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Re:Cinder (YC W15) – Smart Countertop Grill by crygin on Thursday March 05, 2015 @07:43PM (#9154901)
This definitely seems complementary to rather than a replacement for sous vide cooking (especially in terms of e.g. gelatinizing collagen in rare meat, since you'd get oxidative off-flavors over the duration necessary using your device).

I'd be very interested in hearing more comparisons between your device's caramelization abilities and e.g. pressure-cooker caramelization with or without added alkaline agents. My experiments doing temp-controlled caramelization in ambient air (rather than the hydrating environment of a pressure cooker) have had mixed results.

Will you have any physical demos in the bay area?

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Re:Cinder (YC W15) – Smart Countertop Grill by InternetofJim on Thursday March 05, 2015 @08:06PM (#9154968)
We really haven't noticed any significant oxidation over cook times of up to 4 hours; We have not yet tested something like a 72 hour recipe.

We do plan to have public demos from time to time (we've already done a few at various meetups and other events -- we're based here in SoMa). If you'd like, email info >>at<< cindercooks.com, and we can add you to our mailing list so you could be notified of these events.

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