Best Breville Slow Cookers

POOR QUALITY – Had twelve months so now out of warranty. Buttons wore and had to push many times to works. Then today went to lift the lid to stir when on low and… Read more

the handle came off in my hand and noticed the lid was completely shattered. Must have happened well before I lifted the lid. Last Breville product I'll purchase.

Pretty happy – I've had the Multi Chef for more than 7 years although it's only been in the last few months that I've used it regularly. First, it was to cook rice,… Read more

and for that it does a great job. I use it several times a week for rice. Simply use the correct water & rice ratio, and the machine will turn itself off and beep when the rice is done. Much better than cooking on the stove top where you have to keep an eye on it and obviously turn it off when it's done, or in the microwave where it would always boil over and make a mess. I sometimes use the steamer basket to cook veggies at the same time as cooking rice, which is very handy and efficient. I also use the slow cooker low & high functions several times a week now, and most of the time I preface the slow cook with the sear/saute. I LOVE that there is a sear function on the machine so that I can brown meats and saute onions/garlic etc directly in the slow cooker, rather than having to dirty another pan. The sear could be a bit stronger, but all in all it's fine. I wish it had a timer/delayed start though, for the days when I go to the office but only need it to cook for a few hours. Without a delayed start, I'm restricted to recipes that require at least 8 hours of cooking. The non-stick coating on the inner pot insert is pretty cr*p though, it's totally scratched even though I only use silicone or wood utensils. I think the bones of meat sitting in the pot is enough to scratch it. Luckily it is possible to buy a replacement pot as a spare part - I think that's really important and it's great that Breville offers this, rather than forcing consumers to throw away the whole unit because of one damaged part.

Edited to add on 3/4/2024: My machine has stopped working now, after owning it for 8 years and using it regularly for 1 year. The heating element stopped heating. I won't repurchase because of the non-stick coating on the inner pot, which flakes too easily and I can't imagine how much of it has gotten into our food. That was by far my biggest complaint about this machine. I would easily have repurchased it if the inner pot was stainless steel.

Bought from Breville store via Amazon. The first unit got replaced due to a faulty thermostat. The second is not safe to use on the pressure cook… Read more

function. The meat was undercooked and on pressure release fat and liquid spewed out violently making a huge mess. The beef was quite lean and the amount of mess was astonishing. Thankfully none was near the cooker at the time! The preset cook functions leave us with undercooked meat as well. Cooking white rice according to built in preset makes it gluggy. There are no pressure cook instructions in the manual. I googled 15 minutes for red wine beef?? Unfortunately, I cannot obtain a cash refund from Amazon as per Australian Consumer Law because I had the replacement unit barely over 30 days and Breville won't help.

Takes pretty much double the time to cook anything no matter what setting. Took 16 hours to cook a recipe that should have been done in 8

It was going good untill we found our bowl scratched. 4 months old and the bowl already scratched. Very upset about this one for a $250 slow cooker.… Read more

We are very careful. Used only silicone utensils.

EDIT: Contact Breville through there support ticket system online. Very good customer service. And sent out a new pot straight away.