Breville Joule vs Greater Goods Sous Vide

The short answer

Quick picks

#	Cooker	Best for	Score	Price
01	Breville Joule Turbo Sous Vide (BSV600), 1100 W The smallest, if you live in the app	1,100 W	8.1	$247.00Amazon
02	Greater Goods Sous Vide Precision Cooker, 1100 W Quiet, simple, no app	1,100 W	8.1	$89.99Amazon

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Two opposite philosophies

This is a clean contrast, because the Joule and the Greater Goods sit at opposite ends of one question: do you want your cooking on your phone, or entirely off it? The Joule is the app-onlymachine — no buttons, no screen, the phone is the interface, full stop. The Greater Goods is the no-connectivitymachine — a dial, a screen, no app to set up or fail. Both draw 1,100 W, so this is not about power; it is about control. We have cooked on neither, per our methodology.

Control: phone-only vs dial-and-screen

This is the whole decision, so be honest with yourself about it. The Joule cannot be operated without the app— if your phone is dead or the app has an outage, the machine does nothing. In return, that app is the best beginner tool in the category, with a visual doneness guide, and the Joule adds a Turbo mode that genuinely shortens cooks. The Greater Goods is the opposite: everything is on the device, a dial and a screen, nothing to pair or update. If app-gated cooking would irritate you even slightly, it will irritate you every time — and if you like starting a cook from your phone on the way home, the Joule is the one that does it.

Size, noise and the long cook

The Joule is the smallest circulator on this site, with a magnetic foot that lets it stand in a pan without a clamp and IPX7 waterproofing — the easiest to store and the most polished to handle. The Greater Goods answers with a silent brushless motor that is genuinely quieter than most geared pumps and is rated for 99 hours of continuous running, which makes it a natural for the very long overnight cooks like brisket. So the Joule wins on compactness and app polish; the Greater Goods wins on silence and marathon reliability.

Documentation and warranty

Neither is as fully specified as the Anova. Breville does not publish a temperature range or accuracy figurefor the Joule on any manual we could find, which for a precision device is a real gap; Greater Goods publishes a range (20–95°C) but no accuracy figure or warranty duration. The Joule carries a one-year warranty; Greater Goods does not state its term. On documentation it is close to a wash — both give up ground to the Anova and Inkbird, which is worth knowing if published precision matters to you.

The decision

Buy the Jouleif you want the smallest, most polished machine, you live on your phone anyway, and you value the best beginner app and Turbo mode — and you are genuinely fine with app-only control. Buy the Greater Goodsif you want to control cooks on the device with no app at all, you value a silent motor for long overnight cooks, and remote start does not matter to you. If neither philosophy fits — you want a screen and WiFi and a full published spec — the Anova 3.0 or the value Inkbird is the machine to look at, as the best sous vide roundup lays out.

In detail

The picks, in full

The smallest, if you live in the app

Breville Joule Turbo Sous Vide (BSV600), 1100 W

Rated power:1100 W (120 V)Vessel capacity:Up to 10 gallons Connectivity:WiFi + Bluetooth, app-only Water resistance:IPX7

Smallest body hereApp-only, no screen

8.1/10

The smallest, cleverest and most divisive circulator here. It is app-only — there are no buttons and no screen, so your phone is the interface, full stop. In return you get the most compact body, a magnetic foot, IPX7 waterproofing, and a Turbo mode Breville claims can halve the time. 1,100 W.

Capability: 8.5
Capacity: 9
Documentation: 6
Build: 9
Value: 8

What it gets right

The most compact circulator on this site, with a magnetic foot that lets it stand in a pan without a clamp
Turbo mode genuinely shortens cook times, and the app's visual doneness guide is the best beginner tool in the category
IPX7 waterproofing and a polished build that feels a tier above its rivals

What it doesn't

It is app-only — no buttons, no screen. If your phone is dead or the app has an outage, the machine does nothing
Breville does not publish a temperature range or accuracy figure on any manual we could find, which for a precision device is a real documentation gap
A one-year warranty, half the Anova's

What it costs to run

About 20.7¢ an hour at full rated draw, at the US average of 18.83¢ per kWh.

1,100 W ÷ 1000 × 1 h × 18.83¢ = 20.7¢

1100 W at 120 V / 60 Hz, published in Breville's own BSV600 Joule safety guide. This is an upper bound: the element only draws full power while it is heating up or pressurizing, then cycles off to hold temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle — so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you do not want your cooking gated behind a phone app. The Joule cannot be operated any other way, and if that bothers you at all it will bother you every time — the Anova 3.0 has an on-device screen for exactly this reason.

$247.00on Amazon

Price last checked Aug 5, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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Quiet, simple, no app

Greater Goods Sous Vide Precision Cooker, 1100 W

Rated power:1100 W Temperature range:20–95°C (68–203°F)Motor:Silent brushless, 99 hr run Connectivity:None (on-device only)

Silent brushless motorWarranty length not published

8.1/10

The circulator for people who want none of the connectivity. No WiFi, no app, no phone — a dial, a screen and a silent brushless motor rated to run 99 hours straight. 1,100 W, a 20–95°C range, and a build that is quieter than anything else here.

Capability: 8
Capacity: 8.5
Documentation: 7
Build: 8.5
Value: 8.5

What it gets right

A silent brushless motor genuinely is quieter than the geared pumps in most rivals — noticeable on a long overnight cook
No app and no WiFi to set up, fail or update: a dial, a screen, done
Rated for 99 hours of continuous running, which covers the longest sous vide cooks there are

What it doesn't

Greater Goods does not publish a temperature-accuracy figure or a warranty duration on its product page
No connectivity at all, which is a genuine loss if you wanted to start a cook from work
The specification is otherwise thinner than the Anova's or Inkbird's

What it costs to run

About 20.7¢ an hour at full rated draw, at the US average of 18.83¢ per kWh.

1,100 W ÷ 1000 × 1 h × 18.83¢ = 20.7¢

1100 W, published on Greater Goods' own product page alongside the temperature range and motor rating. This is an upper bound: the element only draws full power while it is heating up or pressurizing, then cycles off to hold temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle — so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you want to control or monitor a cook from your phone — this model has no connectivity by design. If remote start matters, the Inkbird gives you WiFi for a similar price.

$89.99on Amazon

Price last checked Aug 5, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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How we picked

Machines we claim to have tested: 0

Everyone in this category tells you they tested twenty cookers. We have tested none, and we say so. Here is what we do instead: read the manufacturer's manual and spec page, record the published wattage, capacity, pressure or temperature figure and warranty term, work out what the machine costs to run per hour, show the arithmetic so you can redo it with your own electricity rate, and cite all of it. Where a brand publishes no wattage, we print no running cost rather than borrowing a number from a similar model. Prices come live from Amazon's API and disappear rather than go stale.

The scores above are judgments from that documented research — not test results. One of the five metrics is Documentation: whether the manufacturer will tell you what its cooker draws at all. The full rubric, including what disqualifies a pick, is published in full.

Questions

Frequently asked

What is the difference between the Joule and Greater Goods sous vide?

Control philosophy. The Breville Joule is app-only with no screen or buttons, so your phone runs every cook; it is also the smallest body and adds a Turbo mode. The Greater Goods has a dial and screen with no app or WiFi, plus a silent motor rated for 99-hour cooks. Both draw 1,100 W.

Can you use the Joule without the app?

No. The Joule has no buttons or screen and cannot be operated any other way, so if your phone is dead or the app has an outage, it does nothing. If that bothers you, the Greater Goods runs entirely on the device, or the Anova has an on-device screen and WiFi both.

Which is better for long cooks, the Joule or Greater Goods?

The Greater Goods has an edge for very long overnight cooks: its silent brushless motor is quieter to live with and is rated for 99 hours of continuous running. The Joule is fully capable too, but the Greater Goods is the more natural choice for a two-day brisket, where quiet, marathon reliability matters.

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Sources

We have not tested these machines in a lab and we do not pretend to have. Specifications come from the manufacturer's own published documents; electricity rates come from the US Energy Information Administration; prices come from the live Amazon API. Where a figure is not published, the page says “not published” rather than guessing. Read the full method.