What to buy Electric Steamer or Steamer Pan

pws52

Another vote for the hob steamer.
I used to have an electric one but gave it away when I bought a cheap steamer from Aldi.
I bought one of those flexible steamer inserts which means that I have 3 layers of steaming.

csarina

OK thanks for the opinions, I have ordered one for the hob, not so easy to store, but I really think I preferred the hob one myself. The electric oine was a present from DD 2 years ago, so felt I had to use it.

MrsE_2

I had a cheapish electric one & it broke after years of service. I replaced it with a top of the range digital one:)




I HATED it:mad:
It was so fiddly.

I bought one in Tesco (their value range) for less tham £9, its fantastic:j:j:j

The baskets are whole (they don't have a bottom falling out), they stack within each other (like Russian dolls - my first cheapie didn't do that) & they have a simple turn the dial timer.

Less than £9 in Tesco, fantastic:T

MATH

I vote for a hob steamer too! The electric one always seem a bit flimsy to me and take up counter space I can ill afford to give up. Hob steamers also do double-duty as jam pan, pasta pot, oven casserole, stew pot etc etc.

MrsE_2

MATH wrote: »

I vote for a hob steamer too! The electric one always seem a bit flimsy to me and take up counter space I can ill afford to give up. Hob steamers also do double-duty as jam pan, pasta pot, oven casserole, stew pot etc etc.

I only have it out when I'm using mine & I love the extra space you get on the hob;)

Sunnyday

I had a hob one years ago and found that i didn`t use it as much as i`d intended. I gave it away when one of my neighbours daughters got her own place and needed kitchen items.

Now i have an electric one and i hardly use it, i love the fresh taste of the food when it is cooked but find it far too fiddly and it gets on my nerves.

I shall get a new hob one when the kitchen is finished, i used to like to cook the mince and onions in the bottom of the old hob one and put the potatoes and veg in the top two tiers so it was money saving - couldn`t do that with the electric one and cottage pie is one of my favourite meals atm.

SD

Pink.

Hi csarina,

As you've decided which steamer to go for I've added merged your thread with the existing one on electric versus hob steamers to keep the replies together. This thread may help too:

Food steamer

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maman

csarina wrote: »

OK thanks for the opinions, I have ordered one for the hob, not so easy to store, but I really think I preferred the hob one myself. The electric oine was a present from DD 2 years ago, so felt I had to use it.

My electric one was a gift too so I'm in much the same position. It's in the cupboard now and rarely comes out as it's so much easier to put a pan in the dishwasher than hand-wash all the baskets and bits. I will keep it though because it's great at Christmas when all hobs are being used.

I've just (month ago) treated myself to a pressure cooker but I'm still gathering courage to use it.

Anyone got advice on the silicone/folding/telescopic steamers that can go on the top of normal saucepans?

bluebag

For the last five years I've used a large metal colander that stacks on top of a saucepan. Cost me a quid in the pound shop, goes in the dishwasher and takes up very little space, (can also be used as a space helmet for budding astronauts! LOL)