Questions to the owners of the multicooker from the one thinking about buying it

Who uses a multicooker, please respond. What is the highlight? Let's discuss, maybe this will finally motivate me to buy? What you like, what is annoying. Whether the food tastes like it or not, etc.

The bread maker is also good because it needs minimal maintenance. Sometimes he just wiped the bucket with a dry cloth and that's it

How is a multicooker in this sense? Will it not compare with a combine, where the useful output is sometimes minimal, and disassembly-washing-drying and other troubles then for the rest of the day (exaggerating)?

How is a multicooker in this sense? Will it not compare with a combine, where the useful output is sometimes minimal, and disassembly-washing-drying and other troubles then for the rest of the day (exaggerating)?

The same care as for the bread maker - rinse the cooking bucket with dishwashing detergent (and it also has a non-stick coating, like the bread maker) and she is again ready for achievements

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TXT , Anastasia the rights. He pulled out the "bucket" and washed it and it's done.
Panasonic is always friendly with the consumer

I can agree about Panasonic.
In general, we were imbued with your persistent persuasion (joke) and acquired SR-TMB18.

Two points:
1. The multicooker turned out to be much smaller in size than expected. Which is nice considering saving space in the kitchen.
2. It turned out to be 14% cheaper in a nearby provincial store than in the viewed online stores. Which is also good

And hot on the heels added photos to the shared album "My bread maker is in my kitchen".

But the recipes attached to the multicooker by analogy with the ones attached to the P-SD253 bread maker also should not be trusted or what?

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Dear Lola, could you formulate the main advantages of a multicooker. I saw ads both on TV and in the newspaper, but I just can't understand why, is it better than a saucepan with borscht or a pot with pilaf? I'm afraid that this thing would not become a toy in our family for several months, and then safely moved into the closet.

I’m not Lola, and worse, I’ve never cooked in a slow cooker.
But I dare to suggest the main + in the absence of the necessary control over cooking. That is, there is the same principle as with the bread maker: loaded-on-off-unloaded

[TXT]

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But the recipes attached to the multicooker by analogy with the ones attached to the P-SD253 bread maker also should not be trusted or what?

Congratulations on your purchase! ... The attached recipes MUST BE BELIEVED. The recipes are wonderful, only one puncture is a few of them. But in the topic of the multicooker, we are all together confronting this problem. Join us! We are always glad to newly-made multicooker!

main + in the absence of the necessary control over cooking. That is, there is the same principle as with the bread maker: loaded-on-off-unloaded

Precise hitting the target

With the initiative !!! Very beautiful pilaf, but how does it taste? And where is the photo in the multivariate?
Dentist I have nothing to add.

Very beautiful pilaf, but how does it taste?

I will say that the child devours for a sweet soul, and my wife and I are saved from overeating only by the thought that eating at night is not good.
In general, to put it mildly, the taste is wonderful. And this despite the fact that the recipe is completely lean!

I will also say about a valuable quality. If it is highly desirable to take the bread out of the bread machine immediately after baking, then you can "remember" about the dish in the multicooker after 4, and 8, and 12 hours after its readiness. And in any case, you can immediately serve it on the table - it will be hot.
^{Although of course there are also heated bread makers.}

[Lola]

Today they made according to the recipe that the dear Lola, "Sailor-style ear."

Sailor-style ear
I poured a little olive oil into the slow cooker and threw finely chopped onions and carrots into slices. I put it in the "extinguishing" mode for 1.5 hours. Itself, meanwhile, cut the fish (salmon) and potatoes into pieces, which then went to the saucepan. Topped up a little water, add salt, pepper and cover. The ear turned out to be excellent.

Happened - .

In general, in the description according to the link given by the respected Zoychik, correctly noted:

The choice of recipes is huge, you can cook both familiar and favorite dishes, as well as dishes from cookbooks. It is not difficult to "translate" them for cooking in a multicooker.

That is, almost any "regular" recipe can be used in a multicooker.

[Alina]

Alina

tell me - can you put food in it in the morning, so that it cooks pilaf in the evening?

You can, for that this smart pot has a timer. And you can also fall asleep in the evening and get a tasty treat in the morning. In general, there are a lot of modes, that there are a lot of dishes and they can be combined in different ways.

Multicooker Panasonic SR-TMB18 This model has indeed been written about 28 pages on the forum. Negative aspects have not yet been found, except for a loud signal that the dish is ready.

For 2 weeks of operation, I found one negative side: the automatically set time for cooking in one mode or another cannot be changed to the LOWER side. For example, if in the Milk porridge mode the minimum cooking time is 1 hour, then you cannot set 20-30 minutes on the timer. You just have to stand with the clock and press Off. at the right moment.
Steam vegetables are cooked for 10 minutes, but before that the water is heated, which has time to cook the vegetables by half, and the next 10 minutes make them unacceptably soft ...
In other words, if your taste preferences require you to adjust the cooking time in a multicooker, this must be done manually, you will not leave it in the morning. The rest of the unit is wonderful!

[cantara]

cantara

For 2 weeks of operation, I found one negative side: the automatically set time for cooking in one mode or another cannot be changed to the LOWER side. For example, if in the Milk porridge mode the minimum cooking time is 1 hour, then you cannot set 20-30 minutes on the timer. You just have to stand with the clock and press Off. at the right moment.
Steam vegetables are cooked for 10 minutes, but before that the water is heated, which has time to cook the vegetables by half, and the next 10 minutes make them unacceptably soft ...
In other words, if your taste preferences require you to adjust the cooking time in a multicooker, this must be done manually, you will not leave it in the morning. The rest of the unit is wonderful!

The fact is that the modes of porridge do not work in time, but in terms of moisture content! The hour is the estimated cooking time.
And put the steamer for 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 minutes (the cooking time can be changed up to a minute.)

[Tan-yana]

Tan-yana

Lola, good time of the day. I am sitting in your forum, editing recipes. There are a lot of interesting ones. I wanted to ask you about greasing the multicooker shape when baking a curd casserole cake and charlotte, and everything else. Can you please tell me if it is necessary to grease the saucepan with oil and sprinkle with something? It seems to be coated, but you never know? Thank you.

No, you don't need to grease the saucepan.
And about visiting the site - write to the moderators or re-register.

Today I cooked curd pudding in a slow cooker, however, the curd was market, the taste is excellent. Standing device. I wonder if it is possible to cook potatoes in their skins in a multicooker so that they taste like baked ones? And bake the apples? ALL WOMEN HAPPY MARCH 8 !!!

Well, that's it, I can't endure this mess anymore.
I want uuuuuu. I read it and decided, come what may, buy it.
But I read that food seems to spoil faster. Who will say what about this? I cook immediately for 3-4 days.
And if the food is taken out immediately after cooking? Don't leave the heating function there?

Elena, you know, I did not notice such an effect - soups, and often the second, I also cook for several days in advance. You can transfer food immediately after cooking to other containers without any harm. I think that many people do this, because the dishes for cooking are already in the queue - first you need to cook the soup in a cartoon, then the second, and in the evening load the porridge for the morning, so there is no time to keep food there. Only if you go somewhere and it remains in heating mode until your arrival. But even then it is then stored in the refrigerator no worse.

what kind of monsters you are! :)) only a few days, as my bread maker appeared and I was jumping around it, and then I attacked this branch ... well, you can't do so much and everything at once! :))))) I will lose the toad in myself))

[Korata]

Korata

you can, you can! Be sure to buy a cartoon, they complement each other VERY WELL with a bread maker! It is not necessary to bake bread in a cartoon, but serving fresh bread with all dishes from it is something delicious!
Here's how in my photo, homemade bread + chicken from multi

It's good to poison the soul. Fiends.
Korata, I began to choke my toad even before the new year, about three weeks ... Now they are nowhere to be found, multicooker is something. Bought truncated dear forum users.
Boom to seek.

I can't understand and appreciate the benefits of this unit. All cakes can be baked in the oven, and soups can be cooked in an ordinary saucepan on the stove. But this recipe generally threw me into a state of shock.
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...smf&Itemid=26&topic=568.0
Stew finely chopped meat with potatoes for 2.5 hours?

It is possible, but in a multicooker, for some reason, biscuits for cakes rise better and are obtained, from cottage cheese, in a multicooker, you get not a casserole, but a cheesecake, a very tender dish. To get this on the stove, you need to tinker with a steam bath and a bunch of precautions. And here you just need to mix the ingredients and put them in the multicooker - she will do the rest herself. The same is with the rest of the other dishes - you don't need to remove the foam from the soups - it simply does not exist, you can lay the ingredients for the soups in one sitting and all at once, and then just wait for the finished result, without going to the saucepan anymore. The device does not need control during cooking - this is a huge plus for working women !!! Porridge for the morning can be programmed in the evening and the multicooker will cook them itself, and not for you to get up in the morning and make sure that the milk does not run away. She also has a bunch of positive qualities. But everyone decides for himself whether he needs it or not. But among those who bought it there is not a single person who would be disappointed and would not find something useful for himself.

And bread can be kneaded in a bowl, and baked in a Russian oven, and you can shave with an ax, and wash in a tub or even in an ice hole

But seriously, I really love to cook. And I dare to think, I do it well.
I bake cakes, and real Easter cakes, my borscht, manti and my homemade pies are praised by both guests and family members.
But the slow cooker is a special delight.
It is understandable that it takes a long time to cook in the "stewing" mode.
It is prepared according to the "slow cooker" principle - slow cooking.
Similar to cooking in a Russian oven - at a low temperature, food is brought to a ready state.
Well, very tasty ...
But the most important thing is that the multicooker unloads the hands, load it, turn it on - and you're done.
Turned off automatically and keeps hot. Cooking soup takes fifteen to twenty minutes of its time, the rest is done by the multicooker itself.
But there are dozens of dishes, varied and healthy, for every taste.
Go to the Good Cook - there is already the third branch from Lola's light hand, and all the owners of this miracle are unanimous - a wonderful thing.
I myself first saw the information on the IXBT computer technology forum, and there was a link to the Good Cook.
I read it for two days and caught fire.
According to my recommendation and assistance, 6 multicooker has already been bought, and everyone is very happy.

For a busy young mother or a working woman, just a necessary thing, like an automatic washing machine.

I confirm 100%, for me this thing is irreplaceable! How I missed her before !!! Now I don't rush home like a madman in the evening to cook dinner, I know that he is already waiting for me hot.
And for mothers it is generally a treasure! After all, how much time is freed up for classes with a child. I downloaded the cartoon and went for a walk with the child. After the walk, lunch is hot.
So today the cartoon is helping me out again. She peeled the potatoes last night, made the onion and carrot fry. This morning, I threw pork cartilage, potatoes, frying and spices into a wonderful pot to stew. Dinner is ready in the evening.

Girls ... what about the electricity that she "eats" for 2.5 hours? and just to make a stew that can be cooked in 30 minutes on the stove? I do not criticize and do not speak maliciously, I just want to understand ... because I have a gas stove, electricity is more expensive ... but it seems that this device does not do anything special ... maybe I’m wrong)

[Toto]

Toto

But it consumes less electricity than a regular email. the stove is 650w, and in the heating mode-107w is generally minuscule. Now compare these numbers with the numbers on email. stove, for example, I have one usual comfort-850w;). Even my retired mother noted that less electricity was consumed, and pensioners know a lot about this - the pension is not immeasurable, but to pay quarters. you need a fee!

[Toto]

650W

In mode Extinguishing consumption is much less, since this is a rather gentle mode, as mentioned above - in comparison with languishing in a Russian oven.
Generally, Toto, if you press the electricity for 3 rubles for these 2.5 hours, IMHO, this will be the maximum ...

My opinion on the multicooker. First of all, it is good for those who have very little time. For example, that option, put the groceries, set the timer, and left. I liked the porridge in the morning, got up earlier, put in the millet, went to fill it up, the porridge turned out to be beyond praise, I don't mind such a mess of electricity, and that in the usual way you need to stand near it.
In a slow cooker, it is good to cook puddings, casseroles, aspic, or dishes, for example with pasta or dumplings, where you do not need the movement of liquid, as when cooking in water.
Stewed meat dishes cook beautifully and faster in Zepter pots on the lowest heat and save el. energy. Email It consumes a lot of energy, and if cooking all day is expensive, you need to have a two-rate meter and cook at night at a cheap rate.
"Cooking soup" in a slow cooker in 20 minutes (it just warms up for 20 minutes) cannot be cooked, but in 1.5 hours. And in a Zepter pan, it cooks in 35-40 minutes, including the laying of food. And you can also cook in three tiers.
For me, this device is good for selective cooking. But cooking for 3.5 hours. and then keep them in the heating mode for several hours ....... The same millet porridge in the heating mode becomes smudged and not so tasty, although it looks beautiful.
A matter of taste, of course.

In my opinion, they did not understand the most important thing - slow cooking at a low temperature regime costs any electricity. You count on the counter, but I will count differently. Subtract oil from the expense - it is spent in scanty amounts. We subtract the drugs to support the liver, which will definitely be required over the years of consuming peroxidized fats that are unavailable in the oven and frying pan. We also subtract the means for washing from these peroxidized fats of pans and ovens. Special sponges and brushes, special hand creams after wiping off droplets from the stove, tiles, cabinets, which are inevitable when cooking in pans and ordinary pots.No need to talk about the zepter: I was a training manager there, I have been using it for 13 years, I love it very much, but he cannot perform without supervision, but a cartoon - please! My mother - 86 years old - cannot even lift a Zepter's boat, but with a cartoon (a monument to her from all the children of old parents!) She lives - she does not grieve. No fears about extinguished gas, lit oven holders, sleeping products. So not only for those who have no time. And then - this is a rather strange formulation of the question. What does it mean - who has no time? And I value my time very highly, exactly when it is intended for rest. All other dishes must be standing! And cartoon, including soup, does not know such problems. As a result of the presence of multi and microwave with convection, I eliminated the oven in the new kitchen as a class - a class, I must say, parasitic! The stove was left with a gas two-burner and it stands idle. But the savings don't stop there. The oven heats itself first of all, especially the electric one. Gas burns oxygen mercilessly, somehow smokes or costs a million. Products dry out in ovens, they are processed in a completely different way than in a cartoon, since it saves moisture, but does not accumulate like a zepter. All flavors are in the cartoon, not in: the chimney. Food is more complete due to non-aggressive cooking, a person is better saturated, food savings are more noticeable. And again we will count: a stove, a double boiler, a stewing pan, a frying pan and a cauldron for pilaf, and a pot for porridge - and all one and the same vessel takes place in the kitchen !!!. But there is still something wrong - you need to love freedom and new technology, and if a person is not inclined to this, then my arguments are in vain. Good luck.

Many thanks to everyone who responded!
A huge amount of equipment in the kitchen is often just the result of advertising - five-burner stoves; A steamer, microwave oven, oven, extractor hood, into which a person can be sucked, etc. And something I don't remember who recommended cooking for 5 hours. I offered a different view - emotionally rational. That's all! And I want to say to Totoshenka - do not expect the house and a new electric stove to be broken, the cartoon provides opportunities for the tiny Khrushchev kitchen with a low ceiling. The fact of the matter is that you can choose the mode and method of cooking for every taste. In general, go for it. And believe me, I am not writing in order to encourage someone to throw caps - I am writing because I want to share my thoughts. And something I do not see the logic - well-cooked, not simmered for 5 hours! Well, this is exactly what is well cooked. People, please respond - who cooks for more than an hour and a half? I'm wondering in which version of the dish this might come in handy. At Zepter I was a training manager for 5 years, so I know absolutely everything about these dishes. Many pluses, but many minuses. It's a matter of choosing a strategy. So let's choose! I really want new recipes! Look at my soup and meat in French - can you improve or advise what? Bon appetit to all !!!

Totoshka, I would not put it on the back burner either.
I assure you that the power consumption is very low.
Compactness and good thermal insulation leads to a very economical mode. I think that no one is stopped by the very high power consumption of a washing machine - from 5 to 10 kW per wash. But the convenience is worth it.
And here, the preparation of one dinner or casserole requires a maximum of 1 kW, in most cases even less.
Another important factor is the low price of the device, comparable to the price of one "non-Zepter" pan.
And if I met a lot of those disappointed in the Zepter, then I practically did not see those disappointed in the multicooker.
How many housewives have a deep fryer dusting (including mine), which costs more than a slow cooker, and all this deep-fried fried becomes boring faster than the liver and pancreas begin to feel.

Of course, the multicooker is not a self-assembled tablecloth.
You cannot bake yeast pies in it, and some dishes do not turn out as well as desired.
It is not a substitute for a bread maker.
But what she can do - she does a solid five.
Soups, cereals, casseroles, stews and meat cakes are enough to have such a skilled assistant.

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My dear soforum girls! Allow me tooaboutlive your five cents in the piggy bank of your controversy.
Many of you know how my personal communication with the multicooker began, which I gave the liberty to pour out:
... Believe me, at that time I had no idea that so many people would like this rather convenient unit in use. But if so many people say that the multicooker is really a worthwhile thing, then it probably is.
You know, what I least expected was accusations of me in advertising a product to our market. Yes, probably a lot of money was earned by Panasonic branches in Russia, Ukraine and other neighboring countries just because the product became so popular thanks to the topics about the multicooker on the forums "good cuisine" and "bread maker". They say some online stores even inserted links to our Temki. Believe me, not a penny from a single store, let alone a department of PANASONIC by me NOT RECEIVED... I’ll tell you more than that, I had a chance to participate in a competition held by Panasonic: Number 10 is me. With Christmas Cake Recipe: Won a recipe book. And she got it with such bumps and gags ... and many talk about percentages. Funny... (by the way, I thought that the book would mention a multicooker - not a word at all.)
As the girls write on the Good Cook, some sites speak of my "work" with particular bitchiness. Well, thanks for that. Just a question: why are you so mad, my dears. If you enjoy it, please enjoy it. I'm very happy for you.
Well, enough of the negative ... let's talk about the good! It seems to me that any kitchen unit can be replaced with another. Is not it? And pies can be baked in an oven or a convection oven, or in a multicooker. And soups can be cooked on the stove or in a rustic oven, or, again, in a multicooker. What are we arguing about? Everyone chooses kitchen units for themselves. We do not all dress up in dresses of the same style, color and size - no. Everyone wears what they like. And it's the same here.
When I saw the multicooker, I started looking for information about it, but alas ... nothing, absolutely nothing. But the topic of the multicooker (as life shows) is interesting not only to me. The third part of the forty-page opus is already open on the Good Cook: I think you will find all the answers to your questions there.
I just didn't think that this topic would interest and unite HUNDRED TALENTED PEOPLE, acquaintance with whom I am infinitely glad !!!!!
Good luck everyone!!! Enjoy your time in the kitchen !!! (whether with or without a slow cooker) GOOD LUCK !!!

The heat has come and I don't want to turn on the oven at all, you know why. But you still want something tasty. Shoplifting, lately, I don't like
I make a sponge cake in a slow cooker, sandwich it with light cream and the cake is ready. Here's another benefit! Replacing the oven and heat does not give, which is especially pleasant in summer.

right now, I'll tell you about the benefits! the whole family went to the sea to rest. the base is very good: there is hot water, a dining room, a kitchen, and many barbecues on the territory. BUT! two small children, and even with a diet ... and I want to go to the sea, and not hang around in the kitchen! in short, and porridge, and soups, and potatoes, and even cooked meat! minus one - she herself does not peel potatoes, does not cut vegetables, does not wash meat and does not pour the required amount of water! and with what pride I went to the kitchen to wash the dishes! poor women, standing at the stove (instead of resting), cleaning pots / pans, it's hot ... and I, with my saucepan and a couple of cups, jumped in, washed and ran away. by and large, the same sausages, chicken legs, etc.could be done in a cartoon, and not harass coal (however, romance disappears).
in general, business ladies, cartoon is very useful for us! I am delighted with recreation!!!

Everyone who has seen a cartoon at my place wants to buy it too. Saving your own time is worth a lot! I think that when choosing - which is more expensive - the time of my life or electricity, then I will choose my time. That, in fact, I choose when buying a washing machine, dishwasher, food processor and other equipment that allows you to save a little time for yourself.

The questions are:
- can a multicooker fully replace the need for a double boiler?
My husband has an ulcer with fairly frequent exacerbations. I decided to buy a double boiler and steam it - well, at least during periods of exacerbation. Having searched the Internet, I came across information on the cartoon. But the question of using the steamer function in it remained uncovered.
- we have gas at home, not electric stoves. Accordingly, the cooking and taste of the food differs from the electric method. Will the unit remain practically unclaimed (since it is powered by electricity). It is indisputable who has an electric stove, the device is irreplaceable. And what about gas owners?
Just a question about a double boiler, or rather about the consumption of food cooked with steam, reshon. I just think what to buy - a double boiler or a slow cooker.
They just have a different price factor - but for me it is important - 2000 or 5000. I want to spend money properly.
Although after reading about the cartoon, it's straightforward to itch, but .....

there is only one pallet in the multicooker, there is not enough space ... so if you want to cook a lot, then a steamer is still more convenient ... but if the question of saving time is being decided in the usual preparation of soups and cereals (for example), then the multicooker wins with a huge advantage!

[Leska]

Leska, the steaming insert is really small, about 3 nice pieces of fish. But for those with health problems, you can use the stewing program, in which everything can be cooked without adding oils. The main thing is that the liquid that is formed from meat or vegetables does not evaporate anywhere, and all this is stewed in its own juice, so you can not add water or oil or pour well, just a little, so that it covers the bottom of the saucepan. And then it is very convenient to cook porridge in it, which you just need to eat for gastritis and stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers.

And what about the owners of multicooker and gas stoves. How does the taste differ (it's just different on electric stoves).
I myself can be said to be sick with a slow cooker, But we must find weighty arguments for my husband. Since he is inclined to a double boiler, citing the presence of a gas stove.

[Grunya]

Grunya
I also have a gas stove. But I use the cartoon very often. You can't leave the gas stove on, but yes, there is even a timer and after cooking it turns off and everything is kept in the heating mode. Almost every day after kindergarten we go to different circles with my daughter - I come - dinner is already ready !!!
It also has a steamer. Larisa-Lola has already written that this steamer cooks better than an ordinary one, even incomparable.

[Grunya]

Grunya, I have a question, do you want to buy a double boiler that is put on the stove with a pot of water. or that cat. electric with several bowls. If electric, then there is no difference.
If I cook cereals or potatoes in a multi, I put fish or meat up on a sieve, and thus I have a side dish and a side dish
You can fry in a multitude on the baking mode, then add the rest to turn on the stewing mode, for example, I make pilaf like that and buckwheat porridge with mushrooms ... and a lot of things.
And baking muffins and biscuits became real for me (I couldn't get biscuits)
If you are lovers of milk porridge, it is incredibly convenient: it never runs away and does not burn, pour-plug-in and eat

The difference between cooking on an electric stove and cooking on gas is only at that moment when you are not yet used to electric.You write that your friends have recently moved, that's why YET the taste and loses. As you get used to and adapt, everything will be OK.
IMHO - much more difference is felt from the dishes in which they cook.

I thought about buying a multicooker, because I have a weakness for all kinds of kitchen devices, but I gave up this thought for the reason that I have a cast-iron cauldron (well, that is, its version for an electric stove, with a flat bottom). In it, all extinguishing takes place under a closed lid, without a single drop of water, in a bowl with thick walls. I add meat, vegetables, then I reduce the power and boldly leave the house for my daughter from the garden and take her to school.
I cook porridge "according to Pokhlebkin", it's pretty fast, and from really long cooking cereals only barley comes to mind, but do you often eat it?
Pilaf - well, this is no comment, it is clear that according to the principle of "fell asleep, turned on, waited" there will be no pilaf.

I don't need a steamer.
That is, I did not have the obvious pluses of multi.

If steam cooking is important to you + the purchase amount is critical, IMHO it is better to buy just a double boiler.

Dear Grunya, I don’t know if you have bought a double boiler or a slow cooker by this time. But I can say as the owner of both assistants. I use the steamer only for cooking large amounts of vegetables. And always with a slow cooker. And what am I leading to - I do not fry anything in a multicooker and the taste does not change, but for me this is important. because my son is on a diet. And he is very picky about food. But I fell in love with the cottage cheese casserole, which I could not stand before, thanks to the girls from the Forum of Good Cuisine, I don't remember who I downloaded the recipe from! We finally began to eat fish (fish with vegetables). Almost everything I do in cartoon is diet meals!

And until I heard a clear answer on the topic "What is the difference between the food from the multicooker and its preparation."
In addition to the usual regular "Oh, girls, it turned out for me! Super-super ...!".

I will answer point by point
1-there is a sleep timer.
2-there is no need to control the temperature and graze so that the porridge / broth / soup does not run away.
3-there is a timer for delayed start, it is very convenient to get the finished product by the set time.
4-in one appliance, a large number of functions - steaming, baking, stewing, frying => a certain number of baking dishes and saucepans become unnecessary as well as half the stove.
5-much less often you need to turn on the hood, since there is no strong boiling-boiling, which would shower the kitchen with steam and spread odors throughout the apartment.
Food from a multicooker does not differ in anything from usually prepared, except for the very convenience of cooking

And in general ... put calmly in the evening porridge for breakfast and sleep as sweetly as possible until the last, and by waking up to get a ready-made hot product (instead of jumping up an hour earlier for this) or from morning (at lunchtime) throw stewing (primitive at least) potatoes with meat and to have a hot dinner before coming home from work, and not, again, standing at the stove for another hour and a half - is this not the mistress's happiness.
And after that, someone else will doubt the benefits of this device?

As I bought a multicooker, I use the stove only if I need to cook several dishes.
Yes, and HP, in addition to bread, also makes great dough from which we bake pies, pies, buns almost every day. We eat them even more than bread.

There are really no complaints about the multicooker, but I believe that those who have the opportunity to use two devices have the right to compare. Maybe those who are not happy with the multi-hotter will also be unhappy with the multicooker? And the lentils in my slow cooker were foaming and (foam) climbed out through the valve. How can this be explained? Product specifics (peas, lentils, beans - they behave about the same) or a cooking program? Maybe you had to turn it on for extinguishing? Who knows ... You need to experiment.

I have a slow cooker for about 4 months already .. I will say right away, the device is not as simple as it seems, as there are nuances of cooking in a bread maker.There are no questions about milk porridge, cooking buckwheat. Finally I figured out the extinguishing. The first experiments, frankly, disappointed me. Stewing chicken giblets and meat as a result gave soft gum in a pile of juice .. it felt like it was not stewing, but forcing the juice from the product .. finally adapted .. I first fry in baking mode, and then I stew .. although in principle the meaning of the multicooker as a device - closed the lid - an hour later opened the lid - absolutely disappears. I only baked my hands in it once, baked a lemon cake from basic recipes - I had to quickly, I was too lazy to look for something else .. the result, well, in general, something that looked like a curd casserole that rose slightly .. you need to try a proven recipe, then you can speak with more confidence about whether you like it or not. Rice cooked in a cartoon is suitable only for sushi, because I have long lost the habit of something stuck together .. the steamer is small, vegetables, rice, eggs for salads I cook in a separate unit .. so, in principle, according to my feelings TAAAAKII I have no enthusiasm for this device calls ..

I always rinse very thoroughly, soak in cold water for 30 minutes and rinse again. There is a lot of protein in legumes.

Do you think I cook the first day? I do this too, but washing and soaking is not always a guarantee of trouble-free cooking. Everywhere has its own nuances and you need to deal with all the products on your own experience and adjust the recipes on your own. In this I completely agree with Lika. And the pleasure of using a multicooker is much more than inconsistencies (that's right, since it's all fixable).

Well, in principle, I will repeat the previous author and say, well, that I cook for the first day .. I was also convinced by the way that if juice is released when cooking on the electric grill (this is from another topic), then it must be drained and continued to cook further- which in itself is nonsense, because what kind of frying is it at all, if all the juice flows out .. I don't like steamed rice at all, I make normal baked goods outside the multicooker .. for me personally, this device does not help much, which is what I'm talking about

Well, in principle, I will repeat the previous author and say, well, that I cook for the first day .. I was also convinced by the way that if juice is released when cooking on the electric grill (this is from another topic), then it must be drained and continued to cook further- which in itself is nonsense, because what kind of frying it is, if all the juice flows out .. I don’t like steamed rice at all, I do normal baking outside the multicooker .. for me personally, this device doesn’t help much, which is what I’m talking about

Thank you! You helped us a lot not to make a mistake!

Throw your hats at me !! I just adore my bread maker .. but the 2 devices I bought after a fierce reading of the forum-a slow cooker and a waffle-iron-sandwich maker-grill Phillips do not bring me to such delight the slow cooker is a good unit, but something is good to do in it, but absolutely everything is not delightful - on the stove, much better .. talked about the waffle iron, to be honest, well, the complete garbage will really kill the husband, I'm impressed by the forum, I praised this device so I probably buy myself a normal waffle iron for thin waffles secretly just everyone has their own cooking standards, experience and tastes -that for one pure delight and achievement, for others the norm or not .. no one takes it personally, please, an abstract comment

Girls, everything is clear in principle. Everyone has different tastes, that's all
I have never crawled out of the multicooker and I really love all the dishes cooked in it. And I like glued rice most of all. Not a fan of fried, namely stew. And even chicken stomachs in it are perfect, tender and rich. And this does not at all exclude the possibility that such dishes will not be to the taste of someone.
As for the comparison. Well, you somehow choose a product before buying? So I chose an Internet on this topic according to my thoughts and readings. Therefore, I chose the multicooker.Everyone chooses and compares everything, whatever one may say. It would probably be stupid on my part to purchase two types of goods at once, so that later I would "have the right" to speak on this score. Here, after all, they say about the stoves: "What is better to buy?", And most importantly, that everyone advises in response. So people make their choice and nothing else. So I personally expressed my opinion, while quoting people who have this particular multicooker model. Suddenly it will help someone to make the right choice. Everyone has his own in the end

And then, we do not do everything in a slow cooker. The multicooker is more likely for everyday lightweight "work" in the kitchen, and masterpieces can be made with the help of other improvised means

The multicooker is not just for the lazy, but for those lazy ones who LOVE HIMSELF and who CARE FOR YOURSELF, and not just about others. Many dishes in the cartoon are tastier! And if you think that REAL pilaf is worth spending a lot of time at the stove ... Well, maybe it's worth it, but on holidays, not on weekdays! By the way, I also have a gas stove. And those who doubt the multicooker remind me of my son's statement before buying a washing machine: "Mom, why do you need a washing machine? You already have it!" (And I had "Desna" then, "a toilet with a motor", as my husband called it). I do not urge anyone to buy a multicooker. After all, Panasonic does not pay me money for advertising. But I am happy to the point of losing my pulse that I now have it.