I love preparing stews, especially when I get. This has the advantage of quietly doing the day before and reheat the day which brings even better flavors and gives me time for my friends. It's low-temperature unit is really ideal for this. We even do some preparation early morning to the evening meal. He calmly cooked with little fat and water and without risk of burning food. Guests can even come late or with friends because with a capacity of 6.5 L, there always has to fill. The instructions for use, without revenues, is in English and German (available in French on request at customer service). Here are some explanations (translated). The unit has 3 LOW heating modes (normal mode), HIGH (to go faster) and AUTO. This mode is particularly suitable for cooking frozen food. It starts on HIGH (rapid defrosting) and when it reaches a certain temperature, it returns to LOW (normal cooking). It does not even have to watch him. The ceramic pot is removable but is not suitable in the freezer, refrigerator or to another method of cooking (oven, gas, vitro induction) but she keeps food warm for 30 minutes and can therefore pass on a table trivet. If you want to braise meat or other foods like onions before cooking, it must be done in another container. Some foods such as kidney beans must be precooked. Some foods like pasta and seafood are not compatible with the slow cook mode. There are many recipes suited to this cooking method on the internet. For maintenance, it's very simple, the pot and the transparent lid are dishwasher and the outside wiped with a damp cloth because it does not get dirty. I am so happy that I think provide my children for the holidays.
