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Steam cook­ing is one of the health­i­est ways to cook. So say nutri­tion­ists and doc­tors. With­out the need to add extra fat, you cook your food in a gen­tle man­ner while retain­ing its juici­ness and nutri­ents.

Elec­tric steam­ers are also one of the most afford­able kitchen gad­gets you can buy. They usu­al­ly cost from a thou­sand to 5000 rubles, rarely more. But in return, you will enjoy healthy and tasty food. KP tells how to choose the best steam­er of 2022 and not spend extra mon­ey.

Top 9 rating according to KP

1. Tefal VC 3008

The device con­sists of three bowls for the simul­ta­ne­ous prepa­ra­tion of prod­ucts. At the base there is a water lev­el indi­ca­tor — you can eas­i­ly find out if there is enough water before the end of the pro­gram. The con­ve­nient elec­tron­ic con­trol sys­tem is easy to use — just select the mode, set the timer and start the steam­er. The equip­ment is also rich — the kit even includes a spe­cial mold for mak­ing muffins and cup­cakes.

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Main characteristics

Main col­or	black
Over­all vol­ume	10 l
Num­ber of tiers	3
Max­i­mum pow­er con­sump­tion	800 W
Water tank vol­ume	1.2 l
Adding water dur­ing cook­ing	Yes
Delay start	Yes

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Lots of fea­tures, qual­i­ty

Price

2. ENDEVER Vita 170/171

With an aver­age pow­er of 1000 W, the steam­er has 3 bowls and a total vol­ume of 11 liters. These char­ac­ter­is­tics are quite enough to pre­pare a large amount of food for a fam­i­ly of 3–5 peo­ple. The device has an exter­nal water lev­el indi­ca­tor, a timer, and it can also be washed in a dish­wash­er — why not a uni­ver­sal device in the kitchen?

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3. Braun FS 5100

This mechan­i­cal­ly con­trolled Braun steam­er will allow any cook to diver­si­fy their meals. The device has 2 steam bas­kets — 3.1 liters each. The set includes a bowl for rice with a capac­i­ty of 1 kg. A sig­nif­i­cant advan­tage of the dou­ble boil­er is the auto­mat­ic shut­down func­tion when there is not enough water in the tank. She also has a com­part­ment for boil­ing eggs and a spe­cial con­tain­er designed for col­or­ing prod­ucts.

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4. ENDEVER Vita 160/161

This is a clas­sic dou­ble boil­er, con­sist­ing of 2 tiers. The device can be washed in the dish­wash­er, it also has dou­ble pro­tec­tion against over­heat­ing. Oper­at­ed mechan­i­cal­ly, con­ve­nient and com­pact. There are also addi­tion­al func­tions — defrost­ing and even dis­in­fec­tion of dish­es.

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5. MARTA MT-1909

The mod­el has a mechan­i­cal con­trol, with which it is very easy to set all the nec­es­sary para­me­ters for steam­ing food. The timer func­tion allows you to set the cook­ing time up to 60 min­utes and not be dis­tract­ed by con­trol until the moment of readi­ness. By the way, at the end of cook­ing, the steam­er will beep, which is very con­ve­nient.

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6. Kitfort KT-2035

Steam­er Kit­fort KT-2035 will help any house­wife to cook healthy and nutri­tious meals. It is impor­tant to note that the device comes with 5 steam bas­kets with a capac­i­ty of 1.6 liters, made of stain­less steel. Of these, 2 bas­kets with a sol­id bot­tom, and 3 bas­kets with holes for drain­ing.

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7. Tefal VC 1301 Minicompact

The mod­el is divid­ed into three tiers, the total vol­ume of which is 7 liters. In addi­tion to steam bas­kets, the set also includes a bowl for cook­ing cere­als with a vol­ume of 1.1 liters. This mechan­i­cal­ly con­trolled device has become the own­er of an indis­pens­able func­tion — if the spe­cial tank runs out of water, the steam­er will turn off auto­mat­i­cal­ly. All that is need­ed from you is to add the miss­ing water and turn on the steam­er.

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8. Polaris PFS 0213

Com­pact mod­el with two bowls with a total vol­ume of 5.5 liters. The mod­el is com­pact due to the fact that all bowls can be eas­i­ly fold­ed into each oth­er dur­ing stor­age. The steam­er is equipped with a 60 minute timer that auto­mat­i­cal­ly turns off when the time has elapsed. The bowls of the device are trans­par­ent — you can mon­i­tor the progress of cook­ing. And the “Quick Steam” func­tion allows you to get pow­er­ful steam with­in 40 sec­onds after turn­ing on the device to speed up the cook­ing process.

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9. Tefal VC 1006 Ultra Compact

Despite the mechan­i­cal type of con­trol, this steam­er will appeal to any host­ess. When cook­ing, you can add water to it, there is a delay start func­tion to post­pone the inclu­sion of the steam­er at a con­ve­nient time for you. In addi­tion, the kit includes a con­tain­er for cook­ing rice, there are recess­es for boil­ing eggs. There is also a pow­er indi­ca­tor that indi­cates the cur­rent oper­at­ing mode.

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How to choose a steamer

For advice on how to choose a steam­er, we turned to Aslan Mike­ladzethe sell­er of the Zef_ir store.

The first thing to know is that most steam­ers are inex­pen­sive. And the prin­ci­ple of cook­ing is also not too com­pli­cat­ed — just add food and water to the steam­er, set the timer or select a pro­gram and leave the machine to do the work.

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Know­ing which fea­tures are worth pay­ing more for will help you choose the right elec­tric steam­er. Look at three things — the num­ber of con­tain­ers, the delayed start func­tion installed, and the com­pact size. All of these will help you the most.

Due to the fact that mod­els of dou­ble boil­ers can be pur­chased from only 1 thou­sand rubles, invest­ing mon­ey will def­i­nite­ly not bank­rupt you. And if you pay a lit­tle more, you get more options and addi­tion­al fea­tures, such as a dig­i­tal timer, a delay start option, and a built-in rice cook­er.

The size

Most steam­ers have three tiered con­tain­ers with holes in the bot­tom for the steam to pass through. They can be used alone or in com­bi­na­tion to pro­vide enough capac­i­ty to cook meals for the whole fam­i­ly. Some steam­ers have com­part­ments with remov­able bases to cre­ate a high­er steam­ing area for larg­er meals. Oth­ers have con­tain­ers of dif­fer­ent sizes that fit inside each oth­er. This makes them com­pact for stor­age, but since you can’t change them while cook­ing, you’ll need to plan ahead.

Timer

Many elec­tric steam­ers have a 60 minute timer that you can turn on to set the cook­ing time. More expen­sive steam­ers have dig­i­tal timers and delay start fea­tures that allow you to set the appli­ance to work at a sched­uled time.

Water level

Look for a steam­er with a vis­i­ble water sen­sor on the out­side so you can be sure you’ve filled it com­plete­ly. This will help to add water in time when the steam­er is work­ing.

Keep warm function

Choose a steam­er with a keep warm func­tion, as it keeps your food at a safe tem­per­a­ture for an hour or two after cook­ing until you are ready to eat. Some mod­els auto­mat­i­cal­ly switch to warm mode after cook­ing is com­plet­ed, while oth­ers require you to set this func­tion dur­ing cook­ing. Of course, you need to make sure that there is enough water left in the steam gen­er­a­tor to use this option.

cleaning

Many kitchen gad­gets are easy to clean, and elec­tric steam­ers are no excep­tion. The best elec­tric steam­ers are not only excel­lent at steam­ing food, but they also make clean­ing a pri­or­i­ty. Look for a mod­el with dish­wash­er-safe com­part­ments and lids, and a remov­able drip tray for easy clean­ing.

rice cooker

More expen­sive steam cook­ers come with a rice bowl, a small steam bowl that fits into one of the steam cham­bers so you can steam rice. The rice may take longer to cook, but the end result is per­fec­tion.

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