| No Images? Click here  Our Favorite Gifts for the (Proud) Geek Cook Here at Serious Eats we fly our geek flag proudly. What does being a geek mean to us? Being precise, diving deep into new and cool techniques, and experimenting with tools and equipment (and getting awesome results). So don your pocket protectors, adjust your suspenders, and get excited. Here are our favorite gifts for proud geek cooks.   An Immersion Circulator Precision tools like an immersion circulator take a lot of the guesswork out of cooking. We've long trusted the Anova for functionality and reliability, but for small apartments with limited space, the Joule is a great option that can cook the perfect duck leg just as well as the Anova can, then get tucked right back into a drawer.  A Searzall Should your giftee already have a precision cooker, treat them to one of these tools, which provide home cooks with a kind of handheld broiler. They can clap a Searzall on a compatible blowtorch and use it to form a burnished crust on any piece of meat that's been cooked to the perfect internal temperature.  A Precision Coffee Maker For geeks and caffeine addicts alike, we have this exceptional coffee maker, which allows users to control brew water temperature, time, and the duration of the blooming phase. It was a winner in our review of the best automatic-drip coffee makers and will make a welcome gift for anyone who requires an excellent cup of coffee.  A Pickle Press Exploring new techniques is decidedly geeky. Now you can help your geek giftee immerse themselves in the great world of pickling. To make asazuke (which means "morning pickles" in Japanese), you need one of these contraptions, which use a spring to exert pressure on sliced and salted vegetables. All that pressure will press out excess water from your ingredients, making a concentrated brine and a seasoned final product. 
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