Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

I broke one bowl, washed it and put it on its side to dry. And right in front of my eyes she rolled down from the table to the floor. For a year I could hardly find a cup, but I bought two in reserve. But now the land is only standing, even if longer, but it will be more whole.

And I broke a 6.5 liter Kenwood bowl. Phoned all our and-no stores that sold them. And in none of them is there and it is not known whether there will be (I mean, a new device. There is not even talk about a bowl). On the site of private advertisements they sold a new 5.5 liter English slow. But there is a tiny chip in the bowl. I bought it anyway. For I was used to being slow. I have 3. And I love them very much

[great misfortune]

Does anyone need an oval cover and an aluminum case ??

breaking the cup is great misfortune

but! do not throw away the case and cover - it will come in handy this is a capacious container with heating and a lid

I would use it as a slow cooker and further, look how - for example, a pair of ceramic baking pots to fit the body, clean sand

sand is poured on the bottom, pots are placed, or one pot, sand is poured to 23 body heights so that the heating element is below the sand level

now there is a huge selection of different baking pots, and there are round oval, go to the market-shops, you will find the appropriate size

well, cook as usual, sand + baking pot will replace your own bowl

and there, you see, maybe mmm, and where you will find your own cup

the lid, however, is a little small for the case, yes ... exactly, then you can close it - it is convenient to use foil, seal, yes

Added Wednesday 01 Mar 2017 07:42 PM

boiled even at LOU,

I was immediately warned that it boils on low, so - if you cook - then on low, if simmer - then on heating

my baby is pretty, she took my mother precisely because of the small volume

Oksan, at your trash can you need to walk more often, then one thing flies there, then the other I would, of course, either adapt to the pot or give it to a kind person

Today my baby arrived with Ali ... Quite safely, safe and sound
The first surprise was the triple connector instead of the usual plug in professional and hypermarkets, the adapter was not slipped to my husband, tea, pro in entom
and I heard that I needed not an adapter, but an outlet ... in short, I connected everything in a quick way to check, and the outlet was postponed the next day
I washed it and dried it out and it's time to deal with the second surprise, which is not even a surprise, but a certain logical inconsistency ... with hieroglyphs, of which I precisely identified only one, and even then because it is simply impossible to be mistaken in its meaning
Now I cook milk porridge and measure the temperature every hour - the graph is very strange ...

and this is how the hieroglyphs look like

On my slow and yours, the hieroglyphs coincide: on your photo, from left to right, the first is off, the third is auto .. the two remaining are not identified with mine. But on high and on cars, my indicator light is brighter, and on low - dimmer.

[Smile]

Smile, Congratulations!!!!! The beauty is straight (well done that she took the mechanics, unlike me "advanced" for the whole head Oh well, the question of course arose (and how much does it cost with Ali, I took it from Tao, and then saw it on Ali, although before that I searched for a long time and persistently, but to no avail. (The price with Tao came out much lower) How many liters?
And yes, it's hard to find an adapter (I bought it in Galamart, before that I went around all the big hypermarkets including Leroy
But I don't use this cord at all, I just rent it from a multicooker and that's it.And they also wrote here that it fits from the computer (I haven’t looked for mine yet, but somewhere it’s lying idle, everyone has laptops ...

Added Thursday, 02 Mar 2017, 23:00

Stafa, well, so little by little we’ll learn Chinese, I rushed after mine ... oh my, I don’t have such short words, (and there’s an unexplored soybean animal, and it doesn’t have such short words)

Svetlana, the first one is the one, the only one
Svetlana has the second from the left, but she did not decipher it herself, I looked at her photo, on it, I’m cooking now ... in the first hour, T went from cold to 45 *, then slowed down ... in 3 hours scored 71 * this one is faster than Atlanta, power 100 watts, capacity 1 liter, poured 0.75 liters ... I'm watching
Thanks for the tip

Does the indicator not respond to switching? On low it should burn weaker.

she didn't decipher it herself

, well, not mine is almost like that, my beauty is next to me on the button one on top of such icons, and under the line there are still ... but there is only one button
SchA, I'll rake a little and start translating ... there is no one to cook, the eaters have left .. I will study Chinese

But I don't use this cord at all, I just rent it from a multicooker and that's it.

Thank you, Sveta! By the way, I didn't wait long, I ordered through the joint venture, 4100 =
I won't have any problems with an electrician, I just didn't want to frighten my husband in advance, he would do everything as it should, but it turned out - I was in vain cautious And my cord is fixed tightly, if only to rip it out ...

Added Thursday, 02 Mar 2017 11:10 pm

well, not me almost like that,

bottom right - top - in my opinion, they are the same

bottom right - top -

Well, yes, I wrote that there is only one button, so FIG knows what it means.

And my cord is fixed tightly, if only rip out by the roots ...

and I have a separate cord, it's easier for me. (I figured if I bought my own one, then with delivery it would have cost about 2800, it was to her that I plumped the entire cost of delivery, although I specially ordered several items to save on delivery in Russia, customs clearance is added there, and it is by weight and delivery for some to the intermediary is paid for a maximum of 400r, but you can immediately see it.and on Ali she found her own, it costs 5669. I think it's expensive

on Ali found her, it costs 5669. I think it's expensive

Since February of this year, delivery from Ali has become much paid and in many cases exceeds the cost of the thing itself, for the most part this refers to inexpensive goods, more expensive ones are still delivered free of charge, like cheap ones
It cost me more because of% SP

[Smile]

Smile, I have the same slow Tonze as yours. The second button is Low, the third is High. And, as Stafa wrote, there is a brighter light on the High button than on Low. I cook porridge in her on Low, because she cooks quite "smartly"

[Catherine]

Catherine, Congratulations! remarkable baby! I have the same one, keep in mind that she is a nimble girl. even on Low

WOW!
What a funky Hercules I got!
I mixed cereal with milk in a broth cup, put it on HAY, in a water bath, in a bowl with a volume of 4.5 liters, in the morning, and after 3.5-4 hours, I got a wonderful miracle for lunch.
It tastes like oatmeal, the texture is thick, soft, the flakes are barely felt.
Naturally, no crust on top, no milk sprout, and the purest slow-cooker bowl since the bowl is white.

in a water bath

It turned out great ..., but just today I was thinking about this method. At night, I put corn porridge .... on the porridge mode (probably) in the morning from all sides on the floor, cm squared ... in an infection, and then I thought about a water bath. But to be honest I got upset ... something until she makes me happy

I have the same slow Tonze as yours

Thank you Tatiana! Yesterday I cooked on it and measured the temperature every hour.
Milk from the refrigerator in an hour - 45 *
= 2 - 62*
= 3 - 71*
= 4 - 78*
= 5 - 78*
= 6 - 90*
= 7 - 92*
= 8 - 95*
= 9 - 95*
I went to bed, it was already half past four in the morning "truly, hunting, more than bondage" (c)
The porridge turned out to be delicious, like Denis Korablev's ... almost
only that I did not climb out who had the first pancake lumpy, but I stood on end
Heats up a little more from the cable side.
In general, I really liked her ... I hope that I too ...

Py. sy. I correlated the hieroglyphs with the icons in Atlanta: timer-low-high-heating
here the last one is highlighted in red for some reason ... also heating ...

[Svetlana777]

:Svetlana777,
Svetlana, they say that the Lord created two different sexes, he made men smart, and us beautiful.
A smart head got this model, 4.5 liters, while my beautiful one wanted less than 2.5 liters.
Now I see its great advantages:
Round bowl, can be turned 180 * without removing, if the back boils more strongly,
White bowl, no traces of a water bath or milk on the walls are visible, easier to clean than a black one,
Standard American volume, recipes do not need to be recalculated by quantity of products and by time,
WATER BATH-THING !!!!!!
Mechanical control, the simpler, the more reliable.

Now I wonder why all this did not occur to me even once

In general, I really liked her ... I hope that I too ...

Lucky, but we are still not very friendly with ours (porridge did not work out, only meat with all sorts of vegetables
meat with vegetables ... but it is definitely there, delicious and in 4 hours nothing is boiled, even carrots like al dente, almost soup, but much tastier
(she pushed the Chinese, it remains to translate one button near the dial ... The lower part of the buttons from top to bottom, (who needs)

hour
booking time
function selection
quick stew
minutes
canceling
(as I understand it, if a delay is needed, then the time reservation is used and the hours and minutes are set if necessary, while the indicator on the left side will light up near the dial)
Next: the upper part, which is included in the program (this has already been written, but I will repeat)
Nutritious soup
Old, long soup (as I understand meat on the bone)
Dessert
White rice porridge
Miscellaneous grain
Baby porridge
Now my observations, since my 3-liter programs are designed in time for about this volume, and not for a smaller one as I need (that's why a miracle with porridge did not happen (I correctly switched it on for different grains), than I do not know to rub water, though now on trial)
And the MAIN THING (while I was writing, I found an insight about the last button tobish the indicator), you can set the cooking time yourself (which t will not say at the same time, since I just found it all and set it for 15 minutes, you yourself understand that during this time nothing will happen the goal was "What does the indicator mean and which button to turn it on"):
1) press the lower button on the right side (the one that is canceled, the indicator above it will light up)
2) press the lower button on the left side (the indicator at the top of the dial on the right side will light up)
3) then you can use the minutes (top on the right side) and hour (top left side) buttons to set how much you need
It turned out to be not so scary to understand this Chinese, just something they thought so ... left .. right, up. bottom. ..... sir

Added on Friday 03 Mar 2017 06:21 PM

Now I wonder why all this did not occur to me even once

yeah, now it turns out that Hto is guilty of my acquisition, what would it be if you wrote this before, I wouldn’t sit with the Chinese so much, I’d be led to a new technique, now push their buttons, and so click-click and truncate (still and saved exactly half of hfinance) (

Added on Friday 03 Mar 2017 06:25 PM

Round bowl, can be turned 180 * without removing, if the back boils more strongly,
White bowl, no traces of water bath and milk on the walls are visible, easier to clean than black,
Standard American volume, recipes do not need to be recalculated by the number of products and by time,

And after all, everything that is said to the point ... I also just came to the idea of ​​the number of products ... Fortunately, at least I bought a white bowl and then I just liked it more than the brown one about practicality and did not think, and even though it was round ... well, at least some pluses

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777,
Svetlana, I myself wonder why I didn't think of such now obvious things.

WATER BATH-THING !!!!!!

which can be arranged in a multicooker if no slow cookers, slow cookers, now almost everyone has

I, frankly, do not understand why to arrange a water bath in a slow cooker, there is no boiling in it, especially on a low
but, of course, it doesn't make it worse from a water bath, although I would be lazy to build it

, to be honest, I don't understand why to arrange a water bath in a slow cooker, there is no boiling in it, especially on a low

No, there are bubbles on the low, and this is boiling.
On the water. bath porridge does not have a "dry rim" along the edge of the bowl, and do not dry out on top.
There are many whale models. mdv, cat., according to the principle of water. baths. That's great!

bubbles

degrees start from 80 *, but this is only the beginning, the bubbles are small, not nimble

no, whoever is comfortable, of course, there are no words here

it's just that a person who has just entered this topic may think that a slow cooker requires such a method of cooking in it

Added Friday 03 Mar 2017 07:44 PM

There are many whale models. mdv, cat., according to the principle of water. baths. That's great!

especially the Chinese, our friends, and this has already been invented and used

it may just seem to a person who has just entered this topic that a slow cooker requires such a method of cooking in it

This is yes! I would not buy mdv in order to put jars in it ... they can be put in a cartoon in a mode with a manual temperature setting. In Shtebu, for example. And, if you want - yogurt, if you want - porridge

with manual temperature setting

and I think to whom it is convenient to cook. Here I have a cartoon pressure cooker and there is no manual mode in it: pard: but there is a slow one, so why not try with the same porridge, and I don't want another MV

[Irsha]

Irsha
How can a comparison be made with the unhurried, even *, to the bone * heating of a slow cooker, with the early heating of an aluminum saucepan.
The difference is the same as the whole evenly fried entrecote from a cast-iron frying pan and where burnt, where raw the same entrecote from thin aluminum.
When I'm impatient, I fry eggs

with early heating of an aluminum saucepan.

Oksan, and can I be more detailed, something I, (as I saw aluminum and something tupanula ... I'm sitting, I think I have the right slow-motion or not, the lower saucepan with control inside is aluminum and a ceramic

[Svetlana777]

This is yes! I would not buy mdv in order to put jars in it ... they can be put in a cartoon in a mode with a manual temperature setting. In Shtebu, for example. And, if you want - yogurt, if you want - porridge

Can you discuss Shteba in her topic? Or do you have a percentage of sales?

Added Saturday 04 Mar 2017 10:58 am

Svetlana777,
Sveta, we're talking about multicooker with their thin aluminum bowls.
In a slow cooker, a ceramic heavy bowl is inserted into an aluminum base, for everyone, but we're not talking about a base, we're talking about bowls

Can you discuss Shteba in her topic? Or do you have a percentage of sales?

Oksana, in vain you are conducting a dialogue in such a tone. Sens is a forum veteran, a dentist, not a pot seller. And he gives the necessary advice based on his own experience for members of the forum in various topics, I used many of his recommendations.

[Svetlana777]

Here I have a cartoon pressure cooker and it has no manual mode

Svetlana777, well, manual mode is just an example because it is the most versatile. and so, you see, a water bath can be arranged in many multicooker modes.
in mdv, too, can be arranged, if desired, but why in ker. put the jars in the bowl ...? ... although, for portions and ease of maintenance, perhaps ...?
especially since there is a mdv based on the principle of a water bath ...
you want a round pot, you want an oval one ...

and

if you want one pot, you want three ...

[Sens]

we are about multicooker with their thin aluminum bowls

How can a comparison be made with the unhurried, even *, to the bone * heating of a slow cooker, with the early heating of an aluminum saucepan.

But I, too, do not understand why to arrange dances with water baths in slow lakes and why such a negative about multi. If there you can set the same t = 90C as on LOY in slow motion, then how it will be worse, it is quite slow.
On this issue, I absolutely agree with Sens.

[Oksana]

How can a comparison be made with a leisurely, even *, to the bone * heating of a slow cooker, with an early heating of an aluminum saucepan

Oksana, yes, I don’t know your way, no, it’s delicious and it’s convenient for you

I just clarified a little - that the slow cooker does not require water bath, it is self-sufficient in its properties
but, more often than not, those who have re-entered the topic do not turn back a couple of pages, and, perhapswill not receive more complete information about the principles of cooking in true slow cookers

and so, yes - all methods are good, which are pleasant and convenient

You can be a devout adherent of something, but in all honesty, I admit - all these dances with tambourines water baths are just for a variety of pastime. Oatmeal, whether from a slow one, from a saucepan on the stove, or from a multicooker, is just oatmeal. With the same nutritional value and almost the same taste. I declare as the owner of both, and the other, and the third.
This I mean that you don't need to break your foreheads, as in that proverb. Although you can, if you wish))

And I cook oatmeal (from grain, not from rolled oats) only in a small Thai slow-cooker.

... from grain ... only in .... I cook slowly.

yeah, wheat and peas in mdv is a fairy tale !!!!

peas

But chickpeas for some reason - exclusively in Shteba in a pressure cooker mode.

[Fotina]

Fotina, Anna1957, Sens,
Where can I see your slow cooker recipes?
Osrbeeno was interested in cereals, such as oatmeal.
All my slow cookers, from 800 to 6.5 liters, had things that bothered me:
NO GUARANTEE OF BOWL STERILITY, milk sometimes curdled during cooking, the water bath method eliminated this, I just pour boiling water over the dishes in which I cook
1.dryish crust on top,
2 a little. porridge dried to the sides of the bowl,
3.grey plaque from milk, then other food began to stick to the bowl. (Plaque was wiped off with vinegar, but rather laborious)
4.the porridge is ready in 4 hours, not 8, as I want
Therefore, I read about the water bath method and use it successfully at night.
How did you manage to get away from my difficulties, show what you can do and give, please, detailed recipes for milk buckwheat, corn, semolina and oatmeal porridge.
Thanks in advance

Added Saturday 04 Mar 2017 07:31 PM

win-tat,
Same request, where can I see your slow cooker recipes?

Added Saturday 04 Mar 2017 08:29 PM

Irsha,
Ira, thank you, really yours, a beginner .... my emphasis on porridge in the bath will seem mysterious, but I'm SO happy with them,

[Oksana]

my emphasis on porridge in the bath will seem mysterious

And I am very interested in this method until my hands just reached it. because milk porridge in a slow one is categorically disliked.
Oksana, thank you very much for sharing your work!

[win-tat]

I mixed cereal with milk in a broth cup, put it on HAY, in a water bath, in a bowl with a volume of 4.5 liters, in the morning, and after 3.5-4 hours, I got a wonderful miracle for lunch.
It tastes like oatmeal, the texture is thick, soft, the flakes are barely felt.

win-tat,
Same request, where can I see your slow cooker recipes?

Well, for starters, Oksana, I never cook porridge in a slow oatmeal, for their cooking, there are enough and multi, and Tatiana Admin has a lot of recipes, why will they repeat themselves. I do not consider it necessary to cook or simmer flakes for 4 hours. I cook long-boiled flakes in the multo, and cook porridge from "quick" flakes in a clay pot in the microwave for 10 minutes, the flakes boil perfectly and the porridge turns out to be the most tender. If you want porridge in the form of oatmeal, this is how it is sold and cooked for 5 minutes, you don't have to wait 4 hours.
Slowly I cook porridge from whole oats
according to the recipe of Svetlana Stafa
here , I am quite satisfied, why should I "reinvent the wheel", this is to the question of my recipes. The same applies to the rest of the slow recipes, there are plenty of them here tyts
I do not live to eat, but I eat in order to live. I am a person who works with a shortage of free time, if someone has enough of it and there is nothing more to spend, then you can diversify with water baths

Where can I see your slow cooker recipes?

I didn't draw up a recipe - I don't see the point. I cook whole oats not in milk, but in water. 1: 4. I put it on the car at night, stir it in the morning. So my version will not work for you.

[win-tat]

win-tat,
Anna1957,
That is, you yourself do not cook milk in a slow cooker?
In vain I rolled my lips, it's a pity of course.
For oats on the water, thank you very much and a new question: * do you need to soak it, or how? * (I keep the oats in plans and every time I back up)

Added Sunday 05 March 2017 08:08

Mirabel,
Wikw, I cooked buckwheat and cooked on water, in the morning, there are pluses
1.In portions, immediately took out and on the table
2, a clean bowl, splashed water, wiped it off and that's it
3, no dry crust on top, steam does not form
4 at night, electricity is 3 times cheaper, I put it on in the evening earlier in the morning

[win-tat]

win-tat,
Anna1957,
That is, you yourself do not cook milk in a slow cooker?
In vain I rolled my lips, it's a pity of course.
For the oats on the water, thank you very much and a new question: * do you need to soak it, or how? * (I keep oats in plans and every time I back up)

Added Sunday 05 March 2017 08:08

Mirabel,
Wikw, I cooked buckwheat and cooked on water, in the morning, there are pluses
1.In portions, immediately took out and on the table
2, a clean bowl, splashed water, wiped it off and that's it
3, no dry crust on top, steam does not form
4 at night, electricity is 3 times cheaper, I put it on in the evening earlier in the morning

It is imperative to soak oats, and it is better in an acidic environment (I am in whey, I always have surpluses).

[Anna1957]

Anna1957,
Anna, thank you very much,

Added Sunday 05 March 2017 08:54

win-tat,
Tatiana, no one WAITS food from a slow cooker for many hours.
During this time, I took the dog out, went to the bank on business and opened the cycling season, having driven a couple of laps in the park. I froze, returned home and got my portion of porridge. This is * I eat to live *
Slow Cooking requires discipline and careful planning of your time.

Added Sunday 05 Mar 2017 09:35

I forgot to write about multicooker:
BOTH MY CORRECTLY WORKING help me out, along with the first aid kit and are used in the presence of severe stress:
Moving, leaving, parting from your beloved home,
Repair, devastation in your beloved home, little money,
Illness, no strength
The period before the funeral of a relative.
Therefore, I do not like using them and it is not tasty to eat from them.

[carefully]

Therefore, I do not like using them and it is not tasty to eat from them.

Although this is not a topic about multi, but it's a shame that you have such negative emotions in relation to a decent device that really helps out many. To each his own.

Added Sunday 05 Mar 2017 01:16 PM

Slow Cooking requires discipline and careful planning of your time.

What is this discipline? And why when working with her carefully manage your time ? It seems that she is not working for you, but you are working for her.
Okay, all the same, everyone will remain with their opinion and their methods of creating daily food

[win-tat]

win-tat,
, yes, that's right everyone likes their own
Our lifestyle and social circle also influence this choice, one buys a dishwasher, and the other invites a housekeeper.
And every family has its own CLEANLINESS STANDARD

🔗
This is a recipe for pearl barley soup with mushrooms and milk.

I prepared it with my changes and posted the recipe on the main

Girls! Please help me adapt this recipe
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=417828.0 to the slow.
I plan to cook kurzhaluk with buckwheat.
Want. like Lena Tim, add onions, well, according to the recipe-Stomach, buckwheat and sour cream. or cream.
Boil the stomachs beforehand? onion to the bottom.and then stomachs? and the most important thing. how much liquid to add in total?

[Mirabel]

Mirabel,
Vika, you will get a stew, and in the basic one the whole chip is on top of the crust.
Plus, the dish has lost its complexity.
In my opinion, I would peel, scald and cut the navels into 3-4 pieces, salt and season a little, put them down in the bowl.
Top onion, slightly stewed in butter.
Top with buckwheat and water 1: 1.5, assuming that the navels will give
In mine, I would put 6 hours on the LOU.
Then add sour cream, or add cream, pepper, stir and cook for another 20 minutes.
Or add sour cream, or cream and grill.
On the question of portioning ... I don't know, advising a water bath is straightforward ... you yourself read everything
Vika, I didn’t cook this dish myself, so I’m telling my fantasy, I would like to hear the advice of a practitioner

I would not cook meat in a slow cooker - all the more so sinewy, consider a solid strong muscle, along with buckwheat, cereals that cook quickly

but separate stomachs with onions in a slow cooker, and cook buckwheat porridge in a slow cooker, and then combine them in a slow cooker - this, I think, is good

cut stomachs into strips + chopped onions + salt pepper = 3 hours * high *, if there are more onions = the sauce will be good and a lot + the cream Vika wants + ready buckwheat = for an hour on * low * = tender

I do this in two slow cookers = buckwheat in Panas 10 for half a cup of ready-made porridge, stomachs (sometimes + hearts, or any meat) in radish 02 for * stewing * 3 hours, then on top of buckwheat I spread the dried stomachs, sometimes + or butter or cream, mix and on * baking * I quickly heat up for 20 minutes, or on * heating *, if not in a hurry

Added Wednesday 08 Mar 2017 09:41 AM

why meat separately? meat, especially sinewy, will taste better without water, in its own juice, a completely different taste, namely slow-cooked, not boiled

I often make buckwheat with chicken ventricles in a small Panasonic. I cut the ventricles in half, two hemispheres are obtained, I add onions, carrots, a vegetable mixture (I pre-wash the freeze in hot water, the vegetables are already thawed), washed buckwheat, I add water at the rate of cooking buckwheat in MV, salt, if necessary, add seasonings to taste and on the "Buckwheat" mode. Everything is being prepared perfectly, the ventricles are very soft. Sometimes, if I want, I can cut the stomachs into four parts or in strips, well, if I have time. At first, I also tried to cook the stomachs separately, and then put it out with buckwheat, and then somehow I was in a hurry, well, I threw everything together and it turned out perfectly without unnecessary gestures! Now that's the only way I cook. In MV Kenwood I put two small pots at once and for the whole night, the porridge is ready by morning. At first I did it in a water bath too, then I decided to experiment without water, but every time I’m afraid all the same, maybe it’s bad for the ceramic bowl, because it turns out that it heats up almost empty