Test of BRAND 502 multicooker

Advantages: full range of programs, always a great result, the ability to manually set the temperature and time in manual mode, the ability to adjust the cooking time in any program, easy housing and lid design, understandable controls, the best combination of price and quality.

Disadvantages: does not provide for saving the settings in case of power outages, otherwise, nothing to complain about. The only wish: to provide 2 valve positions: “open” and “closed.

Total score 60 out of 60

Technical Features

POWER: Maximum cooking power of 850 W.

VESSEL: 5 l.

CONSTRUCTION: plastic housing, 1.2 m cord length, carrying handle, removable collapsible steam release valve, spatula holder, easy removable interior lid panel.

PROGRAMS: Cereal Pilaf, Standard, Express , Milk porridge, Stew, Yogurt without boiling, with boiling , Soup, Baking, Steaming, Frying, Manual mode, Warming.

GENERAL CONTROL: ELECTRONIC. American-speaking control panel menu buttons, start/restart, reheat/restart, advanced settings for Yogurt and cereal programs , advance delay timer. Display with time, selected program and progress bar. Countdown timer during the program. Audible alarm system: operation prompts, start and end of cooking. Light indication of all programs. Delayed start up to 24 hours in 1 hour hours and 1 minute minutes increments, except for Fry, Manual mode and Warm-up.

PRIMER TIME SETTING: by pushbutton, except for Krispy Kreme and Warming-up program. Frying – from 5 minutes to 2 hours, the default setting is 20 minutes. Yogurt – from 1 hour. Up to 24 hours, 6 hours by default without boiling, 8 hours with boiling. Steaming – 1 minute to 2 hours, default setting is 20 minutes. Soup – from 30 minutes to 3 hours, 1.5 hours by default. Milk porridge – from 30 minutes to 2 hours, by default – 1 hour. Stewing – from 30 minutes to 7 hours, 1 hour by default.

TEMPERATURE SETTING: Yes, in manual mode, from 25 to 130°C, in 5°C steps.

Rice spoon, soup spoon, measuring cup, two steamers – top and bottom, recipe book.

dimensions: 220x280x350 mm.

WEIGHT: 4,5 kg.

WARRANTY: 2 years.

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China.

Impressions

Control, program and mode features.

The appliance has programs that literally suit all tastes: both fans of diet food and fans of fried foods, and those who can not live without the flour and dairy products will be able to cook their favorite dishes. For those who want to cook some complex dish, where stages with different temperatures are important, there is a mode Manual, in it you can program up to 5 stages of cooking with different temperatures.

Very convenient for pilaf, for example, where you have to fry the meat and vegetables first and then boil the rice together with all the ingredients, or for making bread, where you have to sheet the dough first and then bake it. The interface is probably the most “user friendly” among the tested models.

All inscriptions are in American, large, with bright red backlighting – both convenient and beautiful. Operations are accompanied by sound signals: they prompt for a sequence of actions when selecting a program and additional settings.

The bowl gives the impression of a solid bowl: heavy and solid. Honeycomb bottom plate for more even heat distribution. Inner lid can be removed in one movement for easy care of the multicooker.

Scores:

Controls: 10 points for all possible programs and functions.

Interface: 10 points for the full range of pleasure in “communicating” with the device: everything is clear, simple, sensible.

Choice of programs: 10 points.

Price/performance ratio.

They “ask” for the device from 5430 to 6990 Dollars, which, in our opinion, is absolutely justified. The only thing that this model does not have is pressure cooking modes, which speeds up the process, but it is already another price category and in general another device: a pressure cooker.

But if you are in no hurry and want a great multicooker for reasonable money – we recommend it!

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in the multicooker

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The “rice” test

For boiling grains, there is a Grain mode and its subroutines: Express, Standard and Pilaf. Their cooking time is determined by the program itself and depends on the amount of grits and water. We cooked rice in the first two.

The instructions recommend to cook rice in the program Standard, but we did not see any difference in the result, only time: in the Express program, the rice cooked in 25 minutes, in the Standard – for 30. The consistency is great, nothing stuck or boiled.

Score : 10 points out of 10.

The test “baking”

The buttermilk biscuit on the Baking program baked for exactly one hour. How nice when you can set at once the baking time that you need! The result is a rather dry, beautiful crust, the condensate falls into a special little container.

Score: 10 points out of 10.

The “frying” test

Among the mass of reviews on this device, I met only one with complaints about the quality of roasting: the vegetables are stewed, not roasted. We almost burned them – thanks to the nice coating of the bowl for the saved carrots! And the power is enough for both vegetables and meat: the chicken was ready in 20 minutes.

Score: 10 out of 10.

Only this model has such a bottom grid, that is, you can steam cook on two levels: in a regular container on top and on the grid at the bottom.

Biscuits are baked evenly, no superfluous liquid.

The frying program allows to roast meat without any fuss: it will be both baked and crusted.