off Amazon.
For large cooks, I also did the hole-in-the cooler-lid trick and it works great.
Used to be a plastics engineer… the base plastic will usually have a much higher melt rate, but as the other user said, it’s the seams you have to worry about, the quality / strength of the welds will be the eventual failure point.
If this is LDPE per another commenter, the melting point of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is typically between 105–115°C (221–239°F), and will break down more quickly.
As also suggested, go with a cheap cooler and cut a hole in the top…