Jamie Oliver HomeCooker

Have been looking for an appliance to do the stirring of food for years. Since dislocating my right arm. Didn't know about this item before. Great invention for disabled people. Can now cook all the meals that have been out of my menu since I have been unable to stir while standing at a stove. Fried rice is heaps better and moist being cooked with a lid on. Cant do that if you are stirring the rice yourself. No longer have burnt sauces and custards. I found I needed to have the lid on to stop splatter and steam on bench area, when using 250% C for the crispy potato recipe. But the glass lid if left on would make the potatoes soggy. A mesh lid to stop splatter , but still allow the items to get crispy. would be a great after purchase item to include. as you cant put the lid on off center like you normally would to stop splatter, because of the stirrer. The little steam hole in the lid is not sufficient, when you want the food to be crispy after cooking. But it cooked the crispy potatoes perfectly without the lid. Reducing tomato sauce would benefit from having a mesh lid also. Using the lid increases the temp inside the pot so you need to reduce the temp for some types of cooking if using the lid. Having the food stirred while cooking does make a lot of difference to the taste! Risotto and custard has been out of my diet due to being unable to stir food for the require time for those types of food. But now I can have both on the same day. Without those foods, being physically demanding

I love this appliance. It's so easy to use. You can do preparation while you cook and no need to worry about stirring or the food burning. I've made a number of recipes several times over and I love it. My young daughter is also able to use it easy enough.

The temperature settings are nice and consistent, mixing is continuous so no need to worry about food sticking etc. Bought mine second hand without recipe book, which is the only problem, hence 3 stars for ease of use

This is the best kitchen gadget ever It makes fabulous curries chillis ragu for moussaka etc because switch it on and leave it No burnt food , great for long cooks Is hot enough to fry meat Why have you stopped selling it ????

We bought ourselves one of these in autumn 2014, and were so taken with it that we bought one for each of our three children for Christmas. Everyone loves it and uses it frequently. I think we all started with Jamie Oliver's risotto recipe. It's so successful that the machine is worth the price for risotto alone. But it produces excellent results with all sorts of Italian sauces, Indian recipes, Thai curries, cous cous, soups, stocks, gravies, custards including ice cream custards, and on and on and on. Last night we made a lovely Spanish fish, chorizo and bean stew. Those with small children find it a particular help, since you can afford to be distracted by the demands of the youngsters, secure in the knowledge that the Home Cooker will switch itself into safe mode when the timer reaches zero. It's also great for teaching older children to cook, since it will neither forget to stir and so scorch the food, nor stir so vigorously that it slops over. In fact, it's almost impossible to fail. The steamer works well for things like cous cous, but to be honest we haven't used the pasta basket. Make your sauce in the Home Cooker and boil the pasta in a separate pan! Once you're accustomed to the Home Cooker, you can adapt any number of recipes for it. After 6 months of use, it's firmly established as one of our favourite kitchen machines. And, as a final plus, it's dead easy to clean.

This is so easy to use, and make various meals from scratch, having the stirring arm gives this product a great advantage the food does not seem to stick the pan. Once the food ingredients have been added just set the timer and temperature and leave it to do the rest, have only used the cooker a few times but the meals cooked in it have been excellent

My wife is a reluctant cook who does not enjoy cooking. Before using home cooker, she used to procrastinate cooking until last minute where we either order food or use ready to eat stuff or eat out. The cooking was limited to weekends. Home cooker has ensured we have consistency in taste thanks to continuous automatic stirring. No more burning taste in food, consistent distribution of salt and spices.

My wife is a reluctant cook who does not enjoy cooking. Before using home cooker, she used to procrastinate cooking until last minute where we either order food or use ready to eat stuff or eat out. The cooking was limited to weekends. Home cooker has ensured we have consistency in taste thanks to continuous automatic stirring. No more burning taste in food, consistent distribution of salt and spices.

We use this product for mainly rice and pasta dishes and also for making soup and porridge. The automatic stirring function is invaluable.

I use my HomeCooker so often I've stopped putting it away! It is easy to use and to clean afterwards.