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Paragon serves up sous vide with a hearty side of versatility (pictures)

The Paragon Induction Cooktop from FirstBuild proves that it is more than just a sous-vide appliance -- the countertop device deep fries, sautés and slow cooks. Its versatility, along with a Bluetooth app, make this an easy-to-use product.

Ashlee Clark Thompson
Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at the same time). The first two hobbies help her out as an appliance reviewer. The last one makes her an asset to trivia teams. Ashlee also created the blog, AshleeEats.com, where she writes about casual dining in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Paragon Induction Cooktop

The Paragon Induction Cooktop is a two-part cooking system. There's a temperature probe (foreground) and induction cooktop. Both are Bluetooth enabled.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

To use the Paragon, you have to provide your own induction-friendly pot. The temperature probe attaches to the pot with magnets.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

You set the temperature that you want the contents of your pot to get to, and the temperature probe communicates to the induction cooktop to let it know when to heat up or cool down the pot. This is ideal for sous vide cooking.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

The cooktop is about 12 inches wide, but the base is 17 inches at its widest point. This means the Paragon takes up a good amount of countertop real estate.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

You can use the induction cooktop without the temperature probe or the Paragon's app, which makes it similar to a regular countertop burner.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

I cooked this salmon using the Paragon as a sous vide cooker. I then seared it in a pan on the Paragon's induction cooktop.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

The inside of the flank steak cooked to medium.

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Paragon Induction Cooktop

I cooked this flank steak using the Paragon as a sous vide machine. It cooked in a temperature-controlled water bath for 24 hours.

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