Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

So who is changing it? !!! This weekend, the three of us got along very well !!!

Wow And I thought four of us, even with a duck

But seriously, my old slow-cooker, who is at least 10 years old, has three modes: "High", "Low", "Auto", and of course, "Off". The first mode is the strongest, in this mode I bring it to a boil, then switch to "Low". "Auto" mode - you can endlessly in it: economical, like: brings to the required temperature and turns off the heating. Then, as it cools, it turns on the heating again, etc.
By the way, I have it for 6.5 liters, not 8. To be honest, I have never seen an 8-liter one ...

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for those who have not seen 8 liters. This year Israel has only 8 liter Morphy Richards

Hairpin, the mode is probably the hottest .. usually indicate the maximum power.

Hairpin

sleeve used
one . To make it more convenient to collect fat, do not drive it all over the sheet.

2. To reduce the cooking time of a dish, a "greenhouse effect" is created in it, which actually exists in a slow cooker.
Due to the fact that the dish is in the sleeve, it does not dry out.
I just made a full pot of cabbage rolls, and now I will go to bed, in the morning I have guests. Breakfast is already provided without hassle (unless the electricity is cut off)

Here +

I will consult you !!!

But I don’t understand why in the sleeve? Not to smell? Not to mention your wok, there are tons of beautiful ceramic pots. Well, just imagine. You throw it all in a ceramic pot, and then it is on the table ...

I thought, I thought ... and I myself did not understand why in the sleeve ...
With the same success I can put a hefty glass ducks in my glass duck ...

Do you think that the oven will gobble up a fig of electricity in such a time, if you prophesy that after one time we will not look towards the oven for the purpose of such application?

Girls, on the weekend I saw the Comfort FL-15 Dolgarka on the Metro. Maybe someone knows something about her? The price is certainly attractive, but the instructions do not say anything about the cooking time and, in general, there is little information. Search in the internet gave nothing. Here I sit and think whether it is worth buying it. Manufactured exactly China without a special passport

[Shushka]

Shushka, I also joked her in the Internet ... no ... Maybe you wrote the labeling incorrectly?

[Shushka]

Shushka, I also joked her on the Internet ... no ... Maybe you miswrote the marking?

Hairpin, precise marking. We took a picture of her on the phone

Girls, on our site discussed a similar one:
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...f&Itemid=26&topic=12076.0

[Shushka]

So she's FY, not FL !!!!!!!!! I ran the rice cookers too. Like rice & slow cookers!

Shushka... mustache ... it's not a slow cooker ... it's a rice cooker ...

Nifigulechki!
Above is the link to the rice cooker. She was also present. But I'm talking about a slow cooker. True, I really was sealed. It is not FL-15, but FY-15 There are no photos of this miracle, unfortunately (we photographed the back side of the instructions where the supplier's phone number is written). But she looks a bit like Morphy Richards.
Today my husband phoned the supplier with a fight. They did not give information about the duration (and even more so the temperature regime), since they themselves do not know. They are imported recently. This is probably why there are no reviews. Although it is still strange that it is not on the internet either. My husband even went to a Chinese site, but there is no mention of her there either.
Here is such a strange thing

[shuska]

shuska
Are you not mistaken with the labeling? Maybe an FY-35? This debt is practically twin of the Kenwood SR 658 🔗
They differ only in the size and shape of the handle on the lid. Everything else is identical.The writing on the heating pot is also the same. The modes are the same.

all modes are similar
I met a beautiful one, at the Amazon $ 150

[shuska]

shuska
Are you not mistaken with the labeling? Maybe an FY-35? This debt is practically twin of the Kenwood SR 658 🔗
They differ only in the size and shape of the handle on the lid. Everything else is identical. The writing on the heating pot is also the same. The modes are the same.

Have you seen her? Indeed, it looks like either Kenwood CP 658 or Morphy Richards, though I don't remember the buttons. Volume 3.5 liters. Low, high, auto modes. The power seems to be 200 watts. Made in China. Supplier - Kiev. The model wrote as it was written on the meter price tag.

The modes are similar, but I need a device with a maximum cooking time. So that in the morning to put a dish, and in the evening to have something to eat

Have you seen her?

I bought it. And I also have Kenwood. Follow the link I gave above and compare Comfort and Kenwood yourself. Only the power of Kenwood is 320 W, not 2000 W, as it is written on the site (apparently a typo). As for the modes ... As far as I understand, High, Low and Auto differ in temperature (due to different power) and you can cook as long as you like, as long as the product allows it. The fact that the High mode is 8 hours, and the Low mode is 4 hours, it seems to me a "mid-ceiling" figure, which is taken on the basis that the meat should be cooked for at least 6-8 hours. Well, what if my chickens were ready much earlier? I just turn it off when I see fit. And I heated the milk much longer than the time frames suggest. There is no electronics here, an ordinary electric pan, as much as you want and it will work.

How long have you been using it? And how is she against the background of Kenwood? And where, besides the metro, can you look at it?

As far as I understand, High, Low and Auto differ in temperature (due to different power) ...

That's just the point, I would like to know what power in what mode. For how long on what mode can you leave the dish. Well, so that it does not work out that, when you come home, you will find boiled porridge instead of a stew. I won't be able to turn it off earlier than 10-12 hours later.
By the way, what is the "Auto" mode and does it keep the dish warm (namely, the maintenance, and not the continuation of heating the dish at the same power as cooking).
And, in general, what are your impressions (if, of course, you have already managed to compare her with Kenwood)?

Of course, I have already broken through the topic about an electronic time relay that would turn on / off the device. But still I want not to be mistaken in choosing a model of a slow cooker. Maybe it's better to take Kenwood. Of course, there is a difference in price, but who knows how this cheap one will behave ... Probably we should take Kenwood? ... Or save money? ... (reasoning rubbing his forehead and scratching the back of his head. In the background - a smiley, beating from the green toad)

Of course, I have already broken through the topic about an electronic time relay that would turn on / off the device.

And I broke through the topic of installing a voltage regulator on the wire, and, accordingly, the heating temperature. My electricians said my brains would fly. That is, not mine, but slow cookers. They say they are not designed for other voltages. They said that if you disassemble it, but not those wires that go to the brains, install something there ... Well, they overestimated me. I can disassemble even a damn bald man, but collect ... Well, I'll collect something there,: (only ...

[marinal]

marinal
I haven’t used "Comfort" yet, but I don’t know where except for "Metro" they can be seen.

For how long on what mode can you leave the dish. Well, so that it does not work out that, when you come home, you will find boiled porridge instead of a stew.

You will determine this only by experience.

By the way, what is the "Auto" mode and does it keep the dish warm (namely, the maintenance, and not the continuation of heating the dish at the same power as cooking).

"Auto" is keeping the food warm. The instructions suggest to bring the dish to "condition" in this mode.
As for the differences between Kenwood and Comfort, I believe that this is the displacement and nothing else. Apparently, the manufacturer is the same.
Technically, both pans are identical. The difference in power is most likely due to the size (displacement).

LenaV07, and the slow cooker itself switches from the selected mode to the "Auto" mode? And another question for comparing the quality of both devices. The quality of plastic, ceramics, etc.

LenaV07, if I understand correctly, if the unit is connected via a time relay, it will turn on, it will work as long as I want in one selected (!) Mode and turn off. In this situation, the "Auto" mode is not relevant for me

[shuska]

shuska
What are your goals for the slow cooker?

LenaV07, I already wrote above: to cook a dish in my absence. It is advisable to keep it warm by the time of eating.

What makes you doubtful?

Duration of cooking. If the dish is cooked according to the recipe for 6 hours, and the time interval between my departure and arrival is 10-12 hours, then how to set the slow cooker? For example, when I leave the house at 10 am, I will put the dish to cook. In 6 hours (at 16.00) it will be ready. But then I come at 20-22.00. In 4-6 hours my food will be cold and tasteless. It will have to be warmed up.

[shuska]

shuska
I already wrote that only empirically you will determine how long it will take to prepare a particular dish and on what mode. In addition, keep in mind that the ceramic bowl keeps heat for quite some time. If the price of the device is not critical for you, then it is quite possible to buy, and even during operation you will find the best options.

If additional switching is needed, look for a programmable slow cooker like this, with a capacity of 5.5 liters -

LenaV07, that's not quite the point. Let me know how much I should cook a dish on a certain mode (previously tested empirically). But it is not clear how the dish is being prepared in practice. If there was a delay in the start, then it is clear. But in these slow cookers, and in the Kenwoods CP707 with email. Management of this benefit is not available. We urgently need to decide which one to take, because now there is an opportunity to take Kenwood 707 at a discount. But after reading the instructions, we still did not figure it out to the end (it is somehow muddy). That's wise

Girls, what a problem to connect the slow cooker through the relay vrkmkni: I always do just that. These time relays are very inexpensive.

drying, in a slow cooker it is very difficult to re-cook the dish, since everything is cooked at low temperatures,
For example, yesterday I cooked cabbage rolls, put them in the night, cooked for 12 hours.
Cabbage and rice in stuffed cabbage are such products that they quickly boil.

But the result was excellent, the dish was prepared for the guests, and the guests praised the taste very much. I'll post the recipe on Thursday.

And I also cooked Ajapsandal for Seven Hours, come and see the photos.
After 7 hours of heat treatment, what the eggplants look like.

I have a slow cooker without electronics, I'm not going to buy another one. Quite satisfied.
Can really buy you easier and cheaper.

Slow cooker instructions morphi richards 48730
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no, she's without a timer, but don't be sad.
I now have borscht in a slow cooker, so I took it out of the socket 3 times to turn on the microwave. And no program will fail.
You can't turn off the bread maker like that.

And imagine, she went somewhere, the light was turned off, the program got lost, and that's it, sit hungry.
And so the light will be given - and she will continue to cook.

Hairpin
I'm calming a person here
and if the light is turned off for 30 minutes, and you are not at home? - then everything is covered with a dish.

And imagine, she went somewhere, the light was turned off, the program got lost, and that's it, sit hungry.
And so the light will be given - and she will continue to cook.

It's right! Despite the fact that I live in Kiev, there are frequent power outages in our house. I notice it by the zeroed clock on the microwave.


Only here is the instruction for this miracle of technology - you can kill !!! : -
What is AUTO mode?
It says here that you can set the auto mode after cooking or heating, but for what?

[nata_v]

Hairpin
I'm calming a person here

Okay, let's calm down together.

nata_v! And why the timer? You have three options. Well, for example, you can put on 4 hours High, 8 hours Middle or 12 hours Low. A full range of choices without any timers!

auto is heating mode

it is heating, and a couple of days ago I first used it.

I prepared something, and my husband called and said that he was late for an hour. Well, I switched to this mode, I had soup, and I wanted to eat it hot.
So I used it.

I wanted her to turn off after cooking.

In IKEA, timers are sold at 224 rubles for two timers in one package. Inexpensive and less worry.

Nata here Kaprice advised that something like a carrier and a relay with shutdown at the right time in one bottle, said that you can buy where there are electrical outlets, etc., read the first pages. And to turn off itself, programmable, as far as I understood, there is no such model and it's not about the price. I hope I understood everything correctly.

[Shurshun]

Shurshun, about two slow cookers. Large is 6.5 liters. Do you need that much soup? I don't. That is, a large and oval one is needed for ducks / geese, rabbits, pork knuckles and ... well, pheasants, probably ... or something else that is large. Are you going to make such dishes for your family? No. This is to put on the table on a holiday. Therefore, a large one is needed.
And here is a small one. I already wrote. I cut the same mutton (I did it in the pressure cooker yesterday, because I didn't have time in the slow cooker, and the slow cooker was too big) I cut it, threw it on top, poured it with tomato sauce with curry, cumin and so on and set it for ... 8-12 hours. Let for 12 hours. I got up after 10 hours, turned it off. Got up after 14 hours. Heated for two hours. Why do you need this lamb in the volume of 2.5 - 3 liters?
Look like that's it...



Gaby! The 707 Kenwood model (which I first wanted to order) seems to have all of these features, but ... a duck won't fit in there!

Slow cooker instructions morphi richards 48730
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killed ... my morphi richards 48730 is coming to me, in the evening I'm waiting for her home. In full confidence that there are 3 temperature modes - Low, Medium, High, as described on the website of the online store.
I open it with instructions ... and there ... no three modes
One and only, and the time scale is from 4 to 12 o'clock ...

I also meant such a relay. In it you can program the time of turning on and off the device connected through it. I use this for a slow cooker and for a yogurt maker, which I also have without a timer.

[Alexandra]

Alexandra!
I am very sorry that you stepped on the same rake as I did a week ago. It wasn't the lack of multiple modes that upset me so much as the lack of Lowe. If there was one Lowe, I would be happy.
I sent a request to MR about the power of the heating mode and the possibility of using it as a Low mode, but they did not answer me. So if you still have the opportunity to return it, then ...
Unfortunately, you can set a timer in slow cookers without brains. In my case, it is impossible to reduce the voltage, since the brains themselves are designed for this power. And to correct the brain circuits ... in this case, more than problematic!

Pts happily ugorazdilo me at 6.5 liters. I am delighted, I don’t need different modes, I’m already doing everything in it for the time being. So I’m making apple jam, a full bowl of it, in 15 minutes I’ll go and taste it. A huge bowl and a timer are more important to me than modes.

Hairpin, are you sure that there is High, not Low?

I didn't find anything like that in the instructions.
For some reason I wanted to buy this particular brand, cotton did not turn up, so at least MR.
And so it was enticingly written about electronic control and 3 modes ...

What's the use of changing? Are these different modes in Kenwood 6.5 liters? Pay twice for shipping ...

In short, the type of Italian-style chicken breasts with vegetables has already been thrown there.

[Alexandra]

Alexandra!
Alas, but that this is the High mode is almost certain. Gypsy found the characteristics of a similar Israeli slow cooker (for which she resets and uvazhuha) with three modes. The maximum power indicated is 300 watts ... Similar to our ...

Similar Kenwood (oval 6.5 liters) is like NataMayLav - no brains with a manual switch. There are different modes, but there is no time programming function. It will work until you turn it off. And switches to heating mode manually ...

Alas, but I come to the decision to take another small 3.5-liter MP with a manual switch ...

But I don’t regret buying it! Now I'm trying to convince my husband that it was he who decided to make not a rabbit for the next weekend, but a chicken with lemons !!!

[Hairpin,]

Hairpin,

Once again I revised the instructions, I did not find anywhere about the power ... where is it written that 300W?

If so, how many degrees is it?

Our meat and fish products still require the killing of any nasty things at a boiling point or close, it seems to me ...

I don't need a small one, I want a large genre, to stuff animals entirely ...
so let it be with some kind of brains and voluminous

The power is indicated on the nameplate. 303-330 watts. But I don't know about degrees ...

no, she's without a timer, but don't be sad.
I now have borscht in a slow cooker, so I took it out of the socket 3 times to turn on the microwave. And no program will fail.
And imagine, she went somewhere, the light was turned off, the program got lost, and that's it, sit hungry.
And so the light will be given - and she will continue to cook.

I unplugged it from the outlet - the program reset to zero, I have Morphy 48730.

Photos for comparison of jam in a slow cooker and jam in a slow cooker, see here: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=24539.0

The power is indicated on the nameplate. 303-330 watts. But I don't know about degrees ...

My husband took the order without me, unpacked and prepared for work. If it was a sticker, he ripped it off. And I did not have time to examine the case, I immediately threw food there.

Based on the preparation, it doesn't look like High. The breasts on top didn't even turn white in an hour yesterday, I think it's Low. Or, as a last resort, Medium ...

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Based on the preparation, it doesn't look like High. The breasts on top didn't even turn white in an hour yesterday, I think it's Low. Or, as a last resort, Medium ...

IN slowIn cooking, the process of bringing to a boil (high) sometimes takes more than one hour ...