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(35 customer reviews) 49 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Hot pot, shabu shabu, Chinese fondue--whatever you call it, this thing rocks it.,
January 23, 2009 K. Chang (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sanyo HPS-MC3 3-in-1 Nonstick Electric Multi-Cooker (Kitchen)
I am cheap (Asian), and was not keen on plopping down $100 on this cooker. Totally worth it. I got it after I saw some little old ladies at 99 Ranch buying one!
Cooks hot pot like a CHAMP. I was using a single burner with a divided hot pot pot (lol) on top and I had to boil a separate pot the stove to keep up with demand (feeding 4 adults). No more! This thing is sooo convenient. Super easy to adjust the temperature and it heats up quickly.
Nice safety feature that it has a magnetic power cord, in case someone trips over it or you have kids. It stays on just fine.
Also works great as a steamer.
The finish is conducive to easy cleanup.
The grill part...well, I mean...it's essentially a one-sided George Foreman grill. Nothing too special there--but it is very easy to clean.
Buy it! You know if the old Chinese ladies at 99 Ranch were buying, it HAS to be good.
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Owned it now for almost a...Read more
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
So Versatile and Easy to Clean...a Bachelor's Dream,
August 24, 2008 Derek Hines (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sanyo HPS-MC3 3-in-1 Nonstick Electric Multi-Cooker (Kitchen)
I just moved into a tiny place with no kitchen to speak of and this product is perfect for me. With interchangeable grill plate and cooking pot, the one base takes up less overall space in my cabinet. I've used it for eggs, pancakes, stir-fry, steaming vegetables, macaroni and cheese, grilled steak and chicken. I'll make some mean chili this fall I'm sure. The whole thing is nonstick and cleans up easily with a paper towel. I recommend this for a dorm room or as an efficient alternative to a full size cooktop. I first discovered SANYO a few years ago when I bought my first toaster oven. I debated buying an indoor grill but went all out for this "multi-cooker".
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
High quality, great for hot pot,
February 3, 2009 G. Kemper (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sanyo HPS-MC3 3-in-1 Nonstick Electric Multi-Cooker (Kitchen)
I bought this for my wife so we could do Nabe / Hot Pot/ Shabu Shabu / etc. It's significantly more expensive than buying a pot and a gas burner (which you can get at an Asian grocery for ~$40), but it is very high quality.
We've done Japanese Nabe and Sichuan Hot Pot in this pot and they were both great. The pot cooks very evenly and is more than enough for 4 people (I would think it could serve up to 8, definitely could do 6). The whole apparatus feels very solid like it was built to last.
Included also is a metal rack that that can be used to steam food (we used it for shumai and gyoza / jiaozi / potstickers.) We had been using our rice cooker for this, but the HPS-MC3 is a lot larger allowing you to steam a whole meal's worth and the design is such that it's easy to put it on your table and eat your food fresh from the steam.
The HPS-MC3 also includes a grilling plate which we might use some day but we haven't used it for that purpose.
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