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i'm keen to try out this machine and see how accurate it is, but the asking price is a bit high.. it seems like a fairly simple thing to control induction cookers to the degree, but all the home use pedestrian induction cookers are low, medium, or high... the one i have for hot pot is basically controlled by steps in wattage. i could see this being useful tempering chocolates, cooking sabayon, or searing without burning.. https://www.amazon.com/PolyScience-Temperature-Controlled-Commercial-Induction/dp/B01G5MZZ5Q?ref_=ast_sto_dp

I was slow to figure out what I wanted to cook with the Vermicular Musui Kamado when I first bought it but it has become one of my very favourite kitchen tools. It makes a mean stew, chili, onion soup, steamed beets are out of this world, steamed bao, let's not forget the steamed corn on the cob, the list just goes on and on. The country bread that is in the recipe books is awesome too. It has become my go to item. One other feature is the timer, love that, no standing around waiting to turn it off.

The Vermicular Musui-kamado controls the temp to the degree in sous vide mode but it's set up to just use the included enameled cast iron pot. I don't think it gets as hot in sous vide mode as the Breville does but might meet your needs. I tested the control with a pot of water and it was really accurate. It's not inexpensive in the USA but I don't know about over yonder.

I managed to evade the temptations of the KK shopping channel, for once! I put @Paul's suggestion of a sawzall to my husband and he wasn't sure about being able to clean it properly between uses. I then did extensive research into bandsaws. I came up with a blank every time. Not many online reviews and the ones I did find were frankly awful - mostly regarding the suppliers and after sales service. @MacKenzie kindly(?) found me a video with a guy using a Scotts meat bandsaw. It has some awesome technology that stops the saw when your hands get too close to the saw while wearing a pair of special blue gloves. It was also huge and likely to have a price tag to match! Finally, I came upon a company that had been trading for over 30 years who had what looked like a standard meat bandsaw for a sensible price (about £600). They were off for the Christmas period so I had to wait for a response to my email. That was a good thing. I had a cooling off period, decided I do not need a meat bandsaw cluttering up my life and set to with a normal saw this morning. I was not looking forward to it but got all of these cut and sawn in just over 20 minutes. Hurrah! And the rump steaks came out well too. All done!

New Years Day dinner of chicken saltimbocca with a browned butter, fried sage and pine nuts sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes and broccolini. Top grate, direct, peach chunk, dome at 350F.

Spun chickens al la Troble, green sauce, smashed potatoes, green papaya salad… forgot the plated pic. Happy guests!

New Year's Eve was smoking pork belly for friends who want to learn how to do bacon. I didn't take much for pixs but when the slicing part was done this morning I did receive some nice treats for my lunch. Naturally I had to taste the bacon, just checking you know, Shirkand with pistachios, and beef, veggie, cheese Boa they made before arriving. I just took an end piece of bacon for the taste test.

Merry Christmas all! Awake and restless but know now is not a good time to be playing with knives so I thought I would post instead. First things first: this meat tastes fantastic! The last time we bought veal from this farmer was in 2016 and we had forgotten just how good it is. He hung it for me for 4 weeks before I picked it up and the flavour is great without any additional aging. Would I do this butchery thing again? I don't know. It's a lot of work but I have enjoyed the exploration. @Paul, we are still figuring out the "value" of having a tool for sawing bones. I had a brainwave - instead of buying something we will only use once in a while, why not ask a local meat shop to do the sawing for me? That didn't work. They only cut their own meat and, in any case, they only do halal. Not surprising and 'twas only a delaying tactic en route to buying something. I did seam out the leg yesterday. The guy in the video I watched said it took him 25 minutes. It took me just over an hour, in between doing a few other jobs. I now have a bunch of interesting muscles to clean off and decide how I want to use them. The irony of all of this is that, after all that careful work to separate out individual muscles, some of this will just end up in my mincer. The good news is that all that cutting gave me time to work out a plan for new year's eve. Polpette (meatballs) made of a mix of veal and pork mince are a lovely snack served in bars and are just plain delicious. I will make them and bunch of other cicchetti (Venetian equivalent of Spanish tapas) so people can graze on the day. Here is to happiness! And to the Eagles getting to the Big Dance. From this: To this: If you want to see a better and more expert approach look no further than:

$1500! For a glorified hot plate, GTFO!