Do you use a multicooker?

Irwin said:
After a bit of research, it seems like these multi-cookers are just electric pressure cookers with a bunch of other settings that you'll probably never use. They're fairly inexpensive, though, so I might get one. Being able to cook a bird or roast in 1/3 the time as a slow cooker would be convenient.
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Think of it as a tool. Not something you use everyday but it does what you need it to do.
 
Irwin said:
After a bit of research, it seems like these multi-cookers are just electric pressure cookers with a bunch of other settings that you'll probably never use. They're fairly inexpensive, though, so I might get one. Being able to cook a bird or roast in 1/3 the time as a slow cooker would be convenient.
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Why not just use your oven Irwin?
 
Those insta pot type things scare me because they are a pressure cooker. I have been interested in trying to get over that fear and get one because I think they would be good to use in the summer. I don't use my oven in the summer and even the stove top adds heat.

I don't have a toaster oven type device as I don't have room. Wouldn't mind one. I'll look into this multicooker.
 
Irwin said:
After a bit of research, it seems like these multi-cookers are just electric pressure cookers with a bunch of other settings that you'll probably never use. They're fairly inexpensive, though, so I might get one. Being able to cook a bird or roast in 1/3 the time as a slow cooker would be convenient.
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Irwin:
If you have the room get (1) a slow cooker, that's great to put your whole meal in, in the morning & have it ready to ea 6 to 8 hrs. late. I do put in my meat, potatoes, carrots & other things.

(2) An air fryer, they are great to cook anything without the food sitting in grease. Also fast cooking.

(3) A Pressure cooker, that will cut down your cooking time by about half, also makes things very moist. They have lots of safeties on them nowadays so they don't explode or do other things.
A friend has one of the ones you're talking about & he loved it as two units in one. A slow cooker & also a Pressure cooker so he can cook slow or fast.
 
Tom 86 said:
Irwin:
If you have the room get (1) a slow cooker, that's great to put your whole meal in, in the morning & have it ready to ea 6 to 8 hrs. late. I do put in my meat, potatoes, carrots & other things.

(2) An air fryer, they are great to cook anything without the food sitting in grease. Also fast cooking.

(3) A Pressure cooker, that will cut down your cooking time by about half, also makes things very moist. They have lots of safeties on them nowadays so they don't explode or do other things.
A friend has one of the ones you're talking about & he loved it as two units in one. A slow cooker & also a Pressure cooker so he can cook slow or fast.
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We have a slow cooker, and it works good, but you have to allow for the food to cook all day, so it takes planning. A pressure cooker does the same thing in a lot less time. I don't know if there's any difference in the cooked food. Some of these multicookers can also function as an air fryer.

It takes like an hour to bake a potato in the oven but only about 15 minutes in a pressure cooker. So that would be handy.
 
I bought one heard from someone who at least tried all the fancy settings
while the idea of cooking things in small amount of time ... the reality for me was you needed to learn the settings on your own through trial and error ... airfryer seemed to be same way as well

Now what killed both for me and why they live in the pantry is the pressure cooker i bought is a pain to clean
airfryer similar if grease on it takes a bit of effort and breaded things stick to racks etc.
 
Irwin said:
It takes like an hour to bake a potato in the oven but only about 15 minutes in a pressure cooker. So that would be handy.
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A baked potato in the oven tastes entirely different than a.... steamed potato in a pressure cooker.

I'd never heat up an oven for just one potato, though.

Remember, it takes several minutes for the PC to come up to pressure before timing.

Ok, I'll leave ya alone now :)
 
Jeni said:
I bought one heard from someone who at least tried all the fancy settings
while the idea of cooking things in small amount of time ... the reality for me was you needed to learn the settings on your own through trial and error ... airfryer seemed to be same way as well

Now what killed both for me and why they live in the pantry is the pressure cooker i bought is a pain to clean
airfryer similar if grease on it takes a bit of effort and breaded things stick to racks etc.
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Thank you for that information! Some of them have a non-stick coating, but the one I was going to get is stainless steel, which would probably be a pain in the butt to clean, like you described.
 
In my post #5 I mentioned two items that we have that we use. We also have a Zenchef air fryer & Breville toaster oven. Oviously not all are used at the same time. They are tools to be used depending on what we want to make. Of course we have the standard gas oven.

We bought a Hamilton Beach 22 quart electric oven thinking it would be a good way to roast large proteins like an 18lb. turkey. But converted that to using it like a bano de maria to make regular Puerto Rican flan & then a variety flavored flans. Then onto cheese cake in a variety of flavors. Instead of the smaller ways to make flans or cheese cakes we use a 9x12 deep glass baking dish. As gifts to our neighbors they love getting either a cake or flan. The favorite is one made with Amoretto liqueur.

All tools to make eating taste good.
 
I've decided not to buy one. Between the traditional oven, the microwave, the toaster oven, and the slow-cooker, I think we have enough ways to cook a piece of meat.
 

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