Anova Culinary Precision Cooker 3.0 (AN525-US00)
D2 Cloud-Optional — Full function with the router off.
The unplug test
You set time and temperature on the cooker's own touchscreen and press start; it heats the water bath and runs the cook with no WiFi, no app and no account, exactly as it would connected. What you lose without the cloud: starting or checking a cook from your phone, Anova's recipe library, cook history, and (for anyone who did not have an Anova account before 21 August 2024) those app features sit behind a $2/month or $10/year subscription. None of that touches the physical cook.
Why this tier: Anova's own product page states the device is operated 'with the controls or the app' and describes a two-line touchscreen that sets time and temperature and starts a cook directly on the unit. A vendor cloud plainly exists and is nameable: the Anova Culinary app connects to Anova's own cloud for remote monitoring/control, and Anova's 2024 subscription FAQ describes an account-gated tier of that same app. Core function — heating water to a set temperature for a set time — runs entirely on-device with no app, no account and no network. What the subscription and account gate is app-only: recipe discovery, cook history, and remote start/monitor from a phone.
Specifications
| Account required | app only |
|---|---|
| Works offline | partially |
| Lost when offline | starting or monitoring a cook from the Anova Culinary app, Anova's recipe library and cook history, for accounts created on or after 2024-08-21, app access at all requires a paid subscription ($2/mo or $10/yr) — pre-existing accounts were grandfathered free |
| Forced firmware updates | unknown |
| Radios | wifi, ble |
| FCC ID | 2APBOAN525 |
| Local control | none |
| Phones home | unknown |
| Self-hostable | unknown — not established |
| Parts available | unknown |
| Availability | in stock |
| Price band | unknown |
| Vendor risk | 0 / 3 |
Where to buy
Open questions
- phones_home and firmware_ota_forced were not established by any source found — left unknown rather than guessed.
- local_replacement is unknown: no ESPHome, Tasmota or third-party local-control project for this model was found in this pass, but the search was not exhaustive.
- This is model AN525-US00 (Precision Cooker 3.0, WiFi). Anova also currently sells the smaller 'Nano 3.0' (AN500 series) and a Bluetooth-only variant; those were not separately verified and may carry different account/offline behavior.
Sources
Class A is primary (manual, FCC filing, teardown). Class B is corroborated community reporting. Class C is never sufficient alone.
- A https://anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-cooker-3
Manufacturer product page states you 'Cook with the controls or the app' and describes the on-device two-line touchscreen used to set and monitor time/temperature directly; lists Dual Band WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) as the connectivity. — accessed 2026-09-05 - A https://fccid.io/2APBOAN525
FCC grant for Anova Applied Electronics, Inc., grant date 2023-04-24, covering a composite device with 2.4/5 GHz WiFi and Bluetooth Low Energy — confirms both radios on this exact model (AN525). — accessed 2026-09-05 - B https://www.engadget.com/home/kitchen-tech/anova-will-charge-customers-to-use-its-sous-vide-app-because-everything-must-be-a-subscription-151906912.html
Reports Anova's 2024-08-14 announcement of a $2/month or $10/year subscription for app remote-control/monitoring effective 2024-08-21, with pre-existing accounts grandfathered free; separately reports Anova's now-reversed plan (see community.home-assistant.io source) to end connectivity support for its original Bluetooth/Bluetooth+WiFi cookers. — accessed 2026-09-05 - B https://community.home-assistant.io/t/anova-adding-a-subscription-fee-to-their-app-cloud-access-dropping-support-for-models-with-bluetooth-even-if-they-have-wifi/761871
Community thread dated 2024-09 corroborating the 2024-08-20 subscription and connectivity-sunset announcement and the resulting owner backlash; independent of the Engadget report. — accessed 2026-09-05
History
- 2026-09-05 — First published at D2.
Last verified 2026-09-05 — 1 days ago.