Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

[Lerele]

LereleThe timer socket seems to be needed for cooking at night.

Electronics are more convenient, there is a cooking and delay timer.
I ordered from ebay.de, but the seller is an official representative of the manufacturer.
The package arrived on Monday, 08.12.
It looks very impressive, beautiful and modern casserole. Nothing was broken, then I will attach pictures.
The pot inside is VERY imposing, honest ceramics, the inside is polished, the walls are very thick. I was not too lazy to weigh - three kilos without ten grams. The pan itself. With a lid, it's more.
The only thing you need to be prepared for - however, as for any equipment obtained from England: for devices with more or less high electricity consumption, they use their own type of plug for the outlet, it looks very brutal, but absolutely not suitable for Russian / European sockets. The affront was exactly the same when I ordered the toaster. But everything is simple: you buy a plug in the store, the replacement takes about five minutes. Therefore, the tests were carried out only yesterday, 09.12.
I decided to try it: stew potatoes with meat. Greased the pan with oil, cut into circles and laid out on the bottom. There are also chopped carrots (also in circles). He threw the lavrushkas, salt, put black pepper and a clove of garlic, crushed. Mixed slightly. Then he put the sliced ​​meat on top, sprinkled with salt and marjoram. I poured boiling water. Here, it seems, was the main mistake - I was frightened by the terrible stories that there is always a lot of liquid, you need to take less of it. As a result, it was not poured to the top, the meat remained uncovered. decided to put it overnight so that it would be ready in the morning. Turned on low mode, at 11 o'clock. The maximum time for which the timer can be set is 20 hours.
Some time later, I felt an unpleasant smell - this is inevitable, you should not be afraid, the grease of the heating elements burns out. But it ended quickly.
The bottom line. The potatoes and carrots were stewed great, the potatoes even got an amber hue - due to the carrots. But, alas, the meat turned out to be very dry, albeit soft.
In addition, it was boiling quite actively, although the regime was low. There is no data on what temperature in what mode, but it looks like it is low at least 100 degrees, which is strange, in my opinion. Or is it not so? As a result, the liquid boiled away a little - alas, there is no tightness here, although not so much evaporates, in the end it was a little less than it was poured. So the lesson is to fill in completely. And 11 o'clock was too much, alas. Six hours would be enough.
In general, it is a decent product. Even what came out - if you don't think about meat - tasted very unusual and very tasty.
There is only one conclusion - to study, study and study.
Yes, has anyone tried to make pearl barley porridge as expected, with soaking for a day and evaporation for 12 hours? I would like to try.

[Vika]

Vika, that's why I asked, because I couldn't find my instructions. I'll have to buy a lid for myself and fry it after languishing.

Strange, by the way. In my instructions it is written that you cannot put in the microwave and freezer, and on the stove, that is, the hob. But about the oven - not a word.

[simurgl]

simurglAnd I have not a word about the micra and the freezer, but they did not forget to write so that the electric base is not immersed in water and thrown into the PMM

and I have it written like that you can put in the oven .. But something I began to doubt

Y-yes ... you can, of course, try. But ... is it worth it?

[Mirabel]

Mirabel,: friends: you won't believe it, I arrived yesterday - today we take it away, and I also broke my head, what to cook first, there is no time, but I want to splic everything! Maybe the girls will advise that both the main and the side dish at once! A chicken with something, a goose? Meat with vegetables?
Girls!! Poke at the recipe - I'm worn like a squirrel in a wheel!

Make any meat, it turns out very tasty! I make porridge buckwheat with meat, it comes out completely differently than in any saucepan. I heat the milk, add sour cream and make fermented baked milk in a yogut maker

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, Olya! Acera also rushed about in search of a recipe.
I am now making lazy stuffed cabbage rolls in it. Well, he puffs a little, he doesn't gurgle on the high, but in an hour he starts to gurgle slowly, now there are a few bubbles on Low too.
And rather buy an adapter for it! otherwise the sockets are different in Britain.
Good luck! Looking forward to impressions and recipes!
mowgli, I will put the milk on for the night. How to properly melt 1 liter of milk, on what modes and on time? In the morning I will try to lay everything at the multicooker for making fermented baked milk? AAA and how much sour cream do you add?

I put milk on High for 2 hours, then on Low until morning. 3 tablespoons per liter of sour cream milk, but I put a little more than a liter, since it still evaporates

And I have condensed milk
The first one has already been consumed, I love boiled condensed milk, and my husband does not shy away from it.
And the ghee is running out, it's time to heat.
And it's time to make the meat. In short, a lot of work at the saucepan.

[mowgli]

Girls ... ladies !!! I fed my family with the first slow dish, listen, this is a masterpiece! Indeed, it turned out super deliciously
Once I cooked lazy cabbage rolls in a slow cooker, well, it was not bad ... nothing more.
Today I cooked for 2 hours per high, I tried it. I could not resist (I like to climb in the process 50 times and check how things are there) .. well, it was not bad. I thought, well, how does it differ from multi.
Then I transferred it to Low for 2 hours and left on business, came back a little later, and the balls swelled soooo, fluffy steel. Taste: swoon: The multicooker smokes nervously on the sidelines. Well, I never expected.
My dears! Thank you very much for telling us about this miracle and convincing you to buy! : rose: Everything that I bought after driving here is very happy and does not disappoint.
The family had to shut their mouths, because they were eating, it was already cracking behind the ears.
mowgli, Natasha, thank you very much. I will, but on a weekend night! In the morning on weekdays, it is inconvenient to jump with fermentation of fermented baked milk
Lerele, Lerelechka! I will also make condensed milk, we also love boiled milk. And make the tubes and stuff them with cream. eeeeh .. lost weight by as much as 6 kg ...

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, Olya! How are you doing? Is Breville working?

Girls ... ladies !!! I fed my family with the first slow dish, listen, this is a masterpiece! Indeed, it turned out super deliciously. Taste: swoon: Slow nervously smokes on the sidelines. Well, I never expected.

So the slow one got me too. And also on stuffed cabbage, besides, that I didn't really like them, especially to cook them. Since they always tried to burn to the bottom.

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, I just dragged myself! Just unpacked !! Good impressions! I want to put jellied meat tomorrow, here's a recipe for where to look for milking slower! And then the day after tomorrow guests, and bought everything for the jellied meat!
Interested in both condensed milk and sour cream, but how is sour cream made, put a vessel with cream in the water to the level of cream?
Thank you very much, Vikochka, for the link - I would have pulled everything, but the euro was crawling !!!! All on time!

[Lerele]

Lerele, Lereleshechka! let's teach us, like condensed milk, on what mode, right in the pan? So there are three liters !!!!!
How long does it take to heat oil ?!

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, do you at least tell me how these lazy stuffed cabbage rolls make, that the whole family got through ?! mode, recipe!

I want to put jellied meat tomorrow, here's a recipe for where to look for milking slower!

I just put jellied meat - onion, carrots, peppercorns, shank and hoof of a pig. 4 liters of water - on high until morning, in the morning I will switch to low, I cook in general for 13-14 hours.

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, Olga, I was glad to help!
She is beautiful, huh? not pretentious, so restrained.
And the recipe here it is
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Only my mince was 700-800 grams of beef-pork and I did not cover the lid with a towel.
The mode is the same as in the recipe, at the end I overexposed it a little.
A recipe for jellied meat. in my opinion, I saw it in recipes for slow meat, well, Sveta suggested everything.
And tomorrow night I'll put on beef according to Sveta's recipe.
I am still impressed by the slow cooker, who would have thought ... Well, it is clear that all these air fritters, grills, thermomixes work wonders, but here such a simple pot can give out such a thing.

[Stafa]

Stafa, thanks, I will also try !!! Only I have beef, maybe it takes longer?

I bought a 2.5 liter slow cooker. The size is just right for me!

And I got a 1 liter slow bottle from China, but it came with a broken lid, but the slow one itself is krasyavishna, with an auto mode and a fix with that lid. I have those lids ... But the truth was dear ceramic, and I picked up a glass one, like all slow ones, there is nothing to stand out. Yes, and the size is more than 1 liter, 1.25 liters fit along the edge.

Light, coloring !!!

I bought a 2.5 liter slow cooker. The size is just right for me!

Olga, congratulations!

Lenochka, thanks!

Olya, so cute, little white.
And I put 2 cereals in mine with a divided bowl to languish in the night.
Half a liter of milk in 1 bowl and buckwheat and half a liter in another and rice))

[Feechka_]

Feechka_, let such a beautiful woman work for you! very beautiful, glorious ... and the dishes will be delicious

Girls, a question for filling, I need help. Who has seen the "live" slow cooker Kenwood CP 707 only not with electronic control, but with mechanical control? With a handle. They offer to buy a used one, was rarely used. Good ceramic bowl without cracks. Inexpensive. What do you think, is it worth taking? I've wanted a Kenwood slow cooker for a long time, but it's not released anymore. Help with advice please!

It seems to me that it is worth taking. 6 liters? I would take it.

No, this one is 4.7 liters with a round white bowl.

4.7 controls are not mechanics. 6L mechanic.

Why? 706 was with mechanics

And I have not seen this, I have buttons.

I also had buttons, but I saw these three years ago, they were still on sale. Now in general there are no Kenwoods on sale, none.
And I like the slow ones with an oval, small bowl, well, Schaub some kind of bird that fit well Sibrizka I want

Yeah, I love Sibrizka and most often I cook in it and in a taichka. Keshkin just stands more and more.

I have 6.5 liters of cash for jellied meat and if I put two shanks in a beer-brine.

Keshkin just stands more and more.

He, kesha, is of course very good, but very huge, it takes up a lot of space and the bowl, in my opinion, is of a very unfortunate shape

Yes girls! You're right. I checked with the seller, this is kenwood-cp-706. I would put compotes at night for the kid, and in general they say that it is convenient. I would like 707, but it has not been on sale for a long time. So is it worth taking? Or will it be a completely useless gadget in the kitchen? Enough room, just in case? Yes, and I want baked milk, they say that it is delicious from a slow cooker. And what else can you cook in it? Girls who have a 706 model, how do you like it? Tell me please!

We must braaat !!! I would take .... but I don't know if it's worth listening to "sick"

so I say-take, especially when not

[AlenaDS]

AlenaDS, if not expensive take of course

[Rada-dms]

Rada-dms, I'm sorry, I didn't see anything with the trip, I wound up.
Mistletoe exhibited condensed milk recipe, melted butter is my recipe.
Look at the slow cooker recipes, they are there.

and the porridge is so magical from the slow!

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, Rada-dms, girls, how do you like your slow ?! I keep looking at different things, I can't make up my mind

[Nataliya]

Nataliya, I like! but not everything always works out.
I really like to cook meatballs and cabbage rolls, chicken on a wire rack, duck, I really liked the leg of lamb (I cooked according to 2 recipes from here), just a piece of meat (when there is no time at all), stew the beef.
I didn’t like the milk porridge at all (I was even surprised, everyone was so delighted). Maybe I'll dare to try another rice.
The bummer came out with the preparation of ribs with sauerkraut, the cabbage was black. I came to the conclusion that this particular model is slowly too nimble and it is necessary to switch to Low mode after an hour of cooking.
In general, I am very satisfied! Buy!

[Vika]

Vika, I cooked millet porridge in an earthen pot, poured water up to the shoulders.I liked the porridge, it turned out to be creamy and delicious, and there is no need to wash the pot from the slow. I also did chicken breasts, which is not very, probably overexposed. I haven't cooked anything else yet.

[Sneg6]

Sneg6, Ol, here I also want to try to cook in pots. But from the beginning you need to find pots somewhere or come up with something to replace them.
Breasts are cooked very quickly, probably they are not for slow.

My pots are idle, so I decided to try, I advise))) If you were there, I would give a couple. Why not in Europe?

[Olga]

Olga, I have not seen in stores .. in my opinion in one of the Russian stores flickered.