Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, yes, exactly the same. There was not much liquid, especially since then sour cream is added and everything turns into sauce.

[Karina39]

Karina39, Thank you! I will definitely do it!

Girls, today bought a 3.5L Morphy Richards slow cooker. Does anyone have one? Are you satisfied?

[thrift]

thrift, but can you tell me where you bought it?

[Katerina]

Katerina, on AVITO

Girls, I have a question, stupid, of course!
There is a Steba DD1 in stock, announced as a slow cooker too. Does it make sense to buy a slow motion device separately? I found Russell Hobbs in the top shop

I have both Steba and Russel Hobbs. These are actually different things. In the staff there is a slow cooker, but the saucepan is ordinary, and in Russell Hobbs, a saucepan is made of thick ceramics. The taste of the food is different.

[anna_k]

anna_k, of course Russell Hobbs, but how many liters?

Russell for 3.5 liters, mechanics - costs 1965 rubles + delivery
I also found an electric suite for 6.5 liters for 1989, where I can pick it up myself.

So I think - the family is small (two adults and a child), guests are not very frequent. What is worth taking at the same price?

[Anna]

Anna Electrolux electric 6.5 liters, it has a Teflon-coated pan, like so

[Anna]

Anna, buy Russell Hobbs. In my opinion, the top shop is now free shipping

And 3.5L is much more in demand than 6.5L.

Russell Hobbs

Directly recommend, yeah?
And for 3.5 liters, what kind of duck or knuckle can fit there?
In theory, there are two of us ... but somehow we have a little multi for 4.5 liters ...

[katko]

katko, I also rushed about 3.5l or 6.5l .... I thought I thought ... until I found it at 4.5l. She is taller, but the same length. as well as 3.5 liters.
4 x is enough for us. I don't cook for a week in advance, we eat for lunch, and the next day may remain a little.
The duck breaks in, they sawed a leg of a lamb in the market, I didn't try the knuckle.
In my opinion, take 3.5 liters.

The shank quietly enters 3.5 liters. For 6 liters, they are used for spinning, jellied meat, etc. And many and even less - for a liter they bought for cereals

Directly recommend, yeah?
And for 3.5 liters, what kind of duck or knuckle can fit there?
In theory, there are two of us ... but somehow we have a little multi for 4.5 liters ...

the chicken is medium-sized, if homemade, well, by 1.5 kg, it seems like no duck, I have not tried it, we have been eating the whole shank for a long time. In short, weight!

For cereals, I kind of have a cartoon .. or is it much tastier in slow motion?))
Are there Russells at 4.5? And I also saw in the subject that some are more reactive, they are boiling at low, is this one of those?

Russell at 4.5 are not, and reactive are usually small

And for 3.5 liters there can be any duck or knuckle that fits

My duck fits. There is a photo somewhere in this thread

Thank you all for your help, changed my mind about the electrolux
A question about Russell - do you have to manually turn off the saucepan? There is no timer?

Yes, manually. I bought a timer, but I don't use it, somehow I don't need it

ooooh, girls ....: oops: again you introduced an intrigue to my choice ... for some reason I always want more .... but on the other hand I don't cook jellied meat on an industrial scale .. but I thought to torment the bird whole, meat on the bones .... milk can .. and what else ..

I have two slow cookers for 3.5 and 6 liters, but I mostly use a small one, the chicken and the shank fit comfortably (when I buy, I look at about the size of the bowl), I cook jellied meat and sometimes dried fruit compote twice a year, well, and if a large specimen of chicken comes across. But for some reason the meat tastes better in a small one. Of course, if the family is big, it can be big and more comfortable.

[natalia27]

natalia27, Natasha, how do you cook the chicken slowly? on balls or something else?

Girls, I've read you again and ... now I also want a slow cooker! Well, what can you do here?

Only I have a question for you about capacity - here you write that the duck is included in a 3.5 liter saucepan? I am very in doubt. Are they really big adult ducks?
We love duck very much, we cook it often, but we cut it into pieces all the time - there is no oven. Everyone wanted to buy a duckling house - to cook it entirely and prettier and tastier, but the prices were biting, and then a good offer just turned up, and even found out when what happened to the ceramics! Here the horror flared up. Help me determine the size, please.

Olga, and if it's not a secret, what is the offer? And then I also need
I only found Russell in the top shop for 1965 rubles, delivery to CDEK 350 rubles. Well, in the mediamarkt electrolux for 1989 rubles for 6 liters. True, there is not a ceramic pan.

There is also a clay pot, the descriptions on the site are sometimes simply striking in their incompetence. But it's better to start with 3.5 liters. And then buy big and small .. in a set.

Girls, but there are slows less than 3.5 liters. I have a 6 gallon kenwood, but it's hefty. I want to buy something smaller.

[Svetlana]

Svetlana, PPCS: friends: Saaaamoe best is 3.5 liters. and there to decide, or it is necessary more.
Mere, Buy 3.5l, duck up to 2 kg will fit in there.

[TatianaSa]

TatianaSa, Tan, of course there is! Full on Ibeys and Amazons, 1.5 liters. Probably good for porridge, but we did not delight in porridge from slowness. But I will definitely try again.

but there are slows of less than 3.5 liters

They are available in 1L, 1.5L, 2L, 2.5L, but not in Russia. Previously, it was possible to buy inexpensively in China, but now China seems to have introduced sanctions to us and the price there has become hefty inadequate. And on ebee you can buy from England, there they mostly sell slow-moving ones in different sizes. And there are all sorts of different colors and sizes in America, but shipping and other mains voltages practically make these offers unrealistic.

Probably good for porridge, but we have porridge from slow

I slowly cook porridge from oatmeal - it is no longer where you can cook it deliciously. Buckwheat on water and pearl barley are also out of competition.

[Stafa]

Stafa, Light, with regards to buckwheat, I agree, but I haven't tried pearl barley.
I cook their oats cereals according to the Admin recipe on Simmering in a multitude, probably they will be super slow.

Girls, which one to buy? do not want to produce dozens of them. What size would you like more in demand?

Everything, gave up))) I ordered a 3.5 liter Russell.
I hope my husband will not kick out the house)))) Although for my devices I will have to hire a gazelle

[Anna]

Anna, good job! Right! Cook something meaty for your husband. Start with meat
I was also looking for a reliable recipe for something to show the family the need for this device.

Girls, which one to buy? do not want to produce dozens of them. What size would you like more in demand?

I have the most demanded for 1.5 liters. I cook in it most often. Yesterday I cooked chicken broth in it, now I put beans in it for the night. But there are two of us and we don't need much food.

There are three of us, sometimes four.

[natalia27]

natalia27, Natasha, how do you cook the chicken slowly? on balls or something else?

Vika, if I cook chicken in a small one, then on foil balls, and in a large one there is a grill. Since my husband definitely needs a fried crust, then I put it in the oven under the grill.

hmmm .. strange .. we are like eaters, then there are two ... basically .. and we eat not to say that there are many (according to the assurances of others)) but I liu everything with a whole cousman to simmer and bake .. whether it be the meat of a bull or homemade chicken ... or duck ... and now 4.5 liters of a multicooker is somehow a little for me at all .. so I'm afraid that 3.5 liters is not enough ... although of course I won't cook so much porridge ... I'm like something more on meat in it I am guided

[natalia27]

natalia27, well, I also cook on balls. But too lazy to shift to the oven. ;) just like that and eat.

Vika, I don't always want to do this either, everything suits me, but I need to please my husband at least sometimes

but you need to please your husband at least sometimes

Well, okay, you need an inode, but not pamper.

[katko]

katko, Girls, maybe I don't need 1.5 liters, maybe it's true to take 3.5 liters? And 6 liters to sell?

[TatianaSa]

TatianaSa I cook in 6 liter jellied meat, the pork knuckle and hoof just fit in there. I try to cook it once a month, it is useful for joints. And when I brew more than 1 shank in beer brine, then also in 6 liters, since only one and a small one fits into 3.5 liters. So think Tatyanawhether it is worth selling.

I slowly cook porridge from oatmeal - it is no longer where you can cook it deliciously.

Oh girls, this is a fairy tale, not oatmeal. I never tire of thanking Svetlana for this recipe. Delicious to the point of insanity, all of my grandchildren do not recognize any other oatmeal other than this recipe. I put it to cook for the night, so the average grandson (5 years old) in an hour starts asking if it is possible to eat, although he is a little bitch and a bad dog.

Girls, where do you keep all these boHats? I don’t even know what to donate for the sake of a 3.5-liter slow ... Apparently, I will temporarily remove the Shtebu, I still don’t use it.

[Anna]

Anna, I'm on the shelves. Watch the video Tanyulya, it was after them that she installed the first rack, now the second.

Please give me a recipe for porridge ...

in a slow cooker I cook 1 cc of cereals (oatmeal with grain, like barley, only the grain turns yellow and thinner) and 3.5 cc of half-and-half milk, a little salt and sugar. I put minutes for 30-1 hours on high and then on low for 7 hours or more, as it happens. I usually cook at night, so that by morning it will be warm.

Here, copying Svetin's post from October 6, 2013. Thanks again!

And how to understand how barley? I have never seen this.