Sous Vide Everything is the Brazilian-American sous vide cooking YouTube channel founded by Gustavo Tosta, better known as Guga, that has built a 2.11 million subscriber audience since 2017 around the sous vide technique, dry-aging experiments, and steak comparison videos. Operated as the secondary food channel in Gugas multi-channel empire that also includes Guga Foods and Guga, the channel uses Gugas nephew Angel and brother Maumau as co-hosts and tasters across its catalog of 430 million lifetime views.
TL;DR
- Brazilian-American sous vide and steak YouTube channel founded by Gustavo Tosta (Guga), born July 27, 1980 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Active since 2017, currently 2.11 million subscribers and 430 million lifetime views
- Specializes in sous vide technique, dry-aging beef, A5 Wagyu comparisons, and chef-vs-amateur cook-offs
- Co-hosts include Gugas nephew Angel and brother Maumau (Mauricio); 2021 nephew-dry-aging running joke spawned an animation by Doodles and Things
- Part of Gugas three-channel YouTube portfolio alongside Guga Foods (5.50M subs) and Guga (3.31M subs)
Key facts about Sous Vide Everything
| Founder | Gustavo Tosta (Guga) |
| Born | July 27, 1980, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian-American |
| Based in | Redland, Florida, USA |
| Channel launched | 2017 (as Gugas pivot from original Easy Foods channel) |
| Subscribers | 2.11 million (Sous Vide Everything), 5.50M (Guga Foods), 3.31M (Guga) |
| Lifetime views | 430 million (Sous Vide Everything) |
Origins and the Guga multi-channel empire
Sous Vide Everything is the second major channel in Gustavo Tostas multi-channel YouTube empire. Tosta was born July 27, 1980 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and immigrated to the United States with his family as a child, eventually settling in Redland, Florida. Before YouTube he ran a web design agency, treating his employees to Brazilian steakhouse meals frequently enough that he began cooking the steak himself to save money. A friend recorded him using the sous vide technique and the resulting video gained traction online, which led Guga to recognize the audience interest in his cooking.
The original channel was called Easy Foods (later renamed Guga Foods) and was scarcely active. The 2017 pivot to Sous Vide Everything came when Guga noticed the larger audience the sous vide niche attracted on YouTube. After Sous Vide Everything crossed 100,000 subscribers, Gugas nephew Angel joined the channel, with the agreement that both would also produce videos on the renamed Guga Foods. The two channels operate in parallel: Sous Vide Everything focuses on sous vide and vacuum-sealed cooking; Guga Foods covers all other methods including grilling, dry-aging, and unconventional experiments. A third channel simply called Guga rounds out the portfolio with vlog-style content.
Sous Vide Everything career timeline
- 1980 Gustavo Tosta born July 27 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Early life Family immigrates to the United States, settles in Redland, Florida
- 2015 Begins YouTube as a side project while running a web design agency
- 2017 Pivots from the original Easy Foods channel to Sous Vide Everything as the main vehicle for his sous vide content
- April 2018 Sous Vide Everything crosses 100,000 subscribers, earning the YouTube Silver Play Button
- Late 2010s Gugas nephew Angel and brother Maumau (Mauricio) join as recurring co-hosts and tasters across the multi-channel portfolio
- January 6, 2021 Angel corrodes Gugas beloved cast iron skillet in two weeks, leading to a running joke about Guga dry-aging Angel that grows into an animated short by the channel Doodles and Things
- 2022 to 2023 Channel grows substantially through dry-aging experiments, A5 Wagyu comparisons, and chef cook-offs
- December 2023 Guga is challenged to an Australian Wagyu steak cook-off with Bas Rutten, UFC Hall-of-Famer, Taekwondo Black Belt, first European UFC Champion, and trained chef
- 2024 to 2025 Channel passes 2.11 million subscribers and 430 million lifetime views, sustained by weekly sous vide and dry-aging uploads
Sous Vide Everything signature style and editorial approach
Sous Vide Everything is built around a single repeating editorial framework: Guga sets up a controlled experiment, executes it on camera using the sous vide method, and brings in Angel or Maumau as blind tasters to deliver the verdict. The format treats steak cookery as a science experiment with reproducible variables: temperature, time, marinade composition, dry-aging duration, beef grade. Most episodes test a hypothesis like whether soy sauce can replicate dry-aging, whether butter-aged beef tastes meaningfully different from plain dry-aging, or whether A5 Wagyu actually justifies its price next to USDA Prime.
Guga has been explicit in interviews that he does not consider himself a chef, describing himself instead as an inspired home cook. The Sous Vide Everything tone reflects that self-positioning, the cooking is enthusiastic and curious rather than authoritative, with Guga regularly admitting when an experiment fails or produces an unexpected result. The Brazilian-American identity surfaces in regular churrasco episodes, picanha and tomahawk preparations, and a recurring use of Brazilian salt and grilling techniques alongside the dominant sous vide format.
Notable work: the dry-aging experiments and Angel running joke
The dry-aging experimentation format is the channels most-watched recurring content. Standout videos include butter-aged beef vs traditional dry-aged comparisons, soy-sauce-aged ribeye experiments, and 60+ day dry-aging tests using various coatings. The Bas Rutten Australian Wagyu cook-off from December 2023 marked the channels first major chef-vs-Guga competition with a global martial arts figure who was also a trained chef.
The Angel character is the channels secondary running joke. When Angel corroded Gugas cast iron skillet in two weeks in January 2021, Guga uploaded a restoration video that morphed into a long-running joke about Guga eventually dry-aging Angel himself. The bit spread widely enough that the animation channel Doodles and Things produced an animated short imagining Guga literally dry-aging Angel, which sits as one of the channels most-referenced inside jokes.
Awards and recognition
- April 2018 YouTube Silver Play Button for crossing 100,000 subscribers on Sous Vide Everything
- 2020 to 2024 Multi-channel YouTube portfolio passes 10 million combined subscribers across Guga Foods, Sous Vide Everything, and Guga
- 2023 Australian Wagyu cook-off challenge with Bas Rutten gains broad attention beyond the standard food-YouTube audience
- 2024 to 2025 Sous Vide Everything passes 2.11 million subscribers and 430 million lifetime views
Impact and cultural relevance
Sous Vide Everything has been one of the most influential channels in popularizing the sous vide technique with American home cooks. The channels controlled-experiment editorial framework, where each episode tests a specific hypothesis with blind tasters, has been widely imitated across food YouTube. Gugas insistence on calling himself a home cook rather than a chef has also legitimized a path for non-credentialed food creators that complemented the rise of channels like his own Guga Foods in the same period.
Within the broader American food-YouTube ecosystem, Sous Vide Everything sits in the same explore-the-science niche as creators like Nick DiGiovanni and the channels in Uncle Rogers reaction universe, all of whom built audiences during the late-2010s YouTube cooking-channel boom. The multi-channel strategy, where Guga runs three coordinated channels that each cover a distinct angle, has been studied as a creator-economy case study for how to scale a personal-brand cooking franchise beyond a single channel.
Sous Vide Everything FAQ
Who runs Sous Vide Everything?
Sous Vide Everything is run by Gustavo Tosta, better known as Guga, a Brazilian-American cooking YouTuber born July 27, 1980 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. His nephew Angel and brother Maumau (Mauricio) appear regularly as co-hosts and tasters across the channels videos.
Is Sous Vide Everything the same as Guga Foods?
No, they are two separate channels run by the same creator. Sous Vide Everything focuses specifically on sous vide and vacuum-sealed cooking, while Guga Foods covers all other techniques including grilling, dry-aging, and unconventional experiments. Both are part of Gugas three-channel YouTube portfolio.
When did Sous Vide Everything launch?
The channel launched in 2017 as Gugas pivot away from his earlier Easy Foods channel. Guga had noticed that the sous vide niche attracted a larger audience on YouTube than his general-cooking content. Sous Vide Everything reached 100,000 subscribers in April 2018.
Who is Angel on Sous Vide Everything?
Angel is Gugas nephew, who joined the channels in the late 2010s as a recurring co-host and blind taster. A running joke about Guga dry-aging Angel started in January 2021 after Angel accidentally corroded Gugas cast iron skillet, and the bit grew into an animated short by the channel Doodles and Things.
Is Guga a chef?
No. Guga has stated repeatedly in interviews that he is not a chef and considers himself an inspired home cook. He started cooking by recreating Brazilian steakhouse meals at home to save money for his web design business employees, and the YouTube career grew from those early home experiments.
What is next for Sous Vide Everything
The channel continues to publish regular sous vide, dry-aging, and steak experiment videos alongside Gugas other channels Guga Foods and Guga. The channel store at gugamerch.com sells official merchandise. Follow on X (@SousVide4Life).
