David Briggs
Established Member
Our 20-year old Tower Pressure Cooker is getting leaky, so I was looking for a replacement when I came across multi-cookers. For those who hadn't heard of them, like me, these are devices that combine more than one cooking function, like slow-cooking and frying. There are quite a few on the market, ranging in price from not much more than a basic pressure cooker, through mid-range £100+ devices like the Breville/Sage by Heston Blumenthal Slow Pro, to all singing (or possibly singeing) devices like the Tefal Cook4Me Connect for about £200, which seems to be aiming at non-cooks, with a Bluetooth version that allows you to download recipes and monitor cooking from a tablet.
Then I came across the Bosch AutoCook for best part of £400... Not so much singing or dancing, just a solid multi-function slow / rice / fast / pressure cooker / fryer with an induction element and some brains.
The wife said she wouldn't have anything that expensive in her kitchen, so I bought her a new Tower pressure cooker for about £50. However, I know there are more tech-savvy readers here, so does anyone have a view on these devices?
Then I came across the Bosch AutoCook for best part of £400... Not so much singing or dancing, just a solid multi-function slow / rice / fast / pressure cooker / fryer with an induction element and some brains.
The wife said she wouldn't have anything that expensive in her kitchen, so I bought her a new Tower pressure cooker for about £50. However, I know there are more tech-savvy readers here, so does anyone have a view on these devices?