Thermal Cookers and Thermal Pots
This definitely ranks amongst the top of my list when it comes to cookware. My cooking khaki recommended this to me 6 years ago. It is a God-send for busy mums! My mum and my siblings have since bought their own sets too. What's so wonderful about this cooker and how does it work? A thermal cooker typically consists of two stainless steel pots, one within the other. The inner pot is used to bring the food to the boil and the outer thermal pot, which is double-walled with a vacuum between the walls, is used as the container to allow the cooking process to continue in the inner pot. To use the thermal cooker, put food into the inner pot and bring it to the boil. Let it boil for about 15-20 minutes to create sufficient latent heat. Then, place the inner pot inside the thermal pot to continue the cooking process for another 4-6 hours. As the food is cooked using its own latent heat in the inner pot, do not open the cover of the inner pot as this will cause heat to escape. For ...