Polaris multicookers are one of the most popular today. There are several models, differing in power, design, and, most importantly, in the number of cooking programs for various dishes. This number ranges from 6 (Polaris PMC 0508D) to 17 (Polaris PMC0517AD).
It is known that the main parameters of cooking are temperature, pressure and time. In the products under consideration and their analogues, these parameters, depending on the selected program, are supported by the built-in microprocessor. But there is one program called “Multi-cook”, where all these factors can be set manually, which will then be automatically maintained using the built-in microprocessor.
Temperature conditions in the Polaris multicooker depend on the selected cooking function. So, in the already mentioned “Multi-cook” program, the temperature can be set in the range of 40 – 160 degrees Celsius.
For the Baking program, the set temperature is 122 °C. And for the “Soup” and “Stew” modes it is the same - 90 °C. The temperature range of the “Frying” algorithm is wide – 100 – 160 degrees. The “Crust” program has a temperature of 130 °C. The “Pasta” program is used when preparing pasta dishes, and its operating temperature is 118-120 °C.
Some multicooker users believe that a temperature of 120 °C is high for the “Pizza” mode. But a temperature of 38 to 40 degrees turned out to be optimal for the “Yogurt” algorithm.
The “Steaming” mode, in addition to a temperature of 115-120 oC, is characterized by excess pressure. This also applies to the “Milk porridge” program, but at a temperature of 90 °C. Let us mention another common program “Grains” with a cooking temperature of 110 °C.
So, the temperature conditions in the Polaris multicooker range from 38 to 160 °C.
A multicooker is considered as a device, ready to serve any kind of food like a self-assembled tablecloth. Therefore, housewives are very upset when milk porridge begins to crawl out of all the cracks of the device. The search for the ideal recipe and regime begins. One of the questions that torments housewives is what is the temperature in the multicooker?
Basic modes
Let us immediately make a reservation that it is not possible to adjust the temperature for all dishes. Device models are equipped with a certain number of modes. Let's list what programs can be found in the multicooker:
1. Baking. The maximum temperature in this mode reaches 120 degrees. Cooking speed is from 50 to 60 minutes. Temperature adjustment is not provided. The “baking” program allows you to make pizza and bake pies with various fillings.
2. Frying. This mode is quite powerful and gives temperatures up to 160 degrees. The minimum value is 100 g. It can be adjusted within the proposed range. To prevent the dish from burning, increase the temperature gradually. You can cook with the lid open or closed. You can make great fried potatoes with this program.
3. Steaming. The temperature is not higher than 120 degrees. The mode allows you to independently set the cooking period. It can be from 5 min. up to 1 hour.
4. Cereals. Usually in 25–30 minutes. you can get a delicious crumbly porridge. The mode is programmed for a temperature of 110 degrees. Time, as a rule, is not regulated in this mode.
5. Pasta. This program is not available on all multicooker models. It allows you to quickly and efficiently produce a variety of sauces and gravies. On average, the process takes about 10–20 minutes.
6. Extinguishing. The regime that is most difficult to adapt to. The device heats up no higher than 100 degrees. The preparation time is from 2 to 8 hours. Due to the long cooking period, many housewives replace this function with another.
7. Milk porridge. The result is a tender, normal thickness and aromatic porridge. It takes about 30 minutes. This period may not be enough if you cook corn grits. You will have to add milk and add time.
8. Yogurt. Prepared at a low temperature not exceeding 40 degrees. within the standard 8 hours. It turns off automatically when needed, then continues heating again.
9. Soup. The multicooker heats up to only 100 degrees. and suggests cooking liquid dishes for up to 8 hours. This mode is unpopular with housewives because the temperature is very low.
10. Pizza. A complex function that needs to be approached. Uncooked pizza does not work; the base usually burns.
Can the temperature be adjusted?
Yes, if your model is equipped with the Multicook function. It allows you to independently set the desired temperature and time. Thanks to this feature, you can cook any dish from the cookbook. The temperature range is from 40 to 160 degrees. The maximum time allotted for cooking is 12 hours, the minimum is 5 minutes.
If you want your multicooker to cope with any task, then when buying it, pay attention to the functions and number of programs. If there is no “Milk porridge” mode, then you are unlikely to be able to prepare a delicious breakfast for your child.
From the description of model 0517:
Multicook:
Default cooking time is 5 minutes. The time is adjustable from 5 minutes to 12 hours in 5 minute increments.
The temperature is adjustable from 40 C to 160 C in steps of 10 C.
Temperature 93 C
Extinguishing:
The default cooking time is 2 hours. The time is adjustable from 1 hour to 8 hours in 30 minute increments.
Temperature 93 C
Bakery:
Cooking time 50 minutes.
Temperature 118 C - 122 C
Frying:
The temperature is adjustable from 100 C to 160 C in steps of 10 C.
Baking:
The default cooking time is 30 minutes. The time is adjustable from 10 minutes to 1 hour in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 145 C
Crust:
The default cooking time is 1 hour 30 minutes. The time is adjustable from 1 hour to 2 hours in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 145 C
Paste:
The default cooking time is 8 minutes. Time is adjustable from 8 min. up to 20 minutes in 1 minute increments.
Temperature 118 to 120 C.
Yogurt:
The default cooking time is 8 hours. The time is adjustable from 6 hours to 12 hours in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 38 to 42 C.
Oatmeal:
The default cooking time is 5 minutes. The time is adjustable from 5 minutes to 1 hour in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 118 to 120 C.
Dessert:
The default cooking time is 1 hour. The time is adjustable from 5 minutes to 1 hour in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 100 C.
Steaming:
The default cooking time is 5 minutes. The time is adjustable from 5 minutes to 1 hour in 1 minute increments.
Temperature 115 to 120 C.
Beans:
The default cooking time is 1 hour. The time is adjustable from 1 hour to 4 hours in 10 minute increments.
Temperature 93 C.
Milk porridge:
The default cooking time is 10 minutes. The time is adjustable from 10 to 30 minutes in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 95 C.
Cereals:
Temperature 100 C.
Heating:
The default cooking time is 25 minutes.
Temperature 100 C.
Pizza:
The default cooking time is 25 minutes. The time is adjustable from 20 to 50 minutes in 5 minute increments.
Temperature 100 to 160 C.
Delayed start 24 hours. - not in all modes.
Cooking temperatures in mode "Multicook"
On the Internet there is plate from another MV- the temperature for some modes is given there.
Steaming: 115 - 120 degrees
Frying: 100 - 160 degrees
Paste: 118 - 120 degrees
Groats: 110 degrees
Pilaf: 120 - 125 degrees
Milk porridge: 90 degrees
Extinguishing: 90 degrees
Soup: 90 degrees
Bakery 118 - 122 degrees
Surely almost every self-respecting housewife already has in her kitchen a device such as a multicooker, which greatly facilitates the process of preparing dishes. Thanks to modern technologies and their achievements, the presented devices are equipped with many different functions. And one of them will be discussed in this article.
How many degrees is the baking mode for multicookers of different brands?
What is the temperature in the multicooker in baking mode? The mode guarantees the device a temperature from 116 degrees to 125. Of course, the scale will vary depending on the model of the unit. The minimum possible indicator for the device can be one hundred degrees. In this case, the food will cook in approximately 50 - 60 minutes.
Using this mode, you can prepare a lot of variations of products, ranging from pizza, cakes to pies, biscuits, muffins and charlottes.
As for individual brands of seller-manufacturers, these are:
- REDMOND. The parameter considered in the model ranges from 118′ to 122′.
- POLARIS. Operates at 122′. Calculated for 50 minutes.
- VITESS. Used at the hundred degree level.
- LUMME. Heats up to 170′.
Can the temperature be adjusted?
Unfortunately, regulation of this aspect of the device in question is not provided by the manufacturers. Only if you press the “cancel” button to complete the unit operation process. This is explained by the fact that the program is set by the mode itself, which cannot be changed in any way during the cooking process.
Therefore, the following situation arises: the owner of the multicooker is not able to indicate the desired level of heat flow. Naturally, you can change the time yourself. The default setting is usually one hour for cooking. However, with an interval of 5 minutes, you can change the time period from 30 minutes to four hours, which compensates for the inconvenience of adjusting the temperature.
What is the baking mode for?
This function is necessary for making many types of baked goods or casseroles. You can also bake meat products and even potatoes. In addition, it is possible to “tinker” with a product made from yeast dough, but this takes much more effort.
If you are planning to bake bread, it is worth remembering that you need to hold it on both one side and the other so that the product bakes evenly. Moreover, it is permissible to prepare frying for borscht and make juicy chops. And also fry the ingredients together, as a result of which they will be suitable for further stewing.
The next morning it is very convenient to prepare an omelet for breakfast, which will be done in a matter of minutes. You can also bake vegetables, so they will not lose the optimal amount of vitamins and are great for lunch or dinner.
The usual indicator in a multicooker is quite consistent with the standard indicator of the stove, equal to 180 degrees. However, it happens that the housewife is used to working with the oven. In this case, for complete readiness in such an apparatus, the time should be set several times longer than it would be in the oven, since the temperature is not so high.
If you use a multicooker for a non-standard purpose, then you have the opportunity to experiment: replace the “baking” mode with the built-in “frying” program, and you will end up with a wonderful dish.
ATTENTION! Since the above mode has the possibility of a sharp change in temperature parameters, cooking can be carried out either too quickly or too slowly.
In any case, when purchasing a device, instructions and a book are included, where you will find many recipes for various dishes that can be prepared in the purchased model.
The main problem with baking in a slow cooker is uneven baking. Often the bottom of baked goods ends up with a thick crust, but the top turns out unbaked. To correct this shortcoming, it is usually recommended to turn the baked goods over, but we will take a different route.
First, let's take a quick look at why baking in a slow cooker is uneven. Let's look at Fig. 1:
Rice. 1. The dough lies on the bottom of the multicooker
This picture schematically depicts the process of conventional baking, when the dough simply lies at the bottom of the bowl. It is clearly visible that the heat from the heating element is transferred from the walls of the bottom of the bowl, first to the bottom layer of dough, and then from it to the next layers. Obviously, the overlying layers of dough receive less thermal energy than the lower layer. This is due to the low thermal conductivity of the dough (for example, compared to water). Due to the low thermal conductivity of the dough, the temperature drops at the bottom of the bowl are also significantly higher relative to the set one (after all, the heating element periodically turns on and off). If there was water in the bowl, it would dampen these differences due to its high thermal conductivity; in the case of a test, temperature peaks can be much higher.
So, we have decided on the main reason for uneven baking - the food sticks to the bottom of the bowl, i.e., to the main source of heat in multicookers. What to do?
I tried simply lifting the food so that there was a layer of air under the food. Thus, the air must heat up and, according to the laws of physics, it must rise upward. That is, we must ensure the free passage of hot air from bottom to top.
Rice. 2. The dough is raised and surrounded by hot air
In Fig. 2 you can see that the dough is raised above the bottom and is washed on all sides by hot air. The main thing is that in this case there is no adherence of the products to the bottom of the bowl. And the temperature difference in the air is small, since hot air constantly moves from bottom to top.
Warning! Use this method if the instructions for the multicooker do not prohibit use with an empty bowl.
To raise the dough and at the same time ensure free passage of hot air from bottom to top, I used this silicone mold:
It fits the multi-cooker bowls almost perfectly in diameter, only the rim prevents the lid from closing, so I cut it off and also cut off (shortened) the central trunk, through which hot air should freely pass from bottom to top. Thus, hot air should more or less evenly wash the products in this form. But this needs to be checked.
This shape sits well in the bowl like this:
But there is a drawback: if the silicone mold is loaded with food, it will fall to the bottom of the bowl. To avoid this, you need to put some kind of stand under the form. This stand should be metal and have good air permeability, i.e. it should be some kind of lattice. But as a stand I used a steel sieve of suitable diameter:
Here it is in the multicooker bowl:
The photo clearly shows that the sieve is raised above the bottom of the bowl and allows air to pass through well - and this is what we need.
I took the simple route and took a ready-made cake mix for the experiment:
I beat this couple of packages according to the recipe with four eggs and a pack of Belarusian butter. Place the whipped mixture in the mold:
Let me remind you that the silicone mold is held suspended by a steel sieve underneath it, and hot air from below will flow into the upper part of the bowl through the hole (trunk) in the center of the silicone mold.
Place the bowl in the multicooker:
And bake at 160 degrees for a little over an hour. Since the dough does not touch the bottom and will be washed with hot air, the temperature must be set higher (150-160 degrees), at which it is allowed to cook in your multicooker with the lid closed - the air temperature will be 20-30 degrees lower. Those. in the end we will get a classic oven.
Cooking... Turning it off... Let's see what happened... from all sides:
Well, what can I say? Everything was baked very well and evenly on all sides, there was only a hint of crust, which was very healthy. [pictures can be clicked to enlarge]
True, since the cake itself is dark, it is difficult to judge the crust from the photo, but I also tried to bake simple pies with cabbage. I also raised the pies above the bottom of the bowl using a steel sieve:
Just don’t cover the whole sieve with the pies - you need to leave holes for hot air to pass upward.
This is the result:
This is how the pies were baked on top:
And this is how the pies were baked from the bottom:
And here is the light cupcake:
Overall I'm very pleased with the result. But you need to take into account that the baking process takes a little longer and the multicooker must be able to cook at high temperatures (from 145 degrees and above). Also, I think that the power of the multicooker may not be enough for massive products, i.e. It is unlikely that you will be able to bake a chicken or a large piece of meat in this way. But I haven't tried it.
I want to warn you that using high temperatures when baking is essentially tantamount to long-term use of the ROAST mode, which theoretically can affect the durability of the bowl, so you should not set maximum temperatures, it is better to limit yourself to 145 - 160 degrees and only if such temperatures in your multicooker can be used with the lid closed. Also, according to the instructions, check whether the manufacturer prohibits using a multicooker with an empty bowl (in our case, the bowl is not completely empty, but still) - some multicookers may not work correctly in this mode.
I also tried cooking chicken wings using this sieve. I didn’t take a photo, but the wings turned out very tender.
Total:
I’m waiting for the Steba DD2 XL multicooker with a six-liter steel bowl to go on sale. The pan is higher and there will be more space for experimenting with elevated baking.