Multicooker functions: their description and principle of operation

After acquiring a multicooker, the question arises of its development. Many programs sometimes confuse the hostess. Only after mastering the various modes and functions of the multicooker will help the hostess to please her family with delicious soup, crumbly rice and rosy baked goods in full.

Standard Multicooker Modes

The very concept and principle of the multicooker involves many cooking modes in one device. All of them are slightly different from what we used to get when cooking on a conventional hob or in the oven.

Without noticing it, in the process of cooking we change the temperature level when processing foods to obtain loose or viscous cereals, add the stewing liquid, we observe the exact time for baking. Similar discrepancies were analyzed by multicooker designers and found their reflection in standard modes. To understand what functions a multicooker performs, it is enough to familiarize yourself with them in more detail:

1. Cooking. Suitable for cooking dishes that require cooking in a large amount of liquid: boiled potatoes, pasta, ravioli, first courses. Sometimes the crock-pot is equipped with a separate “Pasta” mode for the corresponding flour products.
2. Steaming. Products are loaded into a special container with holes and cooked under the influence of steam. It is especially popular among people who adhere to a variety of diets and a healthy lifestyle.
3. Frying. Fast cooking at high temperatures. If your multicooker is equipped with a Teflon coating, then the need to add oil disappears. However, then there will be no specific taste of the fried dish, so choose what is more preferable for you.
4. Quenching. Cooking function, extended in time. Due to the low temperature and special processing, the products languish.
5. Buckwheat. Preparation of friable cereals from the following cereals: buckwheat, barley, rice.
6. Milk porridge. Cooking viscous and milk porridges: barley, semolina, oatmeal, rice milk, etc.
7. Pilaf. A feature of this function and cooking is cooking. It takes up most of the cooking time. At the end, the dish is further fried. Suitable for cooking pilaf, meat and delicious potatoes.

1. Bakery products. The principle of operation of the mode is similar to the action of the oven. Allows you to bake meat and cook biscuits, yeast and unleavened pies in the same container.

Even with the standard set of modes, you can always please your loved ones with wonderful multicooker dishes without spending a lot of time on this, as before. But in order to know how to choose the functions of the multicooker, you need to understand all that are built into your assistant.

Sometimes, in addition to the basic ones, there are so many additional operations that you wonder if this particular function is needed at all? To prevent such thoughts from appearing, it is enough to familiarize yourself with its description.

Such a list will help you find your way around, but for now we’ll look at the auxiliary operations of the device.

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Additional multicooker modes

Every year, manufacturers of multicookers of famous brands delight their customers with the new features of a popular household appliance. Of course, such devices go beyond the scope of the budget segment, but they bring to the life of their owners an exquisite variety in food.

1. Pressure cooker. Reduces cooking time by 20-50%. The pressure cooker mode is very convenient if you rush to work in the morning or come home hungry in the evening and want to quickly cook dinner.
2. Multi-cook. This is a very peculiar mode, and although it is rarely used, it also has its fans. The multi-cook function in the multicooker allows you to choose the cooking time, temperature and even pressure. Accordingly, you should clearly understand what dish should turn out and how it can be prepared. This function can be used by those who have mastered the device perfectly.
3. Yogurt. The mode of long-term maintenance of a stable temperature at 35 degrees. Fans of healthy food will like this mode. After all, it’s enough to load the starter, the necessary products for the night and in the morning the whole family will enjoy a useful product that enhances immunity.
4. Bread machine. The mode differs from baking by the possibility of spreading dough, kneading and full compliance with technologies for baking fragrant buns and loaves.
5. Smokehouse. Suitable for smoking fish, meat, lard, sausages and other products. In addition, the action takes place many times faster and without smoke in the kitchen.
6. Warm up. When you already have ready-made food and you just need to bring it to the desired temperature, it will be very convenient to have a heating function in the multicooker.
7. Self cleaning. It allows for a short time to carry out processing, works with the help of steam and helps to get rid of odors that gradually accumulate in the device. The self-cleaning function is very useful if you cooked pilaf or stewed meat, and now you decide to bake a pie in the assistant and do not want it to be saturated with an extraneous smell.

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Overview of popular features and selection tips:

This is not the whole list of available modes that can be found in modern multicookers. Moreover, manufacturers do not stand still and constantly supply models with newer buttons and modes. By the way, keep in mind that the presence of a particular function depends on each specific model.