Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

do not add a drop at all.

oh how! and in the recipes it is written that 2/3 covers the food ... I see that there is a lot of it. As with a bread maker - only forum recipes should be taken. Thanks, we will train

Hello!
We bought an oval MB for 6 liters. I put potatoes with vegetables and chicken - vegetables on the bottom, poured some water to cover the vegetables and the chicken on top. Tasty, but there was a lot of liquid. That is how it should be? Or did you not need to add water at all?

Liquid in slow cookers hardly evaporates during cooking. Therefore, in some dishes, water may not be added at all, and in some - in the minimum required amount.

I bought the cartoon a year ago for $ 100
And if only now I had to choose, I would buy a rice cooker.

They have increased the price very much, unjustifiably.
The multi has no competition, so they are atrocities.
So the multi-hunter has appeared, something new.

https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&Itemid=99999999&topic=4784.0

Well, natamylove - you have chosen your nickname very correctly. I don't have a slow cooker, but I was very interested in one phrase - someone here said that the dishes come out of it as if they were cooked in a Russian stove. My grandmother is Russian and she told me what dishes are delicious in this oven. I light it up here for the love of art (mainly yours), so to speak - I go in and quietly admire.

Girls, answer specific questions
You can cook deliciously in a slow cooker:
1. Borsch.
2. Soup.
3. Stewed potatoes with meat.
4 Stewed cabbage.
5 Milk rice porridge.
6 and millet
8. Buckwheat for garnish.

I am interested in the preparation of simple dishes from everyday products.

I decided not to cook borsch and soup for myself, for a long time.
And here
3. Stewed potatoes with meat.
4 Stewed cabbage.
5 Milk rice porridge.
6 and millet
8. Buckwheat for garnish.

all this is possible, only for a long time, but a different taste.

Aunt Basya, now thank God from the third time I probably understood: - \ I just need to read your remarks to others more carefully, then questions will not arise. Thanks for your patience with us.

I cook all the broths for myself, both for borscht and for soup, in a slow cooker. I liked it there better. Cooked all the soup for a long time but different taste. Pour the broth into a regular saucepan and as usual. I cook from a shop hammer, everyone who ate began to ask, I accidentally don't raise chickens underground. And I also cook everything that you have listed. The porridge is long, but delicious. I go to bed no earlier than 12-30 at night. I threw it all down until the morning, the daughter got up in the morning the porridge was already ready and hot. even the elder began to eat porridge.
I just haven't stewed cabbage yet, maybe I'll do it today.

Moscow is there, here it is https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&board=70.0... only Muscovites did not discuss and share slow cookers where to buy what
You will be a pioneer !!!!

[Caprice]

Not ... I won't be a pioneer. After reading the topic, I have a clear feeling that I need a slow cooker. Everything else is so-and-so, but the slow cooker ...
Let me explain why. I'm having problems with time spans. And I extinguish everything for oooooo very long. Lamb - 4-6 hours. Beef - 3-4. For me, it is more convenient to do 12 hours. I threw it in the evening, took it out in the morning, put the pot in the dishwasher - and go to work. It looks like you can cook with it almost daily ...
There is also a pressure cooker ... But somehow I prefer the slow mode. And let the pressure cooker remain for bean soups and jellied meat ...

I just don't get it ... Do any of the Muscovites have slow cookers? Caprice and Anael - Israeli women, Natamailav - Zaporozhye ...

And ... still ... not in vain Cake suffers here, and not in the Convection ovens ... Maybe, really, in figs to my husband a separator, I'll give him a slow cooker ... Just what kind ... SP707, probably ...
Natamailav, what is yours?

Aunt Besya, spit on the airfryer, let's stock up on slow cookers! Cake take the third and ... and we will be the smartest !!!

Cake, and what do you think?

It looks like you basically have Morphy and Kenwood, I gave a link above how to choose a slow cooker, take the oval one, it is more universal.

[Gypsy]

Gypsy, I already understood about the oval and ceramic bowl. Actually, I found Morphy and Kenwood. Kenwood has, in principle, two of them, but ... The difference in price is three times. I still don't understand how they differ ... It just seems to me that for 4500 rubles it will be better than for 1500 ... If I didn't mix anything up ...

The oval is certainly more versatile, but they are all large pans. It is written that to fill at least 2/3 with products. Therefore, in mine I like that the bottom is narrower at the bottom and is filled, as it were, by 2/3. And so it is in such portions to cook and then eat for a week. It's good who has a big family. For me it is better to cook more often than to eat the same thing.
And I myself do not know how they differ, but one friend of hers is oval black ceramics there, said that she would buy one like mine with white. I don’t even know an intelligible answer, she didn’t tell me how black is worse.
Hairpin, see all the differences between cheap and expensive and choose for yourself. In cheap it seems it does not turn off itself. Mine set for how many hours, after this time it goes into 2-hour heating and then it turns off itself. You can buy of course Shaon Shabbat, but the price will be almost the same.

For me it is better to cook more often than to eat the same thing.

Yes, we only seem to have two Kenwood and Morphy. Each has 2-3 varieties. And cheap Kenwood looks a lot like Morphy.

If only to look at them with an eye ...

Hairpin, here's a Hemilton, Anael, I also prefer white, I have some kind of inner one for black dishes, I don't use black linen either .. black paint is the most harmful

as long as I looked after 3.5 liters .. then they go 6 or more to me, apparently this is a lot, we also do not eat the same thing.

advice from other forum

I will tell you with pleasure! We call it. Slow Cooker, which literally is a slow cooker; also called. Crockpot (Crock is the inner ceramic part, the "pot" itself). The pot can be built-in or, better, can be freely removed - it is more convenient to wash this way, especially if it is large. The heaters are located in the walls and at the base. The piece is covered with a thick glass lid, through which it is recommended to look through, since each time the lid is opened, the temperature will be greatly reduced and the cooking process will slow down. Stands on legs and is connected to the network; outside - rotary control: off, low; high. (pace.). More modern models may have a greater choice of temperature conditions. The type of a slow cooker can be different, depending on the manufacturer; the most typical design is a cylinder with a height of about 2 diameters. but not required. The largest quiet cooker of them 4 that I have is wide; in it we cook large pieces (roast beef, large poultry). The volume is about 7 liters. The smallest - approx. 700 ml, for "pampering". It makes sense to start with buying something in the volume of 5-4 1/2 liters, that is, medium size
There are also models - a removable pan on the base, which has a built-in heater. In fact, this is just a pair of "electric stove - pan" l although it is convenient and safe in the field, the effect is not the same - the walls do not warm up, but this is what is needed.
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Hairpin
I have this for 6 liters

gypsy inserted fluo

Reply # 222: Today at 12:19:41 "

It is 6 liters, I’ll tell us right away in the family, I and my husband, I cook in it every other day. 6 liters doesn't seem like a lot to me. Now I put 300 grams of buckwheat, fine.

Anael will correct you a little, for this I specially took out instructions.
"Do not fill more than two thirds"

That is, you can cook a small amount, it is not recommended to fill the dolly to the eyeballs.

Hairpin that won't fit you? Not so expensive and with electronics, backlit

white, except for a round kenwood, did not meet.

Isril has white MORPHY RICHARDS 48730, but it is already 8 l

natamylove
in my instructions it is written to fill at least 2/3. More I filled with stuffed fish. Well, if you fill no more than 2/3, then you need 8 litas to cook a normal portion.
Gypsy I'm also not very black. Of course I love black clothes, but not underwear. But everything that concerns the dishes, for me it's kind of horror. Already the appetite interrupts. Although now there are a lot of beautiful black plates, I would not buy that for myself. But the ceramic pan, how did it turn black?
This morphy is also equal to me, but damn it 8 litas. where to put such a bandura. It would be 3-5 liters. I would also buy myself an oval one for a chicken. Although the chicken and this one, I normally climbed the whole.
And there was something somewhere that it was written that this Kenwood, like me, is warming up from all sides. I do not remember exactly.

3.5 l white there is only Gold Line ATL035
Oksana had the opportunity to buy her for 79 nis.

[Natamailav]

Hairpin look here 🔗
1 200 re straight behind, new

Didn't have time, bought it !!!!

Natamailav, to see yours - I saw. And I can see the name. Is this Morphy Richards?

[Rina72]

yolki, bread maker. ru is harmful to read, especially for the family budget. Now I also want a slow cooker, and a large one, but we only sell 706 and 707 Kenwoods.

Rina72, in Donetsk Metro we had Comfort slow cookers, a full analogue of Kenwood 658, 70 UAH each (at first they cost 320 UAH, then 70 UAH. a couple of days, now 250 UAH). Our forum girls took, happy !!!

Girls and nobody tried to make stuffed cabbage rolls in a slow cooker ??? For example, I love when they are well stewed and dark red ... just like from the stove ... probably in a slow cooker you would get what you need

marinal

Oh, for sure, I completely forgot about stuffed cabbage, I also love that they were dark. thanks for the hint.

Hairpin, I rushed around the shops, I saw only in Technosila 4.5l for 1990 rubles. Black Morphy Richards without electronic control, only mechanical mode switch. I didn't take it. The saucepan is too small, it would be bigger, maybe it would be coveted ... In other networks, there is nothing like this ...

[NataMayLav]

It doesn't work without electronic control ... I don't know if I need a timer, but there is a difference in price of 400-500 rubles. With Kenwood SP 707 I lose only the oval shape ... But with the Moscow choice ...
I ran through the sites of the World, M-Video, Eldorado and Technosila, 706 and 707 are not there ... Internet shops remain. With them I, it seems, while everything was fine ...

NataMayLav! Please remind me, do you have a slow cooker and a pressure cooker (electric)? It's just that I decided so far that
slow cooker - for porridge and puddings;
pressure cooker - for legumes, jellied meat and tongue;
slow cooker - for stewing meat.

I have a multicooker and a pressure cooker, so I have no eagerness to combine everything together.

And wash the bowl in the PM (dreamily). Let's go look for a cheaper one .. SP 707 ...

IN TECHNOSIL MORPHIES 3.5L and KENWOOD 6.5 OVAL

Yeah, but I want SP707. That is, with electronic control and a timer. And there - without these shifts. And with both shifts - only SP707 ...

I have a cartoon, the pressure cooker is not electric.

In a slow cooker, legumes are better than in a pressure cooker.
Put on the night for 8 hours and do not boil at all.
I used to cook beans in a pressure cooker, now in a slow cooker.

The timer is not really needed (in my opinion).
I have never felt the need.

Yes, the need for a timer and I don't really see it, just if the difference in price is about 10%, then let it be. It would be 30%, I would not strain too.

I'm telling you. More than half of Internet shops have it out of stock. Now I start ordering. It often happens that after ordering, they call back and say that it is either not, or is 50% more expensive. Like, the site has not been updated for a long time.

natamylove
but how does it work without a timer? You just turn it on and after a certain time you have to turn it off right?

I now want to buy myself an oval white one. For chicken, meat and fish as a whole, and so much more you can think of. She's without a timer. Buy Shaon Shabbat. Because, I often put on and leave and I need to turn off by itself. Suddenly I'll be late.
In this mine, I constantly cook broths, I liked the taste of the broth in it so much. Sometimes it’s not even soup or borscht, but just broth we add square things (shkidei marak) there and eat. The broth is always fresh now. Today I cooked it, and I made Olivier out of meat, and tomorrow I will make pancakes with meat. Even the eldest son began to eat broth, otherwise the soup was not forced to eat.
The beans are really cool in MB, I liked the roast.
Oksana, I also still want a cartoon.
Hairpin let's make an exchange, a slow cooker for a cartoon with a surcharge, of course.

Metro sells them in many cities, maybe in Moscow?
Yes, I just know that, for example, at 6 o'clock in the evening you need to turn it off, I used to cook for an hour more, I was late at a visit, but this is not fatal for a slow cooker.
Anael how long do you cook broth?

Gypsy
I also gave up the pressure cooker, here's another jelly to try in a slow cooker, I have not tried it yet.

[Gypsy]

Gypsy, everything is much worse. I want electronic, timer, ceramic bowl and oval. But we don't have that ... I had to give up something ... I would gladly sacrifice the white color, but ... In short, I had to sacrifice the oval shape. And I didn't find where to look either ... I ordered it in the blind ...

Metro sells them in many cities, maybe in Moscow?

There is one Trouble from the Metro. They are not eligible for a two-week marriage return. I can't explain, they once wrote it to me in dryers. It's like that two weeks is for ... individuals, or something. And in the same place on the cards, here and already the person is not physical.

So in the Metro I take either cheap things, or ... well, in short, cheap ones! In order not to get upset in case of marriage!

[Gypsy]

Gypsy, everything is much worse. I want electronic, timer, ceramic bowl and oval. But we don't have that ... I had to give up something ... I would gladly sacrifice the white color, but ... In short, I had to sacrifice the oval shape. And I didn't find where to look either ... I ordered it in the blind ...

Duc, morphine just once electronic, timer, ceramic bowl and oval.. only alas black and 6.5 liters. costs two four hundred, is it expensive? in Moscow it seems there is in the Internet shops at least.

slow cooker - Morphy richards - 48730
Power 300 watts.
Capacity 6.5 liters.
The function of cooking and keeping food warm.
Electronic control type.
Display backlight blue.
The extinguishing temperature of the products is 76C - 140C.
Cooking time from 4 hours to 12 hours.
Three cooking modes: LOW, MED, HIGH.
The heat-resistant glass lid allows you to monitor the cooking process.
Non-slip feet.
Non-heating handles.
Removable ceramic container.
The ceramic container is dishwasher safe.
Power cord length - 0.96 m
Dimensions: 27 x 39 x 24.6 cm
Weight - 5.2 kg.
Color: metallic

[Gypsy]

Gypsy!
Looks like I messed things up. If this tops itself stops after a given time and the bowl is ceramic, then I need it.

And, just in case, I will clarify (and then suddenly I mixed everything up again) why you are looking towards MP and not Kenwood. They seem to be similar. Color, after buying a burgundy jam maker, will not spoil the kitchen for me.

Bliiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnn! And these MRs are also different !!! In Technosila 1590
but the power is 140 watts, and according to the Tsyganki link - 2450 rubles, and the power is already 300 watts. The first has 3.5 liters, and the second has 6.5 liters. Why is 707 so much more expensive then? After all, it can't be that just like that ... And 707 Kenwood has 4.5 liters ...
Maybe the difference is due to the display? But the Gypsy link also has a display ... But Technosila does not ... And I already ordered ...
I went on to consider them ...
I don’t know if humanity will die out from the amount of choice, but I can definitely die out!

Girls, I have a white coating on the walls of the ceramic bowl in Kenwood 658. Appeared after cooking.After the bowl was washed and wiped off, It appeared ... I thought I hadn't washed it, but this is just some kind of plaque that can be scraped off with a fingernail and it crumbles with dust. After the next preparations, the plaque area increased. I even took metal. sponge and rubbed it. Scratched off. Has anyone encountered the same phenomenon? The bowl is black.

[Gypsy]

Gypsy!
Looks like I messed things up. If this tops itself stops after a given time and the bowl is ceramic, then I need it.

And, just in case, I will clarify (and then suddenly I mixed everything up again) why you are looking towards MP and not Kenwood. They seem to be similar. Color, after buying a burgundy jam maker, will not spoil the kitchen for me.

pots everywhere are ceramic, the color is only different, I think everything is well thought out there, so what then is such electronics
towards mr because it is oval, whole fish, big bone, it is more convenient to stew the bird. And apparently cheaper than Kenwood, the choice is not great.

but the power is 140 watts, and according to the Tsyganki link - 2450 rubles, and the power is already 300 watts. The first has 3.5 liters, and the second has 6.5 liters. Why is 707 so much more expensive then? After all, it cannot be that just like that ...

so this is logical, the larger the volume, the more energy is needed to heat the pan.
Kenwood is more expensive as it is a different company, perhaps it is technically better, but it may be the same.

LenaV07

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unclear.
It was so with me, it was fat, not washed, it is white on a black background, you can clearly see it ???

[natamylove]

natamylove
Natasha, I have an assumption that there is some kind of jamb in the ceramics. Now I think how critical it is that it shows through the glaze. Can I call the representative office? There is a young lady, who seems to be normal, on the Kenwoods. Ask her ...? I just wanted to know if anyone else has come across this?

Lena
Call and ask if it bothers you. Can you take a picture?

I read in the manual that over time, the castles under the enamel can crack, and this is normal for ceramics. Indeed, I have a ceramic vessel, which is as old as me, it is covered with a crackling enamel, but we still use it.

Gypsy, I read the last material, but the girl is a little misleading. she writes on page 3

"It is not difficult to remember the order of placing the components of the dish in the slow cooker and the peculiarities of cooking. At the bottom - meat, above - vegetables. Products must be filled with water, and the pan itself is at least half occupied. "

I never use water when cooking vegetables + meat. everything is cooked in its own juice. And my ducks, they are all cooked without a drop of water. If only I filled them with water, what would it be? 7?

Girls, I have a white coating on the walls of the ceramic bowl in Kenwood 658. Appeared after cooking. After the bowl was washed and wiped off, It appeared ... I thought I hadn't washed it, but this is just some kind of plaque that can be scraped off with a fingernail and it crumbles with dust. After the next preparations, the plaque area increased. I even took metal. sponge and rubbed it. Scratched off. Has anyone encountered the same phenomenon? The bowl is black.

Is your tap water very good?
otherwise I have an assumption that it is from water, that is, the stone lays down like that.
I just have the same appearance on the plastic boxes in which I store food in the refrigerator over time. I think it's a stone from water

This can be checked if you wash and wipe the pan dry, a raid appears - it means not stone, but something that will crawl out of the ceramics .. it is not always useful.

in fact every now and then just like that he does not wash off, only scruffing. so it's easier for me to change boxes once a year

[Oksana]

Oksana
No, it's not water.
Gypsy
This white bloom comes out after the ceramic dries. Before use, there was nothing. After the first time it appeared a little, and then it began to increase. Well, okay, I understand that no one has encountered this phenomenon, I will try to torment Kenwood's manager with questions.If I can clarify something, I will write.
By the way, about the water for cooking. I have no idea why add water. When stewing meat or chickens with vegetables, so much juice is released that it turns out quite such a southern dish. Both the first and the second at the same time.

LenaV07, I probably didn’t understand. When you wash the pot and wipe it dry with a towel? If it dries on its own, that is, it dries in the air, water evaporates from it, flows down, then it is very possible that it is really stone / lime from water.
It's just that it's not very visible on white dishes, and you don't pay attention, but on black dishes it rushes into your eyes.