Review of the multicooker-pressure cooker
Daewoo DEC-3568Control PanelThis is what the control panel looks like (you can click to enlarge). This is a unique photo, because when choosing, I did not find a single large and clear photo on the network where this panel and inscriptions would be visible.
The selected and current options are highlighted by the light bulbs in the depth. Therefore, if you put the pressure cooker on the table, then while standing you will not see anything that is highlighted on the panel. And if you step aside a little, you can even see the sweethearts in profile.
Only at eye level, opposite the panel itself, will it be seen what is going through.
The panel is beautiful =) Touch-sensitive, but pressed with effort. Despite the declared non-slip feet, there is no rubber lining there, it only slides like this, even when filled.To press the button, you must hold the pressure cooker with your hand so that it does not leave.
ModesYou can set the delayed start timer (from 1 to 24 hours in 1 hour increments).
Then, using the Function button, the mode is selected - Rice, Porridge ... Click clockwise, starting with Rice from the second column from top to bottom, and then moves to the first column and goes from bottom to top - I just can't get used to it - it would be more intuitive from left to right, each row in turn as we write.
For each mode, a cooking time is selected from 3 factory possible ones - standard (as printed on the panel) + 2 options Strong (less minutes) -Mild (more minutes) using the Start button. You cannot adjust the time by the minute. Moreover, judging by the names Strong / Weak, when choosing a shorter time, the power increases, and vice versa. Thus, the names of all modes are conditional - the main thing is to decide what power you need (standard, strong, weak) and choose the right time from all possible factory modes.
I don't know why the button was called Start - in my opinion it only switches High / Low / Standard. And the pressure cooker starts up automatically as soon as you start to select the mode using the Function - Heating immediately starts. When choosing modes and time-power, if you do not press anything for a few seconds, then it will no longer be possible to change, only Cancel.
Steam releaseFor the first 2 times, I immediately blew steam. It is better to stand farther away, a jet of steam and water drops with a rather powerful pressure.
3 times disconnected from the network, did not cover with a wet towel. I waited 15 minutes. The large valve was in a closed state, as during cooking, it did not rise up by itself, it was audible that steam was being released from it slowly, as during work. The float valve did not go down. I got tired of waiting, and I forcibly blew off steam with a knife on my outstretched hand - turned the valve open - it turned out that there was almost no pressure left inside, just a little bit came out.
Test runsTo drive the device away, not for ingestion.
1.
2 tbsp of rice + 10 tbsp of water - Rice mode 8 minutes.
I waited 20 minutes, during which time the float valve rose, but the countdown did not start. I thought it was a malfunction and turned it off. The rice looked half cooked, and there was a lot of water, like soup.
2.
after 40 minutes, the same still warm mixture was launched on Fish Strongly for 3 minutes.
In 5 minutes the float valve rose, after another 2 minutes the countdown began + 3 minutes cooking. Total 10 minutes. The rice absorbed almost all the water, and it looked crumbly on top. Stirred - it became like porridge.
3.
1 tbsp rice + 1 tbsp millet + 10 tbsp water - Rice mode 8 minutes.
12 minutes - the valve rose, after another 7 minutes the countdown started + 8 minutes of cooking. Total 27 minutes.
+ 5 minutes I watched Heating (switched on automatically) + 15 minutes I waited until the steam was blown off by itself, but did not get it. When I finally opened the lid, the mixture was still boiling. It turns out that I have been preparing all this time. The millet has boiled over strongly. The result is a liquid soup, millet absorbs water worse than rice.
Then it all stood for another 1 hour in an open bowl in a multicooker and another 1 hour outside a multicooker - and absorbed water, it became like porridge. And the bottom of the bowl was still hot. In general, the heating element is still hot for a long time.
BowlClaimed as ceramic, but it's not pure ceramic, and don't get it, smooth black like enamel with white splashes. The native cup does not inspire confidence. You can look for a replacement. Kind of like NEC has 4+ for her.
The new bowl does not smell of anything, but after 3 starts (cereal + water), the bottom deteriorated, nothing burned, only the inner surface of the bottom turned into whitish specks, a gasoline green-blue tide appeared, and most importantly, specks of rust appeared. The photo shows only whitish, and micro-scratches are visible in the photo, although I only used a sponge, AOS, a terry towel and a spoon from the kit. The coverage is very weak. It is noteworthy that it deteriorated only on the inner part of the bottom, that is, where the strongest heating + contact with food is.
The smell of plasticIf you can still try to replace the bowl, then nothing can be done about it.Unfortunately, the rim on the top and bottom of the case and on the lid is made of smelly plastic, and it does not fade, this is the material. In a cold state, a bitter smell is perfectly felt if sniffed. It also smells inside the case - although everything is metallic inside, but apparently under the heating element there is the same plastic. If you close the lid, the smell of plastic is concentrated there (by the way, the silicone ring smelled strongly of it initially, then it absorbed the smell of rice ...). In view of this, and the bowl, you do not want to try the start delayed for the morning with the products inside. However, when I cooked, the smell and taste of plastic was not transferred to food - after all, all the plastic outside the bowl and lid is obtained, if I'm not mistaken, it is isolated from the food.
When heated, it smells all over the kitchen of unpleasant bitter plastic, even if you open the window. It's good at least that the smell is not too strong, as it happens.
In general, this is the most unpleasant moment for me so far.
And so I also tried to make today 2 chicken legs without skin, a large carrot and a small roach of cauliflower, cut into 4 large pieces - on the Chicken for 12 minutes ... I wanted not to cook vegetables, but to have vegetables steamed on top of the chicken. I poured 3 multi-glasses of water - it turned out to be too much. The carrots and chicken turned out great, but the cauliflower boiled down into the trash and, when trying to get it, fell apart into porridge =) In general, it was heated for 15 minutes (at this time, cooking is already in full swing, in fact, it is already being cooked - considering this, you can cook choose much shorter) and cooking for 12 minutes, then forcibly let the steam down so as not to keep it inside the bowl even longer.