Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

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[there is a bowl]

ahh .. well, then, of course, a big brat, since there is no glaze - it's like a chip of enamel on an enamel dish. however - as far as I saw - is it on the outside of the bowl? at the bottom? if at the bottom, then it's okay. The 6.5-liter Kenwood is busy, and in the 4.5-liter I looked - there is generally the whole rim on which there is a bowl not covered with glaze, it is rough and more yellowish (the bowl is white) than shiny glaze, well, like on Soviet mugs, we also sharpened the knives about this rough rim quickly

[Irsha]

Irsha, it's inside the bowl. I sit straight and think what to do. Return not return. There is no experience in using ceramics at all. I have never even used oven pots.

it's inside the bowl.

here is an ambush ... hand over of course, this is already very bad.

[selenа]

selenа, and how do you like the Electrolux bowl, is it very heavy? I want this one (many buttons and modes), but I don't know how about bringing it out of the kitchen every time.

Girls, and yesterday I was heating homemade milk ... What a delight! Did like Alex 100: 2 hours high and 5 hours low. Before that, she boiled it in a small barrel. The foam is brown, but zapaaaah !!!! Wow! To make fermented baked milk from one part of milk .. is it necessary to add sour cream there?
Yeah ... My husband saw a slow one yesterday ... For two hours he walked by, had dinner next to her (she is almost in his usual place for a plate on the table (the wire reaches the outlet from there), then the dog and I took a walk, and only before bedtime While pouring tea for himself, he saw something new on the table)))) that is, after four hours of slow work ... If she herself had not encountered, I would not have believed that he could be so inattentive.

And I downloaded the instructions for the Electrolux for a long time and am trying to understand (very meager) Buffet and Warm are heating at different temperatures, Buffet is hotter, and how much is not clear. And the time can be set, how much is offered by default? If it is not enough, then probably it will warm up the cold quickly, and then it will support it.
And Low, Med and High are the cooking modes and maybe it heats up so slowly. And the Soup (I fantasize) is probably a different algorithm, like, at first it will bring it to almost 100, and then it will lower and languish

[Nadin1234]

Nadin1234, Electrolux MDV is not heavy, it will not be a problem to carry it away, comfortable handles, but more than three kg. (my hands are weak, but it's not hard for me). You can only figure out the modes by typing, I reread everything I found, but the information is scanty, it goes into heating on its own after the end of the main program, it is impossible to heat up what has been prepared in advance, only what has been prepared so that it does not cool down. Boom exercise

[selenа]

selenа, Thank you! It's nice that the lift! And the heating instructions say you can just turn on and set the time, is it really not so? This is in addition to the fact that it just goes to heating after the end. And how does she squeak when she cooks or not?

[Hope]

Hope,

And the heating instructions say you can just turn on and set the time

maybe so, only the point of heating is that what is cooked does not cool down before serving, and not that what would have cooled down
Now I put the "soup" on the soup, turned on immediately for 4 hours, poured 2.5 liters of cold water, threw potatoes, cabbage and onions, I had carrots with beets (stewed) in the freezer, I will put it an hour before the end, in short, I will unsubscribe, what happens

For my problem.

Ozone has already answered. They said to hand it back through the mail, return the money and all that.I have already prepared the fabric upholstery, the box is not standard, it will not fit into the brand one. I will reorder as long as there are slow products on sale. Last time only discounted prices were sold, there were no new ones. Hopefully the new one comes with good coverage. And then already at the post office will soon twirl a finger at the temple. Sent a fitness bracelet back that month. The type of product is defective, but she buys and buys everything .. In other stores, they may also be on sale, but delivery to us is even more expensive .. Ozone has already prescribed me free delivery. By the way, I took in ozone to replace the old cartoons (more than 5 years old, the coating has already deteriorated) the Panasonic cartoons are also discounted, also "packaging deformation". There, only the upper flaps of the box were slightly crumpled, the inside of the box and the cartoon itself were in perfect condition. Well, I was a little unlucky this time.

[musyanya]

musyanya, Lyudmil, how much I encountered Ozone, I never had any problems with the return, I took only the dryer Travola from the markdown (packaging marriage) was also lucky, everything is fine, but your situation is different, this is a factory marriage, you will not notice it until you open the box Never I didn’t check the goods at the point of issue, but I’ll check slowly, suddenly I’ll get the same badge, now I’ll go to pick up mine.

[selenа]

selenаThat's all, I re-ordered a new slow cooker, the same, and courier delivery will be safer and faster than mail.

This afternoon, when we discussed this problem with my husband and children, I said: "Well, that's the fate." To which my son corrected me: "Mom, this is not your fate, but a slow cooker." And that's true. : girl-th: Let's wait for a new one ..

[musyanya]

musyanya, I always order a courier from ozone. 200 r is not a lot of money, but they will bring home safe and sound

I have never checked the goods at the point of issue

And why not check something, the girl at the point herself says - check it carefully, so that later, if anything, you don't have to carry it back, it always helps with the examination

Musyanya, I would hand over, albeit mutually

Girls, the soup did not work, the task was to check the "SOUP" mode, MVV turned on for 4 hours and in 4 hours heated the soup to 70 degrees, switched to strong heating in an hour until it boiled, poured it into a saucepan, cooked it on the stove. Conclusion: in such a primitive device as MDV, many programs are marketing, the maximum that should be - strong, weak, heating, in this algorithm I will cook. And I didn't like the vegetables in it (yet)

[t water is not enough]

And I didn't like the vegetables in her

for vegetables t water is not enough hot, so soups in their usual form need to be cooked for a very long time - daily cabbage soup in the Russian oven, for example - but vegetables cooked without water are very tasty and much faster, although it still takes longer than chicken and meat, vegetables on the bottom, chicken or meat on top. Potatoes + butter = extraordinary yummy, fragrant and boiling.

Potatoes + butter = extraordinary yummy, fragrant and boiling.

Without meat

without meat, yes. just large potatoes, you can also whole tubers, peeled, + a little oil, you can sprinkle with onions, but onions give juice and the taste is completely different, and potatoes by themselves = without liquid. it does not emit juice = neither baked nor boiled, but stewed, a bit like from a fire

therefore, soups in our usual form need to be cooked for a very long time

Alternatively, you can cook broth at night, and during the day, cook vegetables, etc. on the stove on it.

Yes, and I was just thinking of simmering cabbage soup in a slow linger, but a day is harsh. So I ordered a small one right, so I'll limit myself to it

[Nadin1234]

Nadin1234, I have it, exactly the opposite, I bought the big one, and the little one is at the Ozone delivery point, not yet redeemed, I think I like Electrolux until tomorrow, the only thing is that you need a lot of milk to make melted, probably both

And one more half is desirable ... So to speak, for every day.

[selenа]

selenа, what little do you mean? I'm talking about a liter, and you're probably about 3.5 liters?

[Nadin1234]

Nadin1234, yes, about 3.5 liters, a liter is generally about nothing only for baby food, or for morning porridge, but a liter is at least 1.5

Yes, I would love to take 2 or 2.5, but no! And from afar, with such a fragile bowl, I'm afraid to order a liter one can be loaded to the top (well, almost) with meat or potatoes, isn't it?

[Hope]

And from afar with such a fragile bowl I'm afraid to order

Hope, of course there is always a risk. but I ordered it in England, so it was packed very well.

[Nadin1234]

Nadin1234, Hope, the six-liter did not seem huge, "When stewing food, the content level should not exceed 2 inches (5 cm) from the top edge of the container" (this is from the instructions), if for a child or an elf, then yes, and so cook for 6 hours, what not to taste: girl_cray: Why not buy a three-liter one in Moscow?

Alternatively, you can cook broth at night, and during the day, cook vegetables on it on the stove, etc.

and I always do that, the broth is rich !!! Super easy!

[mowgli]

mowgli, for meat and broths, slow cooker "das ist fantastish", I cooked broths in pressure cookers, but there the meat is thrown away

I only cook broths in a slow cooker, if I get a lot, I freeze them. Already accustomed to such a rich broth and broth is no longer suitable from other pots.

I will probably buy for 3.5 liters (Russell Hobs, only he is), with a small one at first I will play

[selenа]

selenа, and where did you buy the slow-motion film ?!

[Kisena]

Kisena, in Moscow in the Media Market on Kashirka they are the cheapest 1985 rubles for an Electrolux 6.8 liters.

It is clear, but they are not sold in our Media Market

[Kisena]

Kisena, then only on Ozone Russell Hobs on 3.5 liters

[Boy]

probably both

But only for me, the need to use a slow cooker to cook porridge every day has disappeared with the advent of multicooker, devices that are quicker to cook and specially adapted primarily for porridge, and it is much more convenient to cook soup in a multicooker, you do not need to adapt and invent. My Soviet still cooker Boy serves since 1993, 3 liters, for 3-4 people just - thick pea soup, potatoes with meat and onions, cereals and milk and water, I did not cook broths in such a small volume, an 8 liter casserole on a gas stove coped with this ... When the next round of civilization touched our town, I bought both kenwoods and most often I use them for cooking meat and poultry = in vegetables, just a piece-carcass, potatoes without water. That which requires a long time and not a large t, preferably almost without boiling - broths, jellied meat, jam, baked and condensed milk, not so long ago - ham in bastards.

for morning porridge

It is more convenient for me to fill the little Panasik. All the same, a slow cooker should have a large heat accumulator, and a small 1l-1.5l bowl, I think, cannot give such an effect - in t modes such a baby, again, as it seems to me, is closer to a multicooker.

Russell is still being sold in the Order, he is in several cities, I said on the previous page and gave a link

a small 1l-1.5l bowl, I think, cannot give such an effect - in t modes such a baby, again, as it seems to me, is closer to a multicooker.

My little monster copes with her function in 5 ++. Many girls have it. We have already discussed it here many times. Basically, everyone is very happy with it.
And I do not use a large cache of 6.5 liters so often. Mainly for cooking jellied meat, shank, large poultry. The family is small, for 4 people it is clearly too big. And I don’t cook for the week ahead. Russell for 3.5 liters is much more in demand for me.

[mowgli]

and I always do that, the broth is rich !!! Super easy!

mowgli, for meat and broths, slow cooker "das ist fantastish", I cooked broths in pressure cookers, but there the meat is thrown away

I only cook broths in a slow sauce, if I get a lot, I freeze them. Already accustomed to such a rich broth and broth is no longer suitable from other pots.

I join the reviews! I make broths only slowly. Once I tried to cook chicken in a pressure cooker. Compared to the slow one, it seemed disgusting. Just yesterday I cooked lamb broth for kharcho. The aroma is extraordinary! Such a tasty and rich broth is not obtained in the usual ways.

Does the foam form when the broth is cooked?

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, yes, it is formed and depends on the slow cooker, volume, and temperature conditions. In my 4L Kenwood, if the entire volume is full, all the foam sticks to the walls. If a small amount is being prepared, then the foam collects from above in the form of a dense film. In the Electrolux 6.8 L, foam also sticks to the walls, but weaker.

[Ipatiya]

Ipatiya, but is it removed normally? Because the broth in a slow cooker is very spoiled by foam. I just can't seem to remove all the crumbs, I fix things with greens

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, when the broth is cooked on the stove, it turns out cloudy if the foam is not removed in time. And in a slow cooker it is transparent even with foam. I just filter it through a sieve.

[Ipatiya]

Ipatiya, All is clear, thank you!

And in a slow cooker it is transparent even with foam. I just filter through a sieve

[Mirabel]

Mirabel, when the broth is cooked on the stove, it turns out cloudy if the foam is not removed in time. And in a slow cooker it is transparent even with foam. I just filter it through a sieve.

Do you fill the meat with cold water? I cooked once and was not impressed by something. We must also try. And on what mode and how many hours?

I also cooked the broth once, too, not very much for me, there was too much scale in flakes, even after straining.
But any meat always turns out.

[kirch]

kirch, I fill it with cold water only.