Sous Vide Time & Temp
Set time and temperature for sous vide cooking by doneness.
About Sous Vide Time & Temp
Sous vide holds food at a precise temperature until the whole piece reaches doneness, roughly an hour per inch. The exact temperature removes the guesswork of doneness, and extra hold time hardly overcooks because the bath is fixed.
Formula
Sous Vide Time & Temp
Cook time ~ 1 hour per inch of thickness; temp set by doneness
- thickness
- Thickness of the thickest part of the cut
Worked example
With the default values below, Sous Vide Time & Temp returns Target Temp of 135. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Thicknessminimum 0.1 in
- 1 in
- Donenessone of Rare 129 F, Medium-rare 135 F, Medium 140 F, Well 155 F
- Medium-rare 135 F
Results
- Target Temp
- 135 F
- Target Temp
- 57.2 C
- Cook Time
- 1.00 h
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Sous Vide Time & Temp
- 3Target Temp= 135 F
- 4Target Temp= 57.2 C
- 5Cook Time= 1.00 h
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Sous Vide Time & Temp calculated?
Cook time ~ 1 hour per inch of thickness; temp set by doneness Sous vide holds food at a precise temperature until the whole piece reaches doneness, roughly an hour per inch.
Why does Sous Vide Time & Temp matter?
The exact temperature removes the guesswork of doneness, and extra hold time hardly overcooks because the bath is fixed.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Thickness, Doneness. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.