I've been cooking SV for about a year now, not with the super-expensive SVS appliance, but with a PID controller from Auber Instruments (~$120) and a $50 rice cooker.<p>Want to see something funny? Check out Amazon's recommendations on the bottom-of-the-line Black and Decker rice cooker:<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-RC880-Steamer-Stainless/dp/B000MVQE66/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&#38;s=home-garden&#38;qid=1265057639&#38;sr=8-19" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-RC880-Steamer-Stainless/d...</a><p>I'm not going to waste much time talking about this stuff if nobody cares (I have a LOT to say about it), except to sum it up as: this is <i>at least</i> as important as the microwave oven. Every house in the world will have this capability in 50 years.