Advantages: Switches off Automatically hense hassle free
Disadvantages: just that one need to be careful to press down the cook button

...~~~~Product Information~~~~ Manufacturer: Tefal EAN: 3045383682174 Keep Warm Function: Yes Net Capacity in Litres: 3.2 Non-Stick Surface: Yes Pressure Cooker Function: No See-Through Lid: Yes Timer: Mechanical Type: Conventional (Separate Lid) Type of Temperature Control: Knob Contro Recommended price: $ 64.00 ~~~~~~Features~~~~~~~~~~ Side handle with a condensation collector = very useful Non slip stand A receipe book = again very useful A spoon and a measuring cup.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extrem ely useful for rice eaters like myself . No hassles at all.You just need to add a cup of rice and 2 cups of water and plug it in and push down the button to cook and go about your jobs, and the rice is ready in 20-25 minutes... I find this a very useful... Read review

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Advantages: Great idea saves time
Disadvantages: None

...Well, it had to happen, I suppose. All good things must come to a end, as they say. Our faithful steamer gave up the ghost after nearly eight years of Stirling steaming service. Time, we realised, to buy a new one. We decided to make our purchase of a new steamer at the BBC Good Food Show. After circling round and round the stands and displays several times ("too small, too big, doesn't look quite good enough, no WAY" are we paying that much!") we discovered the Tefal stand. We both fell in love with the Tefal Steam Cuisine Steamer. My comment was: "My god, it looks like something out of Star Trek voyager!" For yes, indeed, the Tefal Steam Cuisine steam cooker does look incredibly funky and very, very modern. It also has, for the amount of food that it can cook, a relatively small footprint. And this is, in the tiny and pokey... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, safe from kids, good value
Disadvantages: Oven does explode

...of glass around the cooker were a health hazard. Ciao was conceived with the idea of consumers like you and me recommending various products or not. I hope this is the type of opinion they had in mind. UPDATED December 2004 COOKER USAGE Since the oven door was fixed I have not used the oven. Once bitten, twice shy. I have even thrown away the baking rack so that no one can use the oven ever again. From school French lessons I somehow recalled that le four was an oven. The Tefal mini-oven is used much more frequently and is much easier to clean. This March my dear mother pulled the cord out of the back of the mini-oven damaging it. Now the oven and grill work simultaneously. The whole unit will conk out pretty soon. It is easier to destroy than to create. CLEANING Only 2 as opposed to the 4 available gas hobs are regularly... Read review

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Advantages: Perfect rice every time,
Disadvantages: Don't cook 'quick cook' rice in it as it comes out as a sticky mess

...We eat quite a bit of rice, some we cook at home and some we get from the Indian and Chinese takeaway. Our Friday night treat is a Chinese take out and our midweek 'can't be bothered to cook' treat night (usually a Tuesday for some reason) is usually an Indian takeout. On a recent economy drive we worked out how much we would save by not buying takeout rice; it comes to about £10 a month which doesn't sound a lot till you work out we spend around £120 a year on take out rice. Buying a rice maker then became a perfectly reasonable investment. After a bit of research we decided to go for the RK700015 also known as the Tefal Electronic Multi Cooker. This is a combined rice cooker, slow cooker and steamer. It is a fairly compact round machine; its dimensions are 29 x 28 x 28 cm (H, W, D) so it doesn't take up much space; about the same... Read review

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Advantages: Do not have to keep draining oil after each use
Disadvantages: Takes up alot of countertop space

...was found while I was doing some research, at the Tefal homepage before buying the "right" deep fryer for me. Tefal which is a combination of the words Teflon and Aluminum was first invented in 1954 by the French engineer Marc Gregoire, although the Tefal company was not founded until 1956. At this time Tefal was mainly just making their famous non-stick frying pans. Tefal has now developed into an "all around" house hold product manufacturer now dedicated to making pressure cookers, irons, scales, bakeware, kitchen utensils, steamers, kettles, food processors, toasters and many other items. Tefal has become a name we can rely upon for almost all of our kitchen needs. It was not until 1987 that Tefal came out with the first Coolwall Deep Fryer. And that takes us to the product in hand. The Tefal Prissima is one of there recent... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use; perfect fluffy rice, easy to clean
Disadvantages: None

...and begin leaking water everywhere so we decided to opt for the Tefal RK700015. Compared to our old rice cooker, the Tefal is a monster of a contraption, capable of cooking rice for 10 people. Fairly big, the size of a large saucepan, it looks pretty stylish in silver and black. It comes in 2 parts, the outer container which contains the heating device and has a smart click-shut lid, and the non-stick pan, which is where the rice goes into and just fits inside the cooker. *Price* We bought ours from Amazon.co.uk for £39.99 and it comes with a free 12 month warranty. *How to use* The best thing about the rice cooker is the ease of use - it really is designed for those who struggle to boil an egg! It can cook every type of rice I've ever heard of - plain, brown, basmati, jasmine. Everything is done from the snazzy but simple... Read review

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Advantages: Reliability of Tefal, top of the range cookware
Disadvantages: None

...I have become a bit of a Tefal lover over the past couple of years, mainly because of the reliability of course, but also for the look. Yes, I know, a typical 'girlie' thing! Amongst my many Tefal products is my set of Integral Saucepans bought for me by my daughter. After I constantly moaned about my previous set of pans that had seen better days, she very sweetly bought them for me from QVC who often have Tefal hours presented by the lovely Annette Baker-Malpas. The Integral Saucepans are the top of the range of Tefal pans and quite simply, the best. As well as the well-known non-stick interior favoured by Tefal, the Integral saucepans, which come in a very attractive slate grey colour - ideally suited for most kitchen colour schemes - they have toughened glass lids, which won't shatter easily, and have steam vents which can... Read review

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Advantages: Stylish Looks & Cord Storage In Base
Disadvantages: Care Needed When Pouring Boiling Water

...on paper they did! The cheapest model on the shelf was £24.99 and I wasn't having that. Sticking to my original price and my spirits down I returned to the car. I couldn't go all night without a brew, besides my free Yorkshire tea bags had arrived and being new to ciao I'd pencilled them in as my second review. Tesco are the next nearest supermarket so off I went. The only item in my price range was the Tefal Delphina cordless kettle priced at £14.99. Decision time, did I waste more petrol and travel a fair distance to Asda, or did I buy the Tefal which after all was in the price range I had set myself, even if it was only by a penny? You've guessed it, as I'm reviewing the kettle I bought it. Oversight * * * * * * * * It comes in a box with pictures of the product on all sides. Inside, the kettle and base are individually packed... Read review

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Advantages: Very durable | Cheap | Does what it's supposed to |
Disadvantages: No fancy functions

...After leaving home I'd had a series of second-hand cookers and although they'd done the job pretty well, I couldn't help but dream of that day when I could afford to buy my very own sparkling brand new cooker. So I scrimped and I saved and eventually I had enough money to go and buy the cooker of my dreams, which ended up being the Creda Capri, a gas fuelled cooker in a beautiful shade of racing green. ---Why the Capri?--- I was on a limited budget (under £250) when I bought this, but was still looking for something that would fit in with my then green themed kitchen. I also wanted gas fuelled rather than electric, because I've always felt electric cookers smell funny (especially the hob). After much deliberation and searching around the shops and home shopping catalogues (I didn't have the internet then), I happened upon the Creda... Read review

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Advantages: Warm water in 3 secs, energy saving
Disadvantages: Doesn't boil water

...The Tefal Quick Cup is a type of kettle, but instead of boiling a whole kettle of water to make a single cup of tea, the Quick Cup heats only the amount of water required, therefore saving energy. Tefal claims that a cup of hot water takes only 3 seconds and I was sceptical at first, but its true. The machine itself is mainly black with a stainless steel control panel on top, and has 2300w of power. The machine is made from high quality plastic, so is easily cleaned with a wet cloth. The water tank holds 1.5 litres of water, and has space for a Claris water filter if required (one comes in the box). One touch of the red button on the top of the machine provides a steady flow of hot water, enough to fill an average sized mug. If you want less, just press the red button again. For more, either press the red button once again... Read review

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