Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide User Guide

: June 12, 2024
: Breville

Table of Contents

Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide
Introduction
Specifications
Features

Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide

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Introduction

The tiniest and most potent sous vide tool is called Joule. In comparison to other immersion circulators or precision cookers, it warms water more quickly and maintains the temperature with pinpoint accuracy to produce flawless results every time. Joule allows you to cook from any location and is solely operated by ground-breaking software that gives both experienced and inexperienced sous vide users equal authority. A state-of-the-art cooking tool that brings professional-caliber sous vide cooking into the convenience of your own kitchen is the Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide. The Joule Sous Vide was created by Breville, a well-known company recognized for its cutting- edge kitchen appliances. It enables precise cooking with little effort, enabling you to produce dishes that are of restaurant quality in your own kitchen. Food is cooked sous vide, a French cooking method that means “under vacuum,” in a temperature-controlled water bath. With this technique, meals are consistently prepared to perfection thanks to precise temperature control and even cooking. By fusing cutting-edge technology with convenient features, the Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide elevates this idea.

The Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide’s sleek and small form is one of its distinguishing qualities. It can fit into any kitchen layout without taking up much space because to its small size and basic design. Both amateur cooks and chefs in restaurants will find it to be a great choice due to its portability and small weight. The Joule Sous Vide has a strong 1100-watt heating element that guarantees quick heating and accurate temperature control. It can swiftly bring water to the correct temperature so you can begin cooking your meals without wasting time. The appliance’s broad temperature range, which commonly runs from 32°F (0°C) to 197°F (92°C), allows you to prepare a variety of items with various cooking needs.

The Joule Sous Vide’s user-friendly smartphone app makes operation a breeze. The app allows you to remotely watch and manage the cooking process by connecting to the device via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. You can monitor the development of your dinner, choose the preferred temperature and cooking time, and even get notifications when your food is done cooking using the app. This feature allows you to rest or concentrate on other things while the Joule Sous Vide handles the cooking. The Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide’s ability to work with both iOS and Android devices is an additional remarkable feature. You may quickly download the app on your smartphone or tablet and begin using it with it. You can discover new culinary possibilities and improve your cooking skills by using the app’s access to a variety of recipes and cooking manuals.

Specifications

Capacity : 1 Liter
Wattage : 1100 watts
Voltage : 120 Volts
Item Weight : 1.28 Pounds
Material : Polycarbonate
Control Method : App
Product Dimensions : 1.85″D x 1.85″W x 11″H
Brand : Breville

Features

The Breville 4186JW120B Joule Sous Vide comes packed with a range of features that enhance the cooking experience and help you achieve precise and delicious results. Here are some of its notable features:

Small Design
Because of its small size and sleek design, the Joule Sous Vide requires very little counter space in your kitchen. You can take it with you and cook on the go because to its tiny size and excellent portability.
Efficacious Heating Element
The Joule Sous Vide’s 1100-watt heating element warms water rapidly and effectively, cutting down on the time it takes to get the water to the right temperature for cooking. Throughout the cooking procedure, the strong heating element offers accurate temperature control.
Wide range of temperatures
Typically, the device’s temperature range is 32°F (0°C) to 197°F (92°C), which is a broad range. This adaptability enables you to cook a range of meals, each requiring a particular temperature setting, from sensitive meats to delicate veggies and even desserts.
Control via Smartphone App
The user-friendly smartphone app connects to the Joule Sous Vide via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and gives you easy access to cooking-related functions. You can monitor the progress of your dinner, choose the preferred temperature and cooking time, and receive notifications when your food is done cooking using the app. Devices running iOS and Android can both use the app.
The Joule Sous Vide app
It has a visual doneness feature that shows photographs of what your food will look like at various stages of doneness. Your food will be perfectly prepared if you use this visual guide to choose the ideal cooking time and temperature for your desired results.
Controlled Temperature Accurately
With a +/- 0.2°F (0.1°C) accuracy in temperature control, the Joule Sous Vide excels. This level of accuracy makes it possible to consistently cook food without overcooking or undercooking it.
Base with Magnet and Clip
The Joule Sous Vide is designed with a magnetic base and a retractable clip, making it simple to mount it to the edge of any cooking vessel. During the cooking process, stability is ensured by the magnetic base.
Safety safeguards
To ensure worry-free cooking, the Joule Sous Vide comes outfitted with safety safeguards. It has a low water level sensing feature to warn you if the water level becomes too low and shield the device from possible harm.
Access to the recipe and cooking guides
The smartphone app gives you access to a number of recipes and how-to instructions, providing ideas and direction for your sous vide culinary explorations. Your ability to experiment with new recipes and cooking methods is enhanced by the app.
Voice command
Voice assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are compatible with the Joule Sous Vide. With this feature, you may use voice commands to operate the appliance, making cooking more convenient and hands-free.
How do I operate Joule?
Once Joule is plugged in, you can control and monitor it from almost anywhere using your phone or tablet and the Joule app. Once set, Joule will continue to safely operate unattended. The app will allow you to set cook temperatures and times, and to check in on your food no matter where you are (as long as Joule is connected to WiFi). If you want more guidance, the app has recipes, guides, and Visual Doneness, so you don’t have to know what temperature to set or how long something needs to cook to get your dish cooked perfectly to your preferred doneness. You can turn Joule off with the app or by pressing the button on top of Joule and holding it down for one second.

Why do the lights in my house flicker when I cook with Joule?

Depending on your home wiring, you may experience flickering lights while using Joule. To maintain the precise temperature needed to cook sous vide, Joule’s heater power cycles many times a second; think of a microwave’s defrost cycle or a refrigerator compressor turning on and off. If your lights flicker while you’re cooking with Joule, it’s because the heater is cycling on and off.

Here are a few ways you may be able to reduce flickering:

Using Joule on the same circuit as the light bulbs can lead to flickering. (If you don’t know whether this is the case, see whether flipping the breaker for the lights also turns off any appliances on the outlet you’re using for Joule.) Most modern wiring actually puts the lights on a separate circuit from high-power-draw appliances to avoid these kinds of issues. To reduce flickering, you can try moving Joule to an outlet on a different circuit.
The type of light bulbs you’re using can also cause flickering. High-wattage bulbs such as incandescents are more sensitive to high-power-draw devices like your microwave, refrigerator, or Joule. Lower-wattage LED bulbs seem to hold up much better to the large initial power draw of Joule’s (or any sous vide device’s) heater.
There is also a small chance that your home electrical service isn’t receiving enough power from the power company’s transformer. If the lights in your entire house dim while you’re using Joule, it may be useful to have the power company come out and test their equipment.

How to change the clip?
To remove Joule’s normal clip and swap in the Big Clamp, simply pull downward on the wire clip until it slides off. Next, slide the Big Clamp up into place until it clicks, and get cooking!

How do I clean Joule?

Thanks to Joule’s seamless design, in most cases you can simply clean it with a damp cloth or sponge and then wipe it dry.
Do not put Joule in the dishwasher, and do not submerge Joule in water.
To keep Joule running smoothly over the long haul, we suggest cleaning it periodically in a vinegar bath. Bath time rules: Pour equal parts water and distilled white vinegar into a small pot. Add Joule, use manual mode to set the temperature to 140F °F / 60 °C, and allow Joule to heat the liquid. When Joule alerts you that it has reached that temperature, the cleaning is complete.
If you have hard water, cleaning with vinegar is an important way to remove buildup inside Joule, which can result in a whistling sound and/or slow heating times. If Joule starts whistling or heating times seem longer than usual, this may be a sign that your sous vide tool is in need of a bath.
To clean the inside of Joule, take off the metal foot of the device by twisting it counterclockwise, remove the propeller, and then use a wet sponge or bottle brush to gently wipe out the inside. If food has become cooked onto the heater, use a nylon or brass brush to clean the interior, but go easy on the soft rubber seals at the top of the heating cavity.

What is the maximum temperature Joule will reach?
Joule’s maximum operating temperature at sea level is 208 °F / 98 °C. At any other altitude, the max operating temperature is 3.6 °F / 2 °C below the local boiling point. If you’ve ever been up in the mountains trying to cook something, you might have noticed that the boiling point up there was lower—this is because reduced air pressure at higher altitudes lowers the boiling point. In pursuit of the best possible experience for all our customers, we chose not to set a one-size-fits-all max temperature. Instead, we added a pressure sensor that determines local air pressure and in turn automatically calculates the local boiling point to determine the max temperature for each individual Joule, no matter the altitude.

Are sous vide safe?
We believe not only that cooking sous vide is safe, but also that it may reduce the risk of errors often associated with foodborne illness, such as mishandling food or not allowing it to reach the recommended internal temperature. That said, we recognize that cooking food in plastic is concerning to some people. We totally get it—there have been some alarming reports about heating some types of plastic, and the studies, which sometimes conflict with one another, are also often oversimplified in the news. While we cannot predict what may be discovered in the future, we can assure you that we read the research closely, we understand the science, and we believe the risk involved in cooking food at low temperatures in high-quality plastic bags is extremely small. If we didn’t believe that, we wouldn’t encourage you to use them and we wouldn’t use them ourselves when cooking for our families and friends. Want to learn more? Check out our complete guide to sous vide safety and sustainability.

Do I need a vacuum sealer to cook sous vide?
“Sous vide” is French for “under vacuum,” but it’s a very confusing name. In fact, you do not need a pricey vacuum sealer—or even an inexpensive countertop one—to successfully cook food at a low temperature in a water bath. To get started with sous vide, regular old ziplock-style bags will do just fine. In fact, for some applications, they are preferable to vacuum-sealed bags. You can also use high-grade bags intended for vacuum sealers but not seal them. For more information, check out our complete guide to sous vide packaging.

However, when you cook vegetables with Joule, we strongly recommend using a vacuum sealer. This is the only way to guarantee the fantastic results that make sous vide vegetables the best you will ever try. Properly cooked, vacuum- sealed veggies will also be fully pasteurized, so you can store them in the fridge for weeks at a time or freeze them without fear of freezer burn. But this doesn’t mean you need to invest in pricey equipment. We recommend sealers that range in price and will all work wonderfully. Once you get one, you’ll find its uses extend beyond Joule— sealers are great for keeping snacks and other foods fresh longer. To see how they work, head to the Vegetable section of the Joule app, and get excited to EAT MORE VEGGIES.

Frequently Asked Questions

Whats the difference between the cs10001 vs cs20001?

Functionally they are the same. The biggest difference is the finish. The newer device is white. Whereas the original device had a stainless finish.

How do I setup up to cook a medium rare steak for 1 person, and a medium/medium well steak for another person, at the same dinner table?

Start the medium-well steak an hour before you start the medium rare. So begin at the higher temp for one hour, then lower the temp (you can add some ice cubes) to the medium rare temp, add the steak, and cook. The medium-well steak will not cook further, it will simply hold its done-ness until your medium- rare steak is done. Additionally, both steaks can sit in the water once completed until you're ready to serve. Simply remove them from the bags, pat them dry, and give them a quick sear for color. You're good to go. I do the same thing with veggies - I begin my veggies at a higher temp for an hour, then lower the temp and add my protein and cook accordingly. The veggies are always perfect, as are my proteins.

What happens if you take the phone out of Bluetooth range, or shut the phone off?

Joule utilizes both Bluetooth and wifi. As long as it is connected to your wifi network at home, Joule will continue to function with the app. I have had Joule cooking my food while I was away from home, and at work, and the app will still connect to Joule over the cellular network.

Does this work in Japan (100v)?

We currently have Joule available for preorder and shipping within the US only, and Joule will not be covered by our warranty when used outside of the US. However, we are very committed to our international members, and we plan to expand to some international markets in the future. We hope to expand to international markets as soon as possible, but we do not currently have a firm ETA.

Can two (or more) people connect their phones to one Joule unit at the same time? What will happen if you try?

If Joule is connected to WiFi, you are able to control the same Joule from multiple phones or tablets logged in to the same account. That means, for example, that you and your spouse are both able to operate Joule from your respective smartphones when logged in to the same account. Additionally, you can begin the cooking process with one device (such as your iPad) in the kitchen and check in from your phone in the bedroom. However, only one phone or tablet at a time can be connected with Bluetooth.

How many steaks (ribeye or strip) can I cook at one time?

You can cook multiple chicken breasts, steaks, or pieces of salmon at one time. The amount you'll be able to cook largely depends on the vessel you're using. In a well-insulated, covered container-a cooler, say-your little Joule can heat up to 10 gallons (40 liters) of water. In a covered pot, it can heat about 5 gallons (20 liters). When you're cooking without a cover, we generally recommend limiting water volume to about 2.5 gallons (10 liters). The number of items you're cooking will not increase cook time as long as the pieces are all separate (not necessarily in separate bags, but in bags that aren't too crowded).

Do i need a vacuum sealer to go with the joule sous vide?

I have been using Ziploc bags for most of my cooking. I do have vacuum seal bags but have found the Ziploc can be used and thrown away. I use the water method to make sure they have most of the air out before cooking but I have a brother-in-law who is a Master Chef that I cooked dinner for with the Sous Vide and he was very impressed with the difference in how it cooks as opposed to Bake, Broil, BBQ, etc.

What is the temperature range? can i set a precise temp? how? for example to keep soft boiled eggs (in the shell) at constant temp for a long time

The temperature range would be anywhere from the ambient temperature up to 208F (98C). You can definitely set a precise temp. I have checked the cooking water many times with a thermapen, and always has the same reading as the app. As for the eggs, you can visit chefsteps.com. They have an egg calculator. I also downloaded the Joule app before I made my purchase to get a better idea about the product.

This can be used with an iPhone ?

The Joule app supports iPhones and iPads running iOS 8.0 or later and Android phones and tablets running Android 4.4 or later. For the best experience, use with an iPhone 5 or above. While you can operate Joule using both smartphones and tablets, the app is currently optimized for smaller screens, so your viewing experience will be superior on a smartphone.

Is this WiFi or Bluetooth?

This is a great question. While the initial pairing and firmware updates do require both WiFi and Bluetooth, once you have paired you can cook using either WiFi or Bluetooth.