Russell Hobbs 28270 Good-to-Go Multicooker – 8 Versatile Functions including Slow Cooker, Sous Vide, Rice and Food Steamer, Black, 750 Wa

This is a nice cook pot but there is nowhere for the steam to vent when cooking so food gets watered down slightly.

Bought for my son at uni and is in constant use

This is a very versatile piece of cooking kit. Easy to use and dishwasher safe. Cooking trays provided for different functions. What’s not to love

Really useful addition, a lot more than a slow cooker. Excellent that the electronic element detaches, making it easy to clean.

Great slow cooker only one downside, When you take the power cable out and transfer the pot to the table it doesn’t look very nice as there is the space for the power cable on show. Other than that it works perfectly just a bit ugly.

I mainly bought this to make chicken soup which is my main staple and it does the job very well. I’m really pleased with how the time and temperature are easy to adjust too.
The glass lid doesn’t’t help my anxiety though…

Best slow cooker I have yet, better the crock po

I was originally looking for just a slow cooker when I stumbled upon the russell hobbs good to go. As always I looked at the reviews and at the questions people had asked before. One mentioned that the chicken looked white on the roast function. … and I thought Damn it was the whole reason that I bought this plus really keen to try souis vide cooking. THEN THIS AMAZING THING HAPPENED…… I READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! ………. AND IT STATES USE THE SEAR FUNCTION FOR THE GOLDEN SKIN BEFORE ROASTING! ( I don’t like the skin so I didn’t brown it long)
so that knocked that question out of the park. The next question was about timing and I found that my chicken was cooked perfectly and within time it did not take longer and the meat was falling off the bone and smells delicious and with next to no effort which is exactly what was needed after a long week at work.
The machine it’s self says it can be washed in the sink or machine and has been tested 100 washes so I think I would still clean it like a normal slow cooker would like mines to last although having the removable panel allowed me to serve much easier without worrying about how to manoeuvre it.
The machine has plenty of cooking options from boil,rice, roast ,souis vide, sear and look forward to being able to create some lovely recipies absolutely in my opinion worth the purchase instructions and timings are also easy to understand.

Great product nice looking too, happy customer with no complaints

We love this, so versatile, but mostly used as a slow cooker, easy to keep clean, I know we shall have great fun experimenting with all the different cooking ways

My new best friend.I have stopped buying dodgy takeaways at work.I am eating healthy and saving money.

Seems to work ok as a regular oven, but needed to increase the duration a little bit.

My old slow cooker had an accident so needed a replacement. This is so much more, the settings are great. If making a slow cook meal, I can brown my ingredients in this instead of a separate pan. My kids commented on how good the rice was! RICE! It’s just a really fantastic upgrade from my slow cooker for a very good price, really happy.

very pleased with this multicooker, using it often, planning on using it in my caravan once the touring season has started

I only got this today and know it will be used probably 4 or 5 times a week. Easy to put together, clean, easy to control and change between functions. I made an amazing beef carbonadde in 2 hours and it was delish and the meat was so tender. Looking fwd to trying the sous vide function when I get vacuum kit organised. Honestly a great addition to kitchen. Excellent value for money, excellent quality. Would really have liked a recipe starter book with it though! Highly recommend.

Love this cooker. Have used the slow cook and roast methods. Both worked very well! So easy to clean!

This is a very versatile bit of kitchen kit. I have had it a few weeks now and have not used all its functions. I feel that I am unlikely to start using sous vide or start steaming vegetables, but the other functions have proved quite useful with varying degrees of success.
It heats up quickly and I really love that I can just remove the control panel and stick it in the dishwasher. The non stick surface actually makes it very easy to clean. The vent hole in the top was prefect for inserting a meat thermometer.

The sear function: This worked well for browning the sausages for a casserole, but if i put too much it then it does not get hot enough and will just stew instead of sear.
The roast function: This was probably the least sucessful function. I tried to roast a chicken, It took a lot longer than the instructions suggested and I had to turn the temperature right up to get it cooked through (I use a meat thermometer). The meat was juicy and nicely cooked at the end but the skin was pale and soft – a nice brown crispy skin is always the high point of a roast chicken for me.
The Slow cook function: This is great – easy to control and cooks to perfection, but I am very used to using a slow cooker and I think that helped.

I really feel that I would benefit from a short recipe book with ideas for getting the best out of all the different functions, without it I feel I am still in the experimentation stage – sometimes a hit, sometimes a miss.
I have a very small kitchen and this replaces my old slow cooker, tanking up the same space but with a range of different functions which is great. I just wish that I knew how to use it better.

The functions are slow cooking, roasting, vacuum cooking in a bag, steaming, making rice and boiling. You can also keep things warm. It’s a big old beast to be using for boiling a bit of rice or steaming a few vegetables. I’m using it for slow cooking. It suggests you don’t have to pre-brown but it may help the flavour. If the casserole is going to take you 1 to 3 hours in a regular oven then you need to set this to 4 to 7 hours on high or 8 to 12 hours on low. If it’s only going to take 30 to 60 minutes in a regular oven then it’s 2 to 4 hours on high and 6 to 8 hours on low. Once you have selected whether you want it on high or low, it will select the default cooking time but you can manually adjust this. The push buttons make it straightforward to work. You can’t fill this right up to top you can get for helping out of it. I think this is more economical then oven cooking and if you need to thicken it at the end just add some corn flour.

I’ve been using a cheaper slow cooker for quite a while to cook really simple food and the result was okay, but cleaning it was so annoying.
With this russel hobbs I can do so much more like sous vide and steaming, and everything seems to work really well.
It is of course more expensive than a simpler slow cooker, but I think it’s worth it.
Another thing I really like about it, is that I can throw it into the dishwasher as the electric part is detacheable.
The only negative point is maybe the sous vide, I think a proper sous vide cooker would work a lot better, but I don’t think cooking with this slow cooker is dangerous in any way.
Overall I am really happy with it.

I was so excited to get this slow cooker… I set it for 4 hours and everything was cooked to perfection. No steam, no heat, no noise. I absolutely love this cooker and i not getting back to the regular one. Also made chicken soup and some chicken wings and all the meals turned up perfect. Very good value for this price and a long term investment in saving time and improving my own health.

I’ve been looking for a replacement for my slow cooker and chose the Russell Hobbs 28270 Good-To-Go Multicooker as it will slow cook as well as seven other functions including sear, roast, sous vide, steam rice, vegetables and other foods. It has a large 6.5 Litre pot and roasting rack that are a good size for roasting a chicken or joint of pork or beef. The first time I used the multicooker I had to study the control panel functions but the more I use the product the easier it gets. What I particularly like is the control panel that easily pulls out allowing me to lift the pot up and put it in the dishwasher for a thorough wash. Despite the instructions being printed on A4 sheets they’re clear and easy to follow, and a few recipe ideas would have been nice but doesn’t stop this multicooker being a useful part of my kitchen.

If you’re thinking of buying a slow cooker or steamer, it’s worth considering finding the extra cash for this. It performs both functions as well as sous vide and more, in a single, fairly compact unit. It’s a shame the handles can’t be removed to squeeze it into a smaller space.

The instructions are good but printed on flimsy A4 paper. A glossy booklet would be so much better, especially long-term. There are no recipes.

We like the way the control panel slides out, so that the pot can be taken to the table, dunked in a washing up bowl or washed in the dishwasher.

We’ve only tried searing and slow cooking, so far, but both functions work well and I imagine the others will too. The 6.5 litre capacity is comparable with large slow cookers, so you should be able to roast a medium-size chicken in there (we haven’t tried yet). The only issue with searing is that the high sides, unlike those of a frying pan, tend to make meat stew a little instead of just browning. The convenience and reduced washing up compensate though.

Early days, but we’ve made enough use of this to be convinced that it’s a worthwhile upgrade from a slow cooker, assuming you’ll use at least some of the extra functions. I do wish they’d make a better job of presenting the instructions, though, and include a selection of recipes.

This multicooker is so stylish (unlike my old slow cooker). I love the fact that I can bring it to the table and it doesn’t look out of place even when we have guests. I did find it a bit tricky learning how the settings work at first as my slow cooker was very basic. Once you learn them this multicooker is very quick and easy to use. I found it worked very well and gave very consistent results. Obviously, this multicooker is quite expensive so I would spend some time thinking about whether you are going to really use all the functions as you can buy decent slow cookers quite cheaply if that is all you are going to use.