Lakeland Mini Multi Cooker - 1.4 Litre

Great multicooker! It works perfectly, easy to use, and cooks delicious meals. Very happy with the purchase.

I know they call this a multi cooker because it can cook quite a few things, but it is foremost a rice cooker, a modern one at that. The pot is made of heavy gauge metal, probably steel, which is quite common with a lot of modern rice cookers nowadays, I think it helps with better heat distribution. It is non stick coated which works very well at preventing rice sticking to it, so you don't waste a single grain. A little measuring cup comes with the cooker for measuring raw rice in. Level fill the cup with rice, and lightly rince the rice in water, then fill the water up to the 1 marking on the inside of the pot for 1 cup of rice, or fill to 2 for 2 cups etc. It can take up to 4 cups of rice, which is probably enough for 5-8 people depending how much they eat. We are light eaters and 1 cup is enough for 3 of us. Operation it is very simple, just press the menu button until the desire function is high lighted, and press start. The standard mode takes about 40 minutes. I've not tried the quick cook mode, but if it's anything like other rice cookers, it probably takes about 20 minutes. The rice came out perfectly cooked, all the water is absorbed into the rice, keeping all the flavours instact. No need to drain an excess water which would otherwise pour away all the flavours and goodness of the rice. Once the normal cooking is up, it automatically goes into keep warm mode until you turn it off.

It's a useful little machine if cooking for one or two.. Ive made some lovely stews and pasta sauces. Its also wonderful for cooking rice or grains, and ive given yoghurt and porridge a go successfully. So it's earning its little footprint in my small kitchen. But I wish there was more in the manual. A single recipe for beef stew (I'm vegan) doesnt give any guidance about the likely performance of the single setting slow cooker. And the markings on the inner pot are outrageously out. Which means you have to be quite experienced to use it, as there is a fair bit of guesswork involved. And what is with the 'quick cook' rice function? Again, no information about when to use this versus the regular (slower) rice functions.. which work very well indeed, by the way. It's exasperating and seems lazy. The machine seems well made but the power lead wobbles a bit, and others say that the lid catch breaks easily so I'm being careful with both. I love it... but the makers could have done a lot better with only a little effort.

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Multicooker arrived alright but plastic cup broken. Weird thing to happen because the multicooker was packaged properly and the cup was placed inside the multicooker.

Good functionality, offering a variety of cooking modes like slow cooking, steaming, and quick cooking. It's incredibly user-friendly, with simple controls and a clear display. Pros: Compact and space-saving Versatile cooking modes Easy to use and clean Keep-warm function Consistently good results Cons: No Steamer Basket included Not suitable for large families

One of the best rice cooker you could buy perfect size I love it I recommended

very simple to use, simple menu. easy to clean.

Great rice cooker with multiple setting functions like oatmeal, quinoa, cake, brown rice and cake. Doubles as a capable slow cooker. I use the rice and slow cooker functions frequently and the outcome doesn't disappoint. I would have loved it if it had a delay timer because l own the smaller version and it does have a delay timer. Don't know why they skimped on it in this model. Otherwise it remains a solid product with Lakeland quality.