Steamers

Advantages: Easy to clean. Easy to use.
Disadvantages: None that I can find.

...in black and the black breville logo. It looks very smart indeed. The removable ceramic bowl that slots into the casing is black and has a capacity of 4.5 litres. I find this is more than enough for 6 people. The lid is clear glass with a chunky black stay cool handle. The ceramic bowl and the lid are dishwasher proof and very easy to clean as i found out after a porridge nightmare. (I'll tell you about that in a bit.) The silver housing is ...
...rotating knob on the front. Low, Auto and High. I use the auto for cooking overnight or all day. I use the Low for cooking from say 11am - 6pm and the high if I only have about 4 hours for it to cook. You can also pop the cooker on high for half an hour or so to reduce the liquid, however it does come with full instructions and a recipe book. The instructions are clear and concise and the recipes look good but I haven't actually tried them. ... Read review

Advantages: Healthy way to eat, uses minimal power.
Disadvantages: Not good capacity

My experience with this product was fantastic, not only is it compact enough to fit almost anywhere in your kitchen it also has health benefits. Its much healthier to steam vegetables because you get more of the goodness and you can also steam fish. The price for what you are getting is extremely good value for what it gives. Its perfect when you want to have a healthy meal with your family and relatives and even your friends and after the meal you ... Read review

Advantages: steams veggies, healthy, very cheap. Easy to refill with water mid use.
Disadvantages: longer cook times than guidelines, beware of heat at end of cooking

...through Argos & found the Cookworks 3 bowl steamer in silver at only £12.99. Nowhere on this is a model number, not even on the instructions, but thats the title of the product. The picture at the bottom represents my model. It has 3 big bowls & a unit at the bottom with the controls to generate the steam from water you put in the trough at the bottom. It has a maximum & minimum water guage, which is very usefull as you can see if the waters getting ...
...system where the bottom containing the element, water & controls, has 2 handle looking sides, in them is a hole. You can tip extra water into this hole instead of dismantling all the levels whilst cooking. Which is very handy as Im sure you would burn yourself if you had to fill it mid flow. You have on the bottom control unit a timer switch. It is very primative, it is a turn switch that ticks away till it gets to 0, then a bell goes off, like ... Read review

Advantages: Locks in Great taste
Disadvantages: None

As i often have people round for dinner parties, i like to ensure that the food of which i prepare is of the highest standard and that it tastes fantastic. If i was to boil or cook my food in the oven the essential flavours and vitamins are lost through that form of cooking. However, after doing research i discovered that the best way to cook your food, is by steaming. My friend reccomended this product to me and i took a chance of purchasing ...
...also many large supermarkets such as tesco. As the dinner party was fast approaching, i decided to do a trail run. I prepared my vegatables, And chicken breasts, There is stacking system, each conpartment for a different type of food. You can steam, fish, chicken, pork, steaks, vegtables. There is also a seperate rice bowl. And a drip tray for collecting juices. You pour your water into the heating department, then place your drip tray into ... Read review

Advantages: Good value for money, good options, easy to use, easily storable
Disadvantages: Basket layers are not strong and falls of easily....

Recently there was an offer on Rusell Hobbs - You are what you eat digital steamer (AS seen on TV) on offer at Sainsburys. I bought it for around 18 pounds. I saw a similar offer on tesco direct webpage but realised that it was not digital so chose the Sainsburys one. It's a three tier- digital steamer with oval baskets that has detachable layers. The baskets are numbered and can be stacked in reverse order to save space. It came with a rice bowl ...
...the electronic timer delay function. I have not tried the timer delay yet. The cooking time can be increased or decreased by 5 minutes by pressing the +/- buttons. The steamer keeps the food warm after the completion of cooking. The externally visible waterlevel indicator is very useful. There seems to be auto cut off if the steamer runs out of water during the cooking process however filling the water upto max lets it steam for 45 minutes without ... Read review