Tefal RK701115 4 in 1 Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer

We don't have much storage space in the kitchen, so we wanted a multi-purpose appliance and this one can do the following: * Rice cooking * Slow cooking * Steaming * Porridge cooking The model I have got has a white metal housing, but it is also available with a brushed stainless steel housing with varnish. There is an LED electronic control panel with a button for each cooking function, and plus and minus buttons to change the amount of cooking time (or set a delayed start to the Rice Cooking function). The control panel is easy to read and very easy to use, so you won't need to keep referring to the user guide every time you ...  Read the complete review

I recently purchased the RK701115 to what can only be described as confusion by my friends and family. They were convinced it would be yet another kitchen appliance that sat dusty at the back of the cupboard never used. They could not have been more wrong. Not only does this fabulous machine cook rice for you with absolutely no thinking involved (you just put the correct amount of rice and water in it and it works out how long it should cook it for) but it will have dinner ready for you when you get in from work. Unfortunately it doesn't do all the shopping and preparation for you but it does provide a really simple solution for busy people. I'm a vegetarian ...  Read the complete review

Who needs a rice cooker? Well, I used to be firmly in the camp that viewed it as a useless kitchen gadget - but how wrong could I have been! Let's face it: rice can be tricky to cook, and the usual method of just chucking some in a saucepan with some water and covering to boil can be a bit hit and miss, often leaving you with a somewhat mushy mess. A far cry from the lovely fluffy rice you get served in a good Chinese restaurant. I was first introduced to rice cookers by my boyfriend, whose extended family lived in Hong Kong for years and wouldn't live without one. Our first rice cooker was something of a joke - cheap, small (could only cook 3 portions of ...  Read the complete review