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Flavour Savour Digital Slow Cooker

By Chris Bennett | 26.07.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Flavour Savour has 3 in 1 cooking functions, meaning you can seal, fast stew and slow cook in one product. The pan heats to around 200 degrees giving you the sealing functionality. After sealing, various foods including succulent chicken, tender beef and pork can be stew cooked taking approximately 11/2 hours. Alternatively you can slow cook your food allowing flavours to infuse for between 4 – 10 hours.

Features:

Capacity 4.5 litres or 6.5 litres
3 settings
Timer function
Auto shut-off
Keep warm function
Toughened glass lid
Dishwasher safe pot and lid
Cord storage

To read more in-depth information about the product and to purchase the Flavour Savour, click here (for the 4.5 litre) or click here (for the 6.5 litre)

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Flavour Savour Review – The Diary of a Frugal Family

By Chris Bennett | 06.05.2011 | Posted in Kitchen, Product Reviews

Several weeks ago we approached the lovely Cass Bailey about trying our Flavour Savour and reviewing it for us. Cass is responsible for the ‘Diary of a Frugal Family’ blog so we thought that a slow cooker would be perfect product for her as slow cooked meals can be very cost effective as a result of the cheaper cuts of meat that can be used. Check out Cass’s review below (you can visit her original post here).

If you’re a blogger and would like to trial our Milk Frother (or any of our other products), give us a shout, either as a comment or by using the contact form.

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Jo’s Kitchen reviews the Flavour Savour and has a go at the ‘£4 Slow Cooker Challenge’

By Chris Bennett | 11.04.2011 | Posted in Kitchen, Product Reviews, Recipes, £4 Slow Cooker Challenge

A big thanks to Jo who looks after the Jo’s Kitchen blog for reviewing the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour and for also having a crack at the ‘£4 Slow Cooker Challenge‘. Jo used her £4 to cook up a delicious Braising Steak Stew, although it only came to £3.21. Check out the review below and why not have a go at the recipe…

If you regularly use a slow cooker or think slow cooking sounds right up your street, we’ve got a tasty treat for you with our ‘£4 Slow Cooker Challenge’. You could win £200 worth of Morphy Richards items in our monthly draw. To find out more information about the challenge, click here.

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Madhouse Family Reviews the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour

By Chris Bennett | 28.02.2011 | Posted in Kitchen

It’s the start of a new week and our first blog post of the week is a great review of our Flavour Savour. Cheryl who is responsible for the ‘Madhouse Family Reviews’ blog has been putting the product through its paces over the course of the last month and has given it a star rating of 5 out of 5, check out Cheryl’s review below:

Up until a few months ago, I had never used a slow cooker and I didn’t know anything about how they worked. Then I was sent a Crock Pot Slow Cooker to review and fell in with slow cooking. I love the fact that it allows you to prepare a healthy, tasty meal in advance that is ready to eat when you get home after a long day at work, as well as the fact that you can use cheaper cuts of meat that turn out deliciously melt-in-the-mouth tender.

Here’s a link to the original post on Madhouse Family Reviews.

I recently became a “House Proud Friend” on the Morphy Richards website and was offered one of their Flavour Savour slow cookers to try out. It’s been great to compare the two different models.

When I was sent the Crock Pot Sauté, they made a big feature out of the fact that the pot can be removed from the cooker part and used directly on the hob or in the oven, so that you can brown your meat off. I was therefore under the impression that it was the only model of slow cooker that had taken this into account, but the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour also has this function. You can brown the meat directly in the cooker (which is very handy) or put the pot on the hob if you really want to. It does take a little while for the pot to heat up on the base, but turn it on before you start chopping your ingredients and it will be ready in time. The high sides of the cooking pan also work as a built-in spatter guard, which is great for keeping the kitchen clean, as well as safer for kids who always want to come and talk to mum while you’re cooking dinner ! Both models also have a pot that can be safely washed in the dishwasher – always a bonus !

The cooking pot has a capacity of 4.5 or 6.5 litres depending on the model so it is great for cooking hearty family meals. Morphy Richards have actually started a “£4 Slow Cooker Challenge“, inviting you to create a family meal for 4 with your slow cooker (Flavour Savour or other) and post it on their blog. (More details here and my first entry is coming right up !)

What I love is that as well as being a Flavour Savour, it’s also a space saver in the kitchen. It’s been designed so that the base fits into the pot part with the cord coiled round for easy, compact storage which is a huge plus point – especially as this is an appliance that you’ll use more in the colder months than in the summer.

The Flavour Savour has 3 settings and a timer allowing you to cook for anywhere up to 10 hours. It even has a 90 minute stew setting for those times when you haven’t got time to slow cook so it’s really versatile if you just want a big pot for making chiili or curry, for example. It also has an automatic “keep warm” function and – just in case you get delayed or have a brain like a sieve and forget to turn it off ! – it will automatically turn itself off after 12 hours, which is a safety function I greatly appreciate.

I have to admit, I (quite possibly wrongly) assumed that the Crock Pot was the ultimate slow cooker (purely because it’s the name that’s been adopted generically) but the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour is a serious contender too. It’s hugely versatile, makes great food and looks the business too. I was really pleasantly surprised that it has to be another perfect score !

star rating : 5/5

RRP : £79.99 for the 4.5 litre model, £89.95 for the 6.5 litre model

for more information : http://www.morphyrichards.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Product=48784

Other blogposts you may be interested in :

A Couple of Slow Cooker Recipes to inspire you

Crock-Pot Sauté Slow Cooker

Recipes to use with your Crock-Pot Slow Cooker

Morphy Richards £4 Slow Cooker Challenge

If you’re a blogger and would like to trial our Flavour Savour (or any of our other products), give us a shout, either as a comment or by using the contact form.

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(Mostly) Yummy Mummy Reviews the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour

By Chris Bennett | 24.02.2011 | Posted in Kitchen, Product Reviews

Our latest blogger review comes from (Mostly) Yummy Mummy who has been testing out our Flavour Savour over the last few weeks – it’s a big thumbs up! Check out the review/blog post below. (Mostly) Yummy Mummy has also had a go at our ‘£4 Slow Cooker Challenge‘, we’ll bring you this later today.

Savour the flavour…

For a while now on Twitter, I have seen so many people rave about their slow cookers so when I was asked by Morphy Richards if I would like to try out their Flavour Savour slow cooker, I jumped at the chance!

Flavour Savour has 3 in 1 cooking functions, meaning you can seal, fast stew and slow cook in one. The pan heats to around 200 degrees giving you the sealing functionality. After sealing, your food can be stew cooked taking approximately 1 1/2 hours or you can slow cook your food allowing flavours to infuse for between 4 – 10 hours.

The Flavour Savour is different from many slow cookers in that you can use the stainless steel pan to brown and seal the meat/vegetables with a special sealing feature. This of course means that there is no extra washing-up as there is no need to use separate pans. Plus of course, this means that all of the flavours from the sealing of the food stays in the one pan that it will be cooked in which undoubtedly will improve the flavour of your dish. The pan can be lifted off the base completely so you can drain any fat etc, just like you would when cooking with a ‘normal’ pan. It can also be used with your own hob too but to be honest, the base does a fabulous job itself. It heats up within minutes ready to seal the meat etc and then has a digital timer which counts down 15minutes which is normally about right (or at least it has been for the things that I have cooked so far.) But you can add on an extra 15minutes sealing time if you need it, or of course cancel the sealing time at any point using the digital display buttons.

Once you are done with the sealing, a quick click a button chooses whether you want to fast stew for speedier meals or slow cook the food. The digital settings are really easy to use and there is also a clear display showing the function that you have chosen and there is also a clock counting down so you know how long it has left to cook. At the end of the slow cooking process too, there is also a keep warm facility.

The handles on the glass lid (handy for keeping an eye on your food cooking away!) and the sides of the pan are cool to the touch. There are non-slip feet on the base too so no danger of it slipping as you are stirring etc. And best of all? The pan is completely dishwasher safe! So after minimum preparation time, you get delicious food and no washing up to do! Then when you are done with it, the base actually fits inside the pan for easy storage. But I must add as well that it is actually quite nice to look at with the stainless steel pan so it would equally look nice out on the worktop if you had the counter space.

I was sent the larger 6.5litre model which is more than big enough even for me and my big brood. In fact, it is still plenty big enough for me to cook double quantities so that half can be frozen for another (even easier!) dinner time another day!

I have to say that this slow cooker has completely changed how I cook for my family and I love it. For me, being able to prepare dinner in advance in a matter of fifteen minutes or so in the morning then leave it cooking away for the day means that the manic hours inbetween picking my brood up from school and dinner time are all the more calmer! Instead of trying to cook while tired children are running wild, needing help with their homework, wanting to be picked up from some after school club etc etc I simply serve dinner. It’s fabulous! I also like it for weekends too as although I potentially have more time to cook, we often like to go out for the day and what can be nicer than coming in from a lovely long walk to have dinner waiting for you? Love it!

I have to say that I was really impressed by the Flavour Savour. The attention to detail is really quite remarkable making this a truly fabulous slow cooker. This definitely gets a huge thumbs up from me and I honestly can’t recommend it enough.

*For the purpose of this review, I was very kindly sent this Flavour Savour slow cooker from Morphy Richards free of charge

Here’s a link to the original post on (Mostly) Yummy Mummy

If you’re a blogger and would like to trial our Flavour Savour (or any of our other products), give us a shout, either as a comment or by using the contact form.

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Flavour Savour Blogger Review – Feeding boys and a Firefighter

By Chris Bennett | 22.02.2011 | Posted in Kitchen, Product Reviews, £4 Slow Cooker Challenge

At ‘Home of the House Proud’, we’ve just heard back from another one of our lovely mummy/food blogger friends who has been reviewing the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour over the course of the past month. Katie Bryson, who is responsible for the ‘Feeding Boys and a Firefighter’ blog has also tried her hand at the ‘£4 Slow Cooker Challenge’, read her review and check out Katie’s recipe below:

Adventures with a slow cooker

Bunging a load of ingredients in a casserole and then leaving it to transform itself into a one-pot wonder, is my kind of cooking. It’s not glamorous but it’s highly practical.

There are so many plus points:

You can do the preparation hours in advance avoiding that stressful witching hour just before serving up a family meal when everyone is going insane with hunger and you can’t get the dinner ready fast enough.

It’s an inexpensive affair. Cheaper cuts of meat like shin and shoulder work best cooked long and slow as it’s this type of cooking that breaks down the connective tissue and gives it that unctuous fork-tender falling-apart quality.

You can cook LOADS of the stuff and freeze down the leftovers for another meal.

So when Morphy Richards got in touch to ask if i’d like to try out their Flavour Savour slow cooker, I didn’t hesitate.

I was expecting a 70s throwback appliance – in my mind I had white enamel pot emblazoned with some kind of floral embellishing. Instead a sleek, shiny and pleasingly compact model arrived.

So it looked good, but how would it perform? I was hoping it would be simple to operate as I quickly lose my patience with gadgets that require a qualification in instruction manual deciphering.

Luckily, after a quick scan of the booklet I could see my luck was in. You can brown your meat on one setting and then choose to cook it on a short or long setting, and away you go. There are only two buttons to press!

Here’s a quick run-down of the Flavour Savour’s four settings:

Seal/Brown: Exactly as you’d imagine, this function operates at a fairly high heat so you can brown off your meat before you start the longer cook. People argue over whether it’s really necessary to seal your meat before cooking a casserole, for me having browned meat looks more attractive than pasty looking meat bobbing about in the sauce. Others say it helps retain flavour and moisture.

1:30 Stew: If you haven’t got hours to spare, this is a nifty feature that allows you to cook your meal in a shorter space of time.

Slow Cook: You can choose to cook your food between 4 and 10 hours.

Keep Warm Function: At the end of your cooking time this function automatically kicks in and keeps your meal warm for up to two hours. Really handy if you’re not ready to eat the minute it’s ready.

Storage wise it’s great. The heating element fits inside the cooking pot and the plug and cable neatly fit into the base. It takes up no more room than a large casserole dish.

Morphy Richards also set me a challenge – could I create a meal for a family of four in the Flavour Savour without spending any more than £4? Well I didn’t doubt that it could be done, but would it actually be delicious and appeal to the kids was more the issue!

I couldn’t wait to get it fired up, so I embarked first of all with a very simple sausage casserole as a test mission.

I browned the sausages in batches and softened the vegetables all on the Seal/Brown function and then added the rest of the ingredients and let it bubble gently away for the afternoon (four hours)

The resulting casserole was very tasty, looked incredibly appealing, but I found the sausages were too soft for my liking… back to the drawing board.

So next I decided to try a chicken-based supper, and this certainly could be entered for the £4 challenge that Morphy Richards set me.

I got hold of some bargain chicken legs and thighs for all of £2 and the rest of the ingredients were all stuff I already had in but don’t add up to more than £2.

The key to making a successful slow cooked meal is to make sure your cooking liquor is bursting with lots of flavours. So after browning off my chicken and softening the onion and garlic I let it bathe for six hours in chicken stock, white wine, lemon zest and dried thyme.

It’s absolutely NOT going to win any prizes for looks, but it tasted gorgeous.

The sauce was so damned good it virtually begged me to mop it up with a slice of bread and butter.

There was plenty of food for our family of four and enough leftovers to make two generous portions of soup which I just blitzed with the stick blender, cooled and whacked straight in the freezer.

Lazy lemon and thyme chicken
Serves 4, plus leftovers to make soup

600g chicken thighs/drumsticks, take skin off but leave bone in and season
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 leek, sliced
1 large carrot, sliced
200g new potatoes, halved
500ml chicken stock
500ml white wine, the cheapest you can find
zest of 1 lemon
2 tsp dried thyme
cornflour (optional)

1. Brown the meat in about 2tbsps oil and set aside, then soften the onions and garlic, then add carrot and leek and once soft put the meat back in.

2. Add the stock, wine, potatoes, lemon zest and thyme. Stir to combine and place the lid on the slowcooker and switch to slow cook for six hours.

Tip: If you feel the sauce is too runny you can use cornflour to thicken it. Mix a tablespoon of cornflour with a little water until you get a smooth liquid paste and then stir it through your casserole and continue cooking. I did this approx half way through the cooking process.

Leftovers: Blend to make a delicious soup for another day!

I’ve decided I’m going to keep hold of the Flavour Savour – it absolutely fits with my kitchen ethos for cooking on a budget with minimum effort for a family of hungry boys. There are some gadgets worth making room for. I imagine it’d also work really well in a student house, or if you’re living somewhere that doesn’t have great kitchen facilities.

I’m going to try cooking my lovely beef and dark ale stew in it this week and perhaps tweak the recipe a bit to add some different flavours.

Thanks to Morphy Richards and Home of the House Proud for sending me the Flavour Savour to review. I was not paid to write this blog post and the views expressed here are both honest and my own!

***Exclusive Reader Offer!!!***

If you feel moved to buy a 4.5 litre Flavour Savour the lovely people at Morphy Richards are offering Feeding Boys and a Firefighter fans an exclusive saving of 35% on the Flavour Savour when they quote the voucher code: FBB8435 at the checkout stage on the Morphy website` (expires on 31st March 2011).

Here’s a link to the original post on Feeding the boys and a Firefighter.

If you’re a blogger and would like to trial our Flavour Savour (or any of our other products), give us a shout, either as a comment or by using the contact form.

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Flavour Savour Blogger Review – Tinned Tomatoes

By Chris Bennett | 21.02.2011 | Posted in Kitchen, Product Reviews

One of our lovely food blogger friends has been testing out the Flavour Savour for us over the past couple of weeks, Jac who is responsible for the Tinned Tomatoes blog really enjoyed using it and is giving her readers the chance to win one of the products.

Here’s a link to the original post on Tinned Tomatoes.

If you’re a blogger and would like to trial our Flavour Savour (or any of our other products), give us a shout, either as a comment or by using the contact form.

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Slowly Does It – The Morphy Richards Flavour Savour: Review & Giveaway

By Chris Bennett | 25.11.2010 | Posted in Kitchen, Product Reviews

One of our lovely food blogger friend’s, Helen from Fuss Free Flavours has been testing out our 4.5l Flavour Savour over the last couple of weeks, below is what she has to say about it. Helen’s giving away a Flavour Savour as part of her review and offering visitors to her blog the chance to make a fantastic 35% on the Morphy Richards Flavour Savour.

Slowly Does It – The Morphy Richards Flavour Savour: Review & Giveaway

I greatly enjoy being a blogger, I adore all aspects of food; the constant thinking about, planning, preparation, consuming, photography and eventual blogging.   I love receiving comments from readers who like the look of, or have tried one of my recipes.     Looking through my archives I realise that I started blogging in January 2007! And have been at it on and off ever since.     When I first started blogging Facebook had only been open to the general public for 4 months and I had not heard of twitter! A lot has changed in 4 years.   There are far far more blogs, better software, better templates and most interesting there is interaction between PR companies and brands and bloggers.   Social Media is no longer new and is here to stay.

As a result of this, the rewards from my blog are now more then a few comments; samples, meals, and events all come my way.    I genuinely am delighted when anyone wants to seek my opinion or review one of their products.   I do have a firm rule that my integrity is more important than any reward; and anything I post will be my honest opinion. I think that most PRs understand this and know that when sending anyone a product for review they are running the risk of unfavourable opinions being published.    Happily this is not the case with this product.

I am a huge fan of slow cookers (or crockpots) and use mine once or twice a week throughout winter.      Slow cookers free up the hob, are safe to leave overnight or when you go out.   I find the cheaper cuts of tougher meat respond the best to slow cooking, a bonus in the recession! My favourites are beef shin and ox cheeks, both of which become meltingly tender and bursting with flavour after 8 hours in the crock pot.    When I have a party I usually make a huge batch of slow cooked chilli, which happily sits in the cooker all evening for people to help themselves to.

I was recently sent a Morphy Richards Flavour Savour slow cooker for review. As well as the traditional slow cook, it also browns.     Slow cooking, although fantastic, is not quite as simple as chucking everything in the pot and letting it simmer; you really do need to brown the meat and saute the vegetables first.    This means using an additional pan, frying off the meat, then transferring to the slow cooker to cook. The Flavour Savour does both jobs remarkably well.

Firstly I think that it is very elegant. The sleekly shaped stainless steel pot sits on the base, for storage the base sits inside the cooking pot, with the flex neatly coiled and the plug slotted in.    The cooking pot can also be used on the hob and is dishwasher proof.

The cooker browned meat just as well and as quickly as in a frying pan on the hob.   It did take a little longer to heat up than a frying pan would. But, by the time I had turned it on, grabbed my ingredients and started to chop them, it was ready.   Because you are frying in a deep pan you do not get splatters of fat and oil everywhere, meaning less cleaning up, a bonus in my opinion.    It took me about 15 / 20 mins to prep & fry off 3lb of meat and 2 large onions.

Because you fry in the cooker pot it is already lovely and hot, so your casserole starts to simmer relatively quickly after you add the other ingredients and liquid.

The Flavour Savour is highly versatile with a stew and 3 slow cook functions. Cooking timings range from 1 ½to 10 hours.   All cooking cycles are followed by a 2 hour keep warm cycle. This allows you to prepare a casserole either in the evening or first thing in the morning, leave it cooking all day whilst you are at work and come home to a perfectly cooked casserole ready to eat.

On the faster cook functions the Flavour Savour will also simmer; enabling it to be used instead of a ring on the hob.   For example it could be used steam a Christmas pudding in, freeing up an extra ring on the hob on Christmas Day.   I can see myself using it on the keep warm function for serving hot punch at a party.

I really like the product.   I especially like that it will turn itself off after the maximum of 12 hours, making it utterly safe to leave on when you go out for the day, with no need to worry if you get delayed, or have a last minute invitation and get home at gone midnight.     The only criticism that I have is it would be far handier if the lid would fit onto the pot upside down so the handle was tucked away for easy storage.   I am more than happy to say goodbye to my old slow cooker and install the Flavour Savour in its place.

I reviewed the 6.5 lt Flavour Savour retailing at £89.95. This will serve about 10 people (or fill the freezer). My thanks to Morphy Richards for sending me the product for free.

I am delighted to have a 4.5lt Flavour Savour worth £79.99 to give away for one lucky reader, and a discount of 35% on both models for everyone!

For the 4.5lt Flavour Savour
Code: FFF8435
Discount: 35% – takes the product to £51.99
Expiry date: 31/12/2010

For the 6.5lt Flavour Savour
Code: FFF8735
Discount: 35% – takes the product to £58.47
Expiry date: 31/12/2010

P&P is free and the products have a 2 year guarantee.

GIVEAWAY RULES

This giveaway is open to all readers with a UK mailing address. The winner will be chosen using an online randomiser and announced in a subsequent post.   When commenting please leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you win.

There is one main way to enter and several ways to get bonus entries. You must leave a separate comment for each bonus entry otherwise they will not be counted.

Closing date: midnight Tuesday 7th December 2010.

For a chance to win please comment and tell me your favourite winter casserole recipe.

For a second chance to win please tweet this post using the tweet button below and comment telling me you have done so.

For a third chance to win please like this page using the facebook like button below and comment telling me you have done so.

I’ll even throw in extra entries if you follow me (@fussfreeflavour) or (@LoveYourMorphy) or both, on Twitter and comment to tell me you have done so.   And even more entries for liking my facebook page, and the Morphy Richards’ facebook page, and commenting to tell me you have done so. Again, if you already like me or Morphy Richards comment for an extra entry.

Good luck!

Here’s a link to the original post on Fuss Free Flavours.

If you’re a blogger and would like to trial our Flavour Savour (or any of our other products), give us a shout, either as a comment or by using the contact form.

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Celine, London

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: Easy to use, Great quality product
Best Uses: 3 in 1 brown cook simm

What I love about my Flavour Savour is that I can brown my meat before I do a stew and all in the same dish! It has different cooking/simmering functions, it looks great in your kitchen, and it so easy to clean…
Overall an excellent product that would be hard to beat.

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JSW22, Cotswolds

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: ATTRACTIVE, Beautifully made, Easy to use, I LOVE IT, Modern, Practical, Stylish, Versatile
Cons: Cant think of any
Best Uses: All the time, General purpose

I love being able to brown and cook all in the one pot. I love being able to cook slower of more quickly. The design is great – looks really good in my kitchen. It is surprising how much can be fitted in the pot for bigger occasion. The only small downside is the moisture when fast cooking but just need to remember to keep the lid open a little as per the instructions! I have cooked so many amazing meals from stews and casseroles to joints of meat to spare ribs to puds.

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RaeH, South Yorkshire

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: All in one pan, So simple to use
Cons: Slightly too small

Being a working Mum I find a slowcooker indispensable, everything thrown into one pan before I leave in the morning and come home to a perfectly cooked meal. Because I can seal the meat in the flavour savour first theres not even an extra pan to use, add all the other ingredients and then leave all day to slow cook or stew for quicker cooking. I have cooked stews, casseroles, soups, legs of lamb, a whole chicken and even bolognese. My only downside is that I would have been better with the larger size for a family of 4 including 2 teenage boys. The base sits inside the pot and all slides away quite easily into a cupboard or looks good left out on the kitchen side.

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PAB, Derbyshire

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: Good for families, Multi purpose
Cons: Have to drain off fat

I have used this product for a few months. When we have friends with kids over this is certainly big enough for a big meal. We use it to cook multiple days worth of food and freeze the extra. You have to be careful when you cook to ensure it does have enough liquid in it otherwise the food can stick on the bottom.

Great for chillis, casseroles and the like. When you brown meats I always drain the fat off first though.

This is not the product for you if you are cooking for two but anyone with a family will love this.

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Gogsie, Perth, Scotland

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: Clear instructions, Easy to keep clean, Modern styling
Cons: Quite Heavy when Lifting
Best Uses: Slow Cooker

Mostly using it as a slow cooker for the main family meals. We all arrive home at different times and having our meals cooking throughout the day is great.

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sjm, St Albans

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: Looks great, Seal function excellent
Cons: Spitting on fast cook
Best Uses: Casseroles, Stews

Great for casseroles and stews especially with the seal option. I experienced some spitting when using the fast cooking function so it ended up on the draining board when used for this. Looks good and very easy to clean.

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twinmummy1, Essex

By Chris Bennett | 21.08.2010 | Posted in Product Reviews

Pros: Easy to use, Large size for families, Looks great, One pot cooking, Several functions, Very easy to clean
Cons: Can spit when simmering

The easiest, most versatile slow cooker that I have had

Base stores within the pan so it doesn’t take up too much cupboard space but looks good enough to have out on the worktop all the time if you wish.

I use it mostly for casseroles and soups and love the fact that it can be cooked from start to finish in this pan — the browning function is inspired!

Only gripe is that when using it on the simmer function the lid lifts with the steam and it can spit — easily remedied by putting the lid on leaving a small space for steam to escape as you would with a saucepan on the hob. I love it and use it almost daily!!