I duplicate my notes from the general topic on pressure cookers, so as not to get lost:
Recently appeared in my apartment a multicooker-pressure cooker Marta MT-1963... I did not find anything about her on the forum, as well as about March in general. Maybe she was looking badly. But I hope my information helps someone.
First, I'll tell you a little about myself so that the requirements are clear. So, I live in the Leningrad region, and I go to work in St. Petersburg itself, so it takes a lot of time to travel every day, which reduces the amount of free time that can be used for cooking. I work full time. When you are unlucky - longer, when you are lucky - you can leave early, but on average, 8 working hours + lunch break. I love to cook, no matter what. At home I have a gas stove with a gas oven. Electricity is therefore considered not according to the preferential tariff that is in apartments with electric stoves, but according to the general one. So I'm considering buying electrical appliances. But I buy it anyway. The main requirement: to make life much easier and save time. In addition to the gas stove, they live in my kitchen: a bread maker (prepares bread for breakfast, kneads, strains and crumbles the dough into pies, saves scary time), a double boiler (prepares healthy steam food, steam desserts without oil, ingredients in huge quantities for salads, which is very convenient, you can put everything on at the same time and go for a walk, and when you return to find everything ready, cooled, dry - just cut it), a waffle iron for thick waffles (used extremely rarely, presented, my husband loves thin ones, but they are not baked in it). The kitchen is small, so that the double boiler lives right on the bread maker, and for use the necessary device is pulled out and placed on the dining table. The waffle iron generally lives on the closet.
Historically, I've looked at multicooker with suspicion. And I saw only two useful functions in them: put on a timer and forget (you can't do that on a gas stove) and postpone the start in order to get breakfast before the alarm clock rings (otherwise you have to cook in the morning - you won't always have time). In general, although this is a pleasant thing, for me it was not a reason to buy. In addition, the reviews of many friends who have multicooker showed that I can cook a lot faster on the stove. And you can't even leave some multicooker - you have to cook it like in a saucepan: stand, watch ...
But then I found out about the pressure cookers. And this thing interested me more. If she knows how to cook at a given time, she cooks herself, and then turns off. moreover, it cooks faster than the stove - then there is no price for such a device. However, there was no money and no special reason either, but I told my husband about such a device.
And here it so happened that now (for about a month), for health reasons, I do not cook at all. Everything falls on the beloved. So he remembered my stories about the magic device. We decided to buy. We chose quickly and simply: we opened Yandex. Market, we chose multicooker pressure cookers up to 3000 with a timer and the option to delay the start, available in stores where we can stop by after work, and good reviews.
So we bought it.
Specifications:
Power consumption, W 900
Color Stainless steel, Black
Body material Metal
Thermostat No
Number of programs 36
Automatic cooking programs:
- fish (pressure adjustment possible)
- soup (pressure adjustment is possible)
- rice / cereals (pressure adjustment possible)
- porridge (pressure adjustment possible)
- meat / game (pressure regulation possible)
- seafood (pressure adjustment is possible)
Automatic cooking modes:
- frying
- languor
- steamer (pressure adjustment possible)
- extinguishing (pressure adjustment is possible)
- bread (pressure adjustment possible)
- baking (pressure adjustment possible)
Additional functions
-Automatic function of heating at the end of the cooking process
-The function of heating the finished dish
- Delayed start function
-Pressure adjustment
Sound signal Yes
Total volume of bowls, l 5
Bowl description Removable bowl with 2-layer non-stick coating and volume scale
Snooze timer up to 24 hours
Features:
Possibility of choosing the optimal cooking pressure:
- high: 60 - 70 kPa
- normal: 50 - 60 kPa
- low: 35 - 50 kPa
Automatic function of keeping food warm up to 24 hours (switchable)
Saving the program after a power outage for 1 hour
3D heating technology
Overall dimensions
Dimensions (H x W x D) 29 x 33 x 28
Weight, kg 4.8
Now impressions... The dimensions of the unit, of course, confused us, but the only 3L pressure cooker available was a bork for 18,000 rubles, which is 6 times more than the declared budget. And Marta, even if 5 liters cost 2800. This volume also has an advantage - we cook soups several times, we often invite guests, so that the volume will not be lost.
There is a manual, the quality is average. In general, everything is clear. What is not clear is comprehended by the method of a scientific poke.
The recipe book is tiny, but it makes it clear how to use the available functions.
The program, of course, is not 36. 36 is all the settings, but there are enough programs. I will write about them separately.
There was a smell when opening the box, but not strong. They didn't boil with lemon, just washed it. It disappeared by itself. The food doesn't smell. When I first cooked it, it smelled a little in the kitchen, it felt like from a cord.
Husband cooked.
The first step was to cook pilaf, slightly adapting the recipe from the attached book (another portion, their own spices). Everything turned out quickly and tasty, we were satisfied.
Immediately they wanted to put the porridge in the morning, but realized that for the two of us the portion would be less than the recommended minimum load. At first they were upset and decided that, since this was the case, a much smaller device was needed. In the evening I plunged into reading our forum and then a plan came to my mind: put a pot with the necessary portion of porridge in the SV bowl, and pour it around the water. Then the minimum load will certainly be met. But my idea was not yet destined to come true, because in the morning my beloved decided to take a chance and just cook the right portion of porridge. They cooked 4 cereals, nothing spattered anywhere, did not stain the lid, did not smear on the wall. To me, the porridge seemed the same as always, but my husband was not enough. But I can assume that he was simply tired of it - it is not the first day we eat it in the morning. In general, despite the reduction in the portion, the porridge was cooked.
In general, we are satisfied. We are not going to buy anything new yet.
I have already written a lot. Now I will send it and write more about the available modes.