Hi everyone!
I want to get into slowcooking, and I need advice, thank in advance to anyone that can help!
I want to buy a slowcooker, but due to very limited kitchen space I need the rice cooker to also replace my current rice cooker. Currently I'm using the rice cooker only to do white rice and rice porridge, not much else, so I'm looking for a slowcooker that can also do those things.
I was thinking about this model from Midea, but I'm not sure since I don't see the porridge setting, and I don't know how it works as a slow cooker.
Dos anyone have it and use it for those things? Or does anyone have a better brand or model to suggest to do those things?
Thanks again!
by TM_4816
4 Comments
The multi cooker is not the best at slow cooking, none of them are.
That’s not a traditional slow cooker
Multi cookers don’t slow cook well. The reason is that they only heat from the bottom, where a traditional slow cooker heats on the sides as well. As for rice cookers, if you have a microwave, you should look at microwave rice cookers if you want to save space on having a rice cooker too. I got one years and years ago and love it, and when it’s not in use I just nest it inside of another pot in my cupboard, so it doesn’t take up any extra space.
In my humble opinion, you don’t need a multi cooker. Remember the old adage, *”A jack of all trades is master of none”*.
I’m using a very old and slightly beat up slow cooker with the most basic of functions (High/Low/Warm and Time). At some point it will need replacing, and I was thinking that only the only thing that could be more useful was a delayed start timer.
But then on deeper reflection, that would require loading it with meat and veg and letting it sit for a few hours before it starts cooking, so probably not a good idea from a food safety pov.
My personal recommendation is just get a dedicated slow cooker.