Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

[Oleg]

OlegThank you, I also decided, let it be.
Let's try a slow cooker. Moreover, we respect meat and cereals.
I would also like to ask the korefeys, who has been using slow cookers for a long time, and if you cook jam in it, will it work?

[brendabaker]

2.atlanta, not mine,

brendabaker, Oksana, and what was your Atlanta and what did you dislike?

[Matilda-N]

Matilda-N, We still make an uzvar (long compote) in it for 10 hours at the LOU. Vitamins are not destroyed, microelements are transferred from dried fruits and dried berries to liquid. The taste is different from the stove. Verified

The taste is different from the stove.

Confirmed, I put dried fruit compote in new Kitford last night. By the evening everyone has already drunk.
Delicious.

[Oleg]

😁 Oleg, Thank you
Bought, outwardly very much. I went and put the compote in it, on 1 mode. We will try it tomorrow.

[Jackdaw-Crow]

Jackdaw-Crow,
5 liter, 175v.
A very uncomfortable shape sticks out from the side, like a samovar, the display sticks out in front., Did not immediately stand in the place prepared for her and cluttered the table in the kitchen.
It smelled strongly of heated plastic, up to a headache, and after a month or two, even dad began to complain
Heated very unevenly, because where the display is, apparently there is no heating element.
Neither beans nor potato casserole have ever turned out softly, are they not enough power or what?
Switching to heating is inconvenient, for me in any case, and you cannot turn it off in advance.

But the taste and color ..

even didn't fit me

sorry. My bowl cracked from Russell, and the mechanism itself is intact.

I looked, I looked at the little slow-motion in the water bath, and an idea came to my mind. And they didn’t try to cook rolled oats in a 0.5l pot in my 1.5l pot in water, putting that pot in water. I covered 40 grams of rolled oats and 2 multi-glasses of warm water. She covered the pot with a lid and put the slow lids in the bowl, poured water just below the shoulders of the pot. And put it on a timer socket at night for 6 hours. In the morning the pot was gorgeous snotty viscous porridge. The porridge did not run anywhere, after mixing the walls it covered up. So I won't get a slow one with a water bath now.



I will add, I cooked such proportions in a filipka 3060, it turned out not tasty porridge. In the same form, the porridge turned out to be much tastier, and, moreover, less high-calorie, since the water does not boil away so much. More precisely, it does not boil at all.

And in the morning I realized 2 liters of water at the maximum KitFort mode.
After 1 hour the water was pleasantly warm, after 2 hours it was hot, and after 3 hours the entire surface of the water first began to tremble and after another 15 minutes it began to boil very gently quietly.
So the KitFort will be able to cook soups and stew vegetables

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, super! I can't wait to experiment with porridge! If successful, I'll repeat it right away. I strive myself, there is no time to follow her, if she runs away, then wash it for a long time. And I wanted to try porridge

We still make an uzvar (long compote) in it for 10 hours at the LOU.

put dried fruit compote in new Kitford last night

Girls-boys, and the proportions are normal? Is sugar also put for the uzvar or is everything natural there?

[Deana]

Deana,

Is sugar also put for the uzvar or is everything natural there?

Sugar is added, but less. The taste of berries and fruits is richer, the compote is thicker and more concentrated, or something. In general, you have to try.

In general, you have to try.

Thank you! So I want to try, and that's why I'm asking. I have already read about spices that in a slow sauce they need less, because the taste is revealed more strongly.Now I learned about sugar
And to put, as I understood, it is necessary immediately on Lowe without overclocking on High, so as not to kill vitamins?

[Deana]

Deana,

The taste of berries and fruits is richer, the compote is thicker and more concentrated,

But at the same time it is completely transparent

So I want to try and ask why

Dina, an eternal student, experimentation is not your forte

should go straight to Low without overclocking to High

The slow cooker has only 3 main modes - High, Low and Auto. Where there is no Auto, then by handles, independently. In the instructions, where they are, it is written that the cooking time for Hai about 2 times less than on Low. So see - 8-10 hours on Low, this aboutthat 4-5 hours on Hai. You can do it like in a Russian oven - 2-3-4 hours on High, then transfer to Low and prepare the remaining time. Regarding vitamins, after six months or a year there are so few of them that you can not worry about the destruction in the slow. But all trace elements are preserved and pass into a decoction, especially if you cook for a long time. There are no clear instructions here.

[Samopal]

we make an uzvar (long compote) for 10 hours at the LOU

And also Electrolux

Respected Samopal, and when you prepare an uzvar in Electrolux, do you fill it to the brim, or only 2/3?
And then something is idle with me unnecessarily, it is hefty for our family ... probably it is necessary to sell, suddenly someone really needs him

All the time I cook fruit drinks in mdv, I have Russell Hobbs. I just pour boiling water, an hour on high and turn it off. Then it is simply infused until it cools. Delicious and rich in color. I cook from frozen cranberries or currants, add already turned off either viburnum with honey, or sea buckthorn with honey. Then I filter it. There are two of us, I cook 3 liters, enough for 3 days.

fill it to the brim or only 2/3

To the brim. And we put jellied meat in it, cabbage rolls or stuffed peppers. Taste with long languor, different.

And what are the proportions (at least approximately) for the uzvar and fruit drink?

Dina, an eternal student, experimentation is not your forte

She, before experimenting, I still have to kick and kick, I need to master the typewriter, understand the character and, if everything worked out, then I’m already by sight and by intuition. And my conscience does not allow me to spoil a bunch of products at once, And I will spoil them, if I don’t ask, it’s checked.

And I'll ruin them, if I don't ask - it's checked

similarly! that's why I always try to find out everything in advance from the knowledgeable and not grab several gadgets at once.
ladies! I bought rulkina steaks, who cooked them, please respond! what to do with them next

[Deana]

Deana,

Dina, cooked oatmeal, the impression is twofold.
Put 200 ml of cereal and 1 liter of milk in a bowl, mix it, cook for 2 hours on MAX mode,
When from under the lid began to hear the merry Puff, Puff, Puff and the lid began to bounce, like in a cartoon about magic pots, and the porridge boiled around the edges, I mixed it, put it on the HEAT mode, covered and simmered for another 2-3 hours until the desired thickness.
The advantage is that the crusty foam that always appears in milk oatmeal in a slow cooker with this method is not enough, it is easy to stir and dissolve.
Delicious.
The downside was all the same the presence of a foam crust, the duration of cooking and the fact that you need to switch the mode, because I did not want to cook the oatmeal.
I didn't want to switch to the minimum mode, because, although the porridge is also tasty, but the entire top layer is a solid crust, which I throw away, well, it sticks to the walls, but here the walls are almost clean








I forgot to write that the oatmeal was puffing, but it wasn’t trying to run, it was boiling only along the perimeter of the bowl and not much



Yesterday I mixed 2 packs of 400 g of frozen vegetable ragout like ratatouille, 1 thinly chopped onion, 690 g of chicken breast fillet (cut like goulash) and 200 sour cream, salt, pepper.
She pushed it all into the bowl, 4 hours at MAX. It turned out great, only for me there is a lot of meat, next time I'll throw one thigh and that's enough

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, ABOUT! I went to set the porridge!
In the recipe, they generally cook all 4-5 hours on Hai - didn't want it precisely because it will be boiled?
I don't want a crust now either (although sometimes I love it).
And the impression is twofold, because you wanted no crust at all? Is it real?

Is it real?

It seems to me that it is not realistic how much milk was heated and porridge cooked - crust or foam always

[selenа]

selenа, clearly, our goal is to reduce the crust to the maximum. According to Oksana's algorithm brendabaker, it seems so it turns out.

[Deana]

Deana,
If you cook in a water bath, then there is no crust at all (that's why I ordered myself a 0.7 liter slow-cooker for milk porridge in a water bath and with a timer.) Therefore, I'd rather cook rolled oats in a water bath in KitFort, giving it the opportunity to steam on MAX , and then afterwards to MIN.

I cook oatmeal porridge in a slow 2-liter Tonze in a water bath in a pot. It turns out super. I put porridge on the mode for 3 hours and then warmed up for the whole night. It turns out super creamy jelly for one serving. One fourth of milk, long boiled oatmeal. And I also add oat bran

[Deva]

Deva,
That's right, I will be that way too when my little thing comes.
And I bought KitFort for myself for cabbage soup and borscht and I really liked how she stews frozen vegetables from bags. This will be her duties and let her cook compote from frozen compote mixture

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, I read this about the bathhouse, I don’t have such a container so far to fit into Kitfort, to say nothing about Tonze.
Yesterday I tried to cook the porridge according to the recipe algorithm, after 3 hours I tried to escape the porridge on Hai, went up under the lid. I had to transform the experiment and transfer it to heating.

brendabaker, Oksana, can you decorate your vegetables with a recipe? Lost, and sorry, an interesting way, now I also want to try this way.

I don't have such a container yet

And try in a bank, at least 0.5 liter?

[Stafa]

Stafa, I'm afraid of something glass jars.

[Deana]

Deana,
To me KitFort, without the AUTO mode, seemed inconvenient for cooking milk porridge, because if I manually switch the modes, it's all the same to stand at the stove. We need an algorithm * put it down and forget it * and I do not see it yet either for fuel MRLOC or for hercules.
You will still need to try, boil for 2-5 minutes on the stove, then pour into a slow cooker and simmer on MINIMUM until desired. You may need to line the lid with foil to get a nice color on the milk froth.



Or, first on the stove, then in the bath and choose the mode for which it will be tastier.

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, of course I would like without unnecessary body movements. Boiling and then slowly is not my option, I’m better according to the first option - 2 hours on High and then heating, just do not put it at night.

[Deana]

Deana,
Did you like the porridge, or what?

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, well, of course, without question, I just hoped that the recipe would work. I don't know if she would run away or not, maybe she reached the lid and stopped, but I didn't want to risk it.

[Deana]

Deana,
Maybe try on the MINIMUM setting if the milk is pasteurized and the flakes are not too hard?



Judging by the time, the mode is still not MAX, maybe there is a typo in the recipe, this often happens.



I cooked baked milk in KitFort, 3 hours at MAX + 6 hours for a MIN, I did not like the taste at all. From 1 liter of milk, 750 ml of concentrated milk was obtained with a taste like an iron can from a store.
I will try again for MIN, wrapping the lid with foil and 10 hours in time. But I'll wait for real milk from the market. I won't dare to drown more than 1.5 liters in a 3 liter bowl, milk, it is milk

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, 3 hours on Hai did not run away? Interesting.

[Deana]

Deana,
I boiled only 1 liter, he had a place to gurgle.
No, it didn't run, it just snorted around the edges, boiled and smelled of boiled milk, which I didn't like at all, plus I wanted to sleep and dropped it to MINIMUM just in case



My lid on the bowl starts * dancing *, and steam comes out, apparently it * soothes * the milk.
But it seems to me that this is not baked milk, the fuel has a different taste, I remember it. What I got is concentrated milk, as they sell in the store, such as condensed milk without sugar.



About frozen vegetables from the package.
This morning I took 2 packs of 400 g frozen LECHO,
100 ml sour cream,
2st. l. cleanly washed round rice
, a little salt.
Mixed everything up, pushed it into the bowl




Turned on at MAX, cook for 2 5 hours, stir once and crush





Then she turned off the device and went with her daughter for a walk to the center.
I returned for dinner, added soy sauce and ate. My daughter and I decided that there was no meat here.
The rice started the sauce, and the onions and peppers crunch a little, so nice.





I often stew ready-made frozen mixtures with sour cream, adding a little rice, then buckwheat.
And it is better to simmer meat separately

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, Clearly, my lid is not dancing, which is probably why I tried to escape.
In principle, I also love concentrated milk, but now the difference is interesting, I rarely use it and I can hardly notice. In Tonza, I'm afraid she is active, she can try it in Shteba, the girls did it, they praised it. Just for comparison.

About frozen vegetables from the bag

Oh, take note. Is 100 ml of sour cream enough? And if you take more? I like it when there is a lot of sauce.
And only 2 spoons of rice? And is it felt? Interesting!
Did I understand correctly, do not salt anything at first, only then pour in soy?

Oops about the salt I saw. Then about the sauce - just pour it in, do not simmer with it?

Dinah, you still have to adjust to your taste.
You can add sour cream later,
You can put more rice, again, by experience, you will have to select how much of which rice will absorb the liquid.
At first, I put very little salt, added soy sauce to the finished dish.
I like it because there is no oil at all,
I like to soak the sauce with bread
During the time that the vegetables were stewing, I took the dog out, washed the floors, rustled a little on the flower bed under the window, and quietly prepared dinner for me.

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, I understood everything, I will do it with a can, there will be more sauce! I love everything in sour cream.

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, Oksana, thanks for the recipe for vegetables with rice and sour cream. It turned out to be very tasty.
I cooked in my 1.5 liter slow-cooker, on which there is now one half-hail mode. In the freezer I have a lot of all kinds of freezing, but I just can't find how to cook them deliciously. I really liked the sour cream. I cooked sweet peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and turnip onions.

half-hail

It's five!

[Stafa]

Stafa,
Sveta, good health, I also really like it, frozen vegetables give their delicious juice, and rice absorbs it, and vegetables do not deform and still have their own color

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, Oksana, And my carrots from frozen vegetables are not cooked, everything else is abs. ok, except for the ruble exchange rate, of course

[Samopal]

Samopal,
Oleg, carrots, potatoes, beets are hard vegetables, they cook longer and harder than zucchini, peppers, onions, tomatoes ...
Option 1 - cook longer.
Option 2 - try to move tough vegetables closer to the sides of the bowl



Option 3 - remember and avoid manufacturers selling * reinforced concrete * carrots and * stone * peas in frozen siesya

On Avito in Moscow, Kenwood mechanical appeared. Maybe someone needs it. It seems that they praise the mechanical one.

And electronic Kenwood is not needed by anyone, otherwise it only takes up space in the closet.

And electronic Kenwood is not needed by anyone, otherwise it only takes up space in the closet.

you can find out the cost, in a personal pliz (is it like in Temko?

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, Oksana, thanks for the way of stewing vegetables! I liked it very much!

[Deana]

Deana,
To health