Worst App Ever?
This might, and I emphasize might, not be the worst app I have ever had. Without a doubt though it is the worst app for thousands of dollars of cost for me.
I have two APOs in two places, so obviously on two wifi SSIDs. I am the only person cooking in each place. Both of the ovens are in my name.
Anova will not permit me to have both ovens associated with the app. Every time I go to the other place (which is several times a month) I am forced to disconnect from one oven and connect to the other oven. Come on Anova! Why will you not permit two connections?
Do you not want customers to support you by buying multiple products? Or do you just want to not support the customers who support you?
What is worse, connecting the app to the oven each time is hit and miss. Sometimes it connects smoothly. Sometimes, like what prompted this review, it simply refuses to connect the APO. I spent so much time trying to connect yesterday that my wife finally told me to go pick up a pizza because she wanted to eat before bedtime.
Anova support has been worse than useless. I say worse than useless because I tell them what I have done (update the app, make sure other oven is disconnected, turn off VPN, reset Bluetooth on my phone, unplug oven, etc.) only for them to tell me to do exactly what I just to,d them I had done.
I am happy with the Anova hardware, but Anova ought to get some high school student to rewrite their app as a school assignment.
I have two APOs in two places, so obviously on two wifi SSIDs. I am the only person cooking in each place. Both of the ovens are in my name.
Anova will not permit me to have both ovens associated with the app. Every time I go to the other place (which is several times a month) I am forced to disconnect from one oven and connect to the other oven. Come on Anova! Why will you not permit two connections?
Do you not want customers to support you by buying multiple products? Or do you just want to not support the customers who support you?
What is worse, connecting the app to the oven each time is hit and miss. Sometimes it connects smoothly. Sometimes, like what prompted this review, it simply refuses to connect the APO. I spent so much time trying to connect yesterday that my wife finally told me to go pick up a pizza because she wanted to eat before bedtime.
Anova support has been worse than useless. I say worse than useless because I tell them what I have done (update the app, make sure other oven is disconnected, turn off VPN, reset Bluetooth on my phone, unplug oven, etc.) only for them to tell me to do exactly what I just to,d them I had done.
I am happy with the Anova hardware, but Anova ought to get some high school student to rewrite their app as a school assignment.
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Versatile
Have had this Ver 1 oven for a long time and it continues to be a well used appliance. Mostly use the sous vide mode for fish, meat and root vegetables - and for proofing dough. The sequenced cooking I have also used a lot! So a great investment.
So functional!
Loving the new updates to the app. The AI functions are fairly accurate and seem to be always improved with each use. I love that my recipes are automatically saved as well.
Latest update
I now have a black screen after the latest update.
Oven sucks. App sucks
My oven broke twice now. First time it just wouldn’t turn on anymore and got a warranty. Water reservoir cracks too cuz of the heat. Second oven the front panel stopped working so I can only control on the app. App is annoying too- when you stop the oven to change the settings, it resets to the default settings every time. And right now my app won’t even turn on so my oven is unusable. Customer care won’t do anything for me even though I’m willing to pay for parts
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disconnet
always disconnect
Easy
This salmon takes out all guesswork! Follow the directions and it’ll be amazing for you too!
Awesome Wings
Perfect Taste
Can’t live without it
❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️
Manual settings are broken
From the last couple months, entering the manual controls section of the app and attempting to turn off sous vide mode will immediately crash the app. It makes it completely unusable.
Versatile
Have had this Ver 1 oven for a long time and it continues to be a well used appliance. Mostly use the sous vide mode for fish, meat and root vegetables - and for proofing dough. The sequenced cooking I have also used a lot! So a great investment.
Lost recipes once again!
Bravo to the Anova team! They’ve managed to lose recipes once again with the most recent update. I bake the same 6 stage sourdough recipe every week. This morning I awake to find they’ve simplified the recipe into just 2 stages. Sadly those two stages won’t result in a successful bake.
Loses Custom Recipes. Burns Food. Subscription for an oven.
The app has overridden my custom recipes several times over the past few years. Replacing all of my carefully created multi-stage cooks with untimed stages at 225 degrees C.
It’s a very, very poor bit of engineering. At best you notice and catch it when the oven takes longer or quicker to preheat. At worst you burn your food to a crisp or start a fire.
I also don’t know why it insists on starting every stage with sous vide mode on. It’s not that common a cooking method and it’s more annoying to have to undo it each time it deletes your own recipes.
They even changed to a subscription to use the app for a four figure kitchen appliance. Can you use it without it? Yes but it clearly was not designed for manual use in mind with its very, very bad physical interface and you cannot do multi stage cooking which is one of the biggest selling points for this product.
It’s a very, very poor bit of engineering. At best you notice and catch it when the oven takes longer or quicker to preheat. At worst you burn your food to a crisp or start a fire.
I also don’t know why it insists on starting every stage with sous vide mode on. It’s not that common a cooking method and it’s more annoying to have to undo it each time it deletes your own recipes.
They even changed to a subscription to use the app for a four figure kitchen appliance. Can you use it without it? Yes but it clearly was not designed for manual use in mind with its very, very bad physical interface and you cannot do multi stage cooking which is one of the biggest selling points for this product.
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Very Good
Nice very nice
Black screen of death
It’s always something with this app. Now, it won’t open no matter what you do since it’s just a black screen
It’s the One &only
I can’t get it it hooked up to my iPhone App😞SO 1 Star
Old review *
*We live in a Tiny House and it fits perfect for its spot and for what we need. It actually performs better than most I’ve had in the past. I love making bread comes out perfect every time. Had it for two years now and no issues with the exception of one dislike .. the probe does not work well I use my own thermometer.
Old review *
*We live in a Tiny House and it fits perfect for its spot and for what we need. It actually performs better than most I’ve had in the past. I love making bread comes out perfect every time. Had it for two years now and no issues with the exception of one dislike .. the probe does not work well I use my own thermometer.
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Only one user can read recipes?
I have the Precision Cooker which already costs a ton of money. Why can’t users added to my household cooker also look up recipes in the app? Stupid money grab if it requires a subscription for the same household.
Loving it made my life so easy
Excellent worth every Euro
Oven 2.0 constantly disconnects and can’t reconnect via the app
The 2.0 oven’s hardware is nice, and it does a good job cooking. However, it is so difficult to connect it to WiFi (and maintain that connection) that it is easier to cook in manual mode and ignore any subscription-locked features. Most of the times I go to use the oven, I discover that it has disconnected from WiFi again over night. The oven cannot reconnect to WiFi via the touch pad control panel. Instead you can only connect the oven to WiFi via the app. Even though every other device in the house has perfect WiFi signal and speed, the oven frequently hangs trying to connect. The only solution (solution found via forum posts) is to factory reset the oven, sign out of the app, delete the app, redownload the app, sign back in, and try again. Terrible, terrible software design.
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Parmesan chicken
Worked fantastic defrosting and cooking love my Anova 2.0 oven
