Sous vide cooker

A sous vide cooker comprising:

• a housing extending along an longitudinal axis from an upper housing end to a lower housing end and comprising at least one display;
• a bulkhead having an upper bulkhead end extending along the longitudinal axis into the lower housing end, and a lower bulkhead end extending along the longitudinal axis below the housing, the bulkhead and housing forming a first cavity therebetween;
• a heat sink comprising a metal material and having an upper heat sink end abutting the bulkhead and a lower heat sink end extending along the longitudinal axis below the bulkhead, the heat sink and bulkhead forming a second cavity therebetween;
• a skirt attached at an upper skirt end to the bulkhead and extending to a lower skirt end located below the lower heat sink end to form a third cavity between the skirt and the heat sink, the skirt surrounding the heat sink in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and having one or more inlet openings and one or more outlet openings located below the lower heat sink end;
• a TRIAC physically attached in conductive thermal communication to the heat sink in the second cavity;
• an impeller located in the third cavity;
• a drive shaft extending through at least the heat sink and into the third cavity and operatively connected to the impeller;
• a motor operatively connected to the drive shaft;
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• a heating element located within the third cavity.