diff --git a/esphome/components/anova/anova_base.cpp b/esphome/components/anova/anova_base.cpp
index dcef75e483..cb877bef35 100644
--- a/esphome/components/anova/anova_base.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/anova/anova_base.cpp
@@ -104,21 +104,21 @@ void AnovaCodec::decode(const uint8_t *data, uint16_t length) {
       break;
     }
     case READ_TARGET_TEMPERATURE: {
-      this->target_temp_ = parse_number<float>(buf, sizeof(buf)).value_or(0.0f);
+      this->target_temp_ = parse_number<float>(str_until(buf, '\r')).value_or(0.0f);
       if (this->fahrenheit_)
         this->target_temp_ = ftoc(this->target_temp_);
       this->has_target_temp_ = true;
       break;
     }
     case SET_TARGET_TEMPERATURE: {
-      this->target_temp_ = parse_number<float>(buf, sizeof(buf)).value_or(0.0f);
+      this->target_temp_ = parse_number<float>(str_until(buf, '\r')).value_or(0.0f);
       if (this->fahrenheit_)
         this->target_temp_ = ftoc(this->target_temp_);
       this->has_target_temp_ = true;
       break;
     }
     case READ_CURRENT_TEMPERATURE: {
-      this->current_temp_ = parse_number<float>(buf, sizeof(buf)).value_or(0.0f);
+      this->current_temp_ = parse_number<float>(str_until(buf, '\r')).value_or(0.0f);
       if (this->fahrenheit_)
         this->current_temp_ = ftoc(this->current_temp_);
       this->has_current_temp_ = true;
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
index 37d9cdc24b..60849fcae7 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ IRAM_ATTR InterruptLock::~InterruptLock() { portENABLE_INTERRUPTS(); }
 std::string str_truncate(const std::string &str, size_t length) {
   return str.length() > length ? str.substr(0, length) : str;
 }
+std::string str_until(const char *str, char ch) {
+  char *pos = strchr(str, ch);
+  return pos == nullptr ? std::string(str) : std::string(str, pos - str);
+}
+std::string str_until(const std::string &str, char ch) { return str.substr(0, str.find(ch)); }
 std::string str_snake_case(const std::string &str) {
   std::string result;
   result.resize(str.length());
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index 1faf1ac3aa..63aa4123ae 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ template<typename T, enable_if_t<std::is_unsigned<T>::value, int> = 0> constexpr
 /// Truncate a string to a specific length.
 std::string str_truncate(const std::string &str, size_t length);
 
+/// Extract the part of the string until either the first occurence of the specified character, or the end (requires str
+/// to be null-terminated).
+std::string str_until(const char *str, char ch);
+/// Extract the part of the string until either the first occurence of the specified character, or the end.
+std::string str_until(const std::string &str, char ch);
+
 /// Convert the string to snake case (lowercase with underscores).
 std::string str_snake_case(const std::string &str);