KitchenAid (KMC4244CA) 4-Quart Multi-Cooker Reviews

I bought this a month ago and have really enjoyed it's ease of use. I have seared beef, made chicken soup, steamed asparagus, all in this multicooker. I'm sorry I waited so long to purchase it. Worth every penny. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

This is a far cry from a regular crock pot. You can pre-cook your meat or saute your onions & bell pepper for your recipe in the same cooker. In the past I would dirty a pan pre-cooking the items for my crock pot meals, but no more. With the various cooking selections you can sear, saute, boil/steam, simmer, Slow Cooker High, Slow Cooker Low, Keep Warm and Manual. It also has cooking modes that cook rice, soups, risotto and yogurt. I purchased the additional stirring arm, and now it's hands free. We are downsizing into a RV bus and with this multi-cooker I can create my recipes with out all my various appliances. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

This product is wonderful! It arrived on time and did everything it claimed to do with professional result. It is a beauty to look at too! KitchenAid has done it again! I would suggest to anyone do not hesitate on this item.....you will love it! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

Purchased this cooker a couple of months ago and absolutely love everything about it. Makes the best family meals in a lot less time than the traditional slow cooker. This was money well spent for me to prepare a multitude of recipes! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

I love the multi-function of the Kitchen Aid Multi-Cooker. It is a good size for a small family. It goes from searing to braising to slow cooking easily. Love one pot cooking and the easy clean-up! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

Loved the idea but it came with no information or recipes on what to do with it...registered it and was promised an e recipe book and nothing came.. So it's bit and miss considering all my other kitchen aid devices and I have pretty much all of them they all came with recipe books and ideas who to best use them this gadget had nothing so very disappointed [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

We've bought this combo because I've accumulated a number of vegetable recipes that basically went along the line "Sautee for X minutes stirring frequently", so I decided to automate the process. While this device has a number of hiccups, it does the job, which can't be said about any other device on the market. I already have a KitchenAid dicing food processor, so in most cases the whole preparation looks like "dice vegetables in a food processor and put them in a correct order into a multicooker". The process is intuitive, with two caveats. Firstly, you need to baby-sit the multicooker until it reaches the desired temperature, and only then you can set the timer. Secondly, the stir tower's low stir setting rotates the entire batch of vegetables in a multicooker as one piece, so you need to set the stir tower to 2 or 3 to actually get any stirring. But, well, I can live with this. The multicooker is actually easy to clean, with one exception: the pot, the lid and stir paddles easily go into dishwasher, but the top of the stir tower is the food magnet and needs to be cleaned separately. But, well, that's something I can live with. Also, make sure you remove the stir paddles first, as the grease from them drips onto the heating element if you remove the pot before you remove the paddles. I've also cooked risottos in this machine, and they work out really well, even though I don't follow the risotto program, as I have my recipes. In general, adapting recipes for this machine is easy, as the cooking modes follow closely my electric stove. I did make octopus and calamari in this machine, but I'm a bit reluctant to use it to brown meat, as I feel it may be underpowered - maybe I'm wrong, because since it stirs everything with the lid covered it actually performs really well. I see myself using this thing for more than just vegetables, but I haven't had an opportunity to try it yet. I strongly recommend getting the stir tower, as it makes the device very useful. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

So far, I've only used the slow cooker function, but it worked quite well. Now that I have received recipes and how-tos for the other modes, I'm sure that I will be trying more things. Overall, it is a nice item. I will be handling the ceramic insert very gently so that it does not scratch. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

We've had this for about three months. This is so much more than just a slow cooker! The preset capabilities are really nice and temp adjustments really help make foods your way. Highly recommend!! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

I have had the multi-cooker for several weeks now and have used it daily. It greatly simplifies stir-fried cooking and I particularly like it for caramelizing onions. Temperature control is near perfect. I even made a meat loaf in it. I consider it to be an excellent product and I highly recommend it. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]