JanetB:  The gear and how-to come through CHOW and author Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks, an excerpt of which we've previously featured. In a CHOW video, Potter shows the basic setup for cobbling together an extension cord, a thermostatic controller, and your slow cooker. The result is a container that holds your food at whatever temperature you need, so you can pull off treats like sous vide steak without worrying about overdoing anything. 2 years ago