Breville Multi Chef BRC600

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, 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… Read more

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.

Easy, one button control. Quality product – This is my second Breville MultiChef. The first one lasted over 15 years and only blew up through no fault of its own. Sadly, the machine died because by teenager attempted to cook rice pudding in it; the milk boiled over and damaged the electric panel. So do Not Boil Milk in it! I use it at least 3 times a week to cook rice, lentil soup, slow… Read more

cooked diced beef, lamb shanks, chicken dishes… casserole style dishes where one hour before dish is cooked I add 1/2 cup of rice and 1 cup of lentils to add extra protein and to thicken up the dish.

I first use Sauté function to brown the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, spices, in a little olive oil, then add meat to brown. Add liquid stock bring to boil, then press Slow Cook High button for 2 hours. Switch to Sauté function and Add washed rice, washed lentils, quinoa, spinach, frozen vegetables etc bring to boil. Then press Slow Cook High function for 1 hour… voila! No need to stir after step 1 sauté. Do not stir once rice is cooking as makes rice go gluggy. I freeze the leftovers for a rainy day. Easy to clean: hand wash Use no metal utensil to stir or wash in order to preserve anti-stick coating. Also steam cook vegetables, dumplings etc in basket supplied. Comes with basic recipe booklet and instructions. Easy to use one button for rice cooking.. easy. Suitable for beginner cooks. Highly recommend the Breville Multi Chef.

Not worth it! – I bought this rice cooker after a lot of research and reading reviews from various sites. To be fair, no rice cooker had the perfect review. Price wasn't so much of an issue for me, not that I would spend $500 on a rice cooker. I was looking for a rice cooker that basically did the job it was meant to do which was cook white rice and brown rice… Read more

occasionally. Sadly, this one just doesn't cut it at all! not even close!

I've tried making white rice exactly how the instruction manual says (water to rice ratio) and rice wasn't even half done! Crazy right? I gave it a couple of goes and came to realise that I need to use 2.5 times water to the rice which is more than double of what is recommended. i didn't even bother trying to cook brown rice. That is not all, the inner pot seems to wear off quite easily. I've been extremely careful while cleaning the inner pot but even then I've noticed some marks in the corners. This is all within the first month of purchasing! I'm extremely disappointed with this purchase. Having read the reviews of the cooker self destructing within the first few years, I took up additional 2 year warranty. I wish they had given some sort of guarantee that the cooker functions as advertised!

Pros: Easy to clean the lid and rice doesn't stick so much to the base. This was very important for me as I had these issues with my previous cheap $15 rice cooker :)

You would think that spending a lot of money would get you a good quality product, well maybe in some cases, but not this one. My cheaper $15 rice cooker from big w barely got any marks during the 2 years I used it.

Search for the perfect rice cooker continues..

Almost there – Excellent rice cooker. I use it everyday. Only issue is the anti stick coating gets easily scratched. I hope Breville fixes this as this is honeslty a good and versatile cooker Show details

Love the sear function – I have used every function on this cooker, searing, roasting, steaming and cooking rice. I love the way you can sear the meat and or onions before slow cooking. The quality of the food is great - it retains the flavors and doesn't dry out. The only disadvantage is the size - you can only fit a half leg of lamb, which is fine for 2 people but… Read more

probably not enough to feed a family. The controls are easy to use and easy to adjust the settings. I had had other slow cookers before and would highly recommend this one above others I have tried.

Perfect Rice Cooker – Bought this product to cook better rice, i used Basmati rice and found it cooked really nice, did not stick to bottom like the cheap rice cookers. very happy and cant wait to try new recipies Show details

Stop working after about 10 uses in 18months – Very disappointed in this product. Stopped working after about 18months and only used about 10 times (at most). All normal care given, a not so fancy rice cooker of same brand has outlasted this.. do not recommend this product. Show details

Only had two weeks stopped working – We purchased this product two weeks ago to replace another rice cooker, it worked up until a few days ago. Now it doesn't cook the rice, after a few minutes it just goes to the warm setting without cooking the rice, we are going to return and buy a different brand. Show details

Id give it less then one star if i could – I have owned the Breville Multi-Chef for almost 2 years and have used it no greater then five times (2x Slow cooked meals 3x as a Steamer) and it has been great until the sixth time and that is were the problems have arisen, the inner bowl now smokes when the machine is in use and a melting smell also comes from the unit. I contacted Breville and… Read more

there response was via Email 05/08/2019 "Thank you for your email. I would advise replacing the bowl. The Inner Pot (BRC600/10) for your (BRC600) is currently available for $44.80 plus $11.00 Postage & Handling. You can purchase this over the phone with either a credit card (Visa or MasterCard only)."

to sell me another inner bowl, for a product i paid $120 for i was hoping for more then 5 uses out of it.

Overall i would stay away from this slow-cooker/ Multi-Chef unless Breville fixed there nonstick coating.

Three repeat failures after about 12 months each – Have had three of this model, each failing after about 12 months where cooker turns on but will not heat. I've had two replaced under warranty but last time the message was "next time" it won't be covered. I guess from the warranty claims and comments here they must know there is a design fault (or obsolescence feature) Show details

Very disappointed – Great little unit that worked really well... However, I have had it for about 2 years, only using it a handful of times (I only use it as a slow cooker). And it's just stopped working. No power appears to be getting through. Pretty upset. Would not recommend. Show details

Another failure – Was a Christmas gift 2017, now 13 months old. Heat plate stopped working. May have used 10 times. Slow cooker worked well. Never cooked rice fluffy. Often under cooked the rice and burnt/stuck to the bottom Show details

Really like the multifunctions however there seems to be a fault with this model – I really like the multiple functions on this model so I don't have to buy extra appliances. I am onto my second BRC600 and both times the same problem has occurred where the unit no longer heats up. Both are outside the warranty period so unfortunately I can't get it replaced. Disappointed that it seems to be a common fault.  Show details

Like others, it worked great then one day it just stopped working – Like many others here, I had the multi chef for about 11 months then one day the hot plate just stopped heating up. Luckily it was under warranty so I got another one. Again it's now been about 10-11 months and it again has stopped working. This time not under warranty. Do not buy this product. I'm so mad about how terrible it is for such an expensive product.  Show details

Bad buy – Mine didn't last 16 month same problem coating came off and it started constantly turning off before the meal or rice was cooked..Not Handy if you turn is on and walk away to find out at dinner your meal is raw... 1 month later it stopped completely what a waste of money... Breville never again!!!  Show details

Cuts out mid meal – We use our cooker roughly twice a week, mostly on the rice function and occasionally the slow cooker. It was great, easy to clean and the 2 touch function is so handy. 2 years later, the coating is coming off the bowl (it has only ever had the spoon provided to scoop out the rice) and it stops working before the rice is cooked. We still had the receipt so we called Breville and they were so helpful and did a good deal on a replacement purchase  Show details

Just stopped working – Bought this multicooker 3 years ago but only used it at the most for 12 times over the 3 years. Had a big dinner planned for visitors..put it on and NOTHING, timing couldn't be worse. Had to go to the shop quickly to buy another slow cooker to get planned dinner organised . Soooo DISAPPOINTED and angry for such an expensive item.  Show details

Jack of all trades, master of all! – We have been very happy with this purchase. It's excellent for small slow cooked meals, risotto and rice. With this machine you really can make "no-stir" risotto. It comes out perfectly cooked. When we use it as a rice cooker, it works better than any I have used before, there are no hard "crusty" bits at the bottom. We unfortunately had… Read more

to buy a replacement lid. We dropped it, the glass didn't break, but the knob did. $30 odd for a new lid, including postage was fair.

I would buy this Multi Chef again.

Absolutely do not buy the Multi Chef. Breville- pick up your game- it’s pathetic – I came across the reviews of this machine 6mths ago and was having a quiet snigger to myself as my machine was still working. However my tune has changed and I am not sniggering now- as mine has gone and shat itself. First there was an electrical smell - and now nothing. Just cold water and a cup full of uncooked brown rice. Breville Daring,… Read more

you have to sort your crap out. Take the time to read all the negative comments below about this slow cooker. They are appalling.

This Breville Slow Cooker is a waste of money and it’s a blight on our precious environment- with yet another one going to landfill.

I will be looking to another brand to replace this one.

Worked well until it didnt – Like other users, it suddenly stopped being able to boil water and flat out failed. Disappointed that such an expensive product would fail this way. Other than that, I got alot of good use out of it. It is a shame breville hasn't updated the design or recalled it despite all these failures.  Show details

Perfect...until the hot plate stopped working – I used my slow cooker at least twice a week. It was fantastic. I found it easy to clean, easy to use, and loved all the recipes I could create...until I was cooking my sausage hotpot (a family favourite), and I went to check on it 2 hours out of finishing and it was cold! I tried again and still cold. The hotplate has stopped working. And again, like others, just out of warranty!!!  Show details

BRC600? What a disappointment – It kept on switching off before the food was cooked. On the third and last chance, at the end of 3 hour cooking period, I was defeated for the last time. Dinner was late, we had to leave for training after switching the menu to sandwiches for dinner. While my kitchen would pretty much be the perfect Breville advert this slow cooker was the Royal… Read more

let down of all my appliances.

The item was returned to the supplier who took it back with no objections. I haven't seen the Breville Multi Chef BRC600 available on the shelves since.

I loved this machine, then it broke – This was a fantastic machine for cooking rice, risotto, slow cooked meats and casseroles, and all sorts of things... then it just stopped working. Any setting — saute, slow cook high or low, rice or risotto — none function, the bowl no longer becomes warm. From this website and others this sounds like a common problem. Called their support centre… Read more

— the staff were friendly, but this unit cannot be fixed or serviced at all. They offered a discount on a replacement, but it's based on their website's recommended retail price and works out to be about the same as the actual price of a new unit from a retail outlet. Just over two and half years of service is pretty disappointing.

Worked Well, But Dead in 3 Years! – I was happy with this product, it worked well, easy to clean. Mostly used the rice cooker function, and occasionally the risotto, sear and slow cook functions. Buuuut...like other reviewers have stated here, it completely stopped dead with the hotplate not heating up at all after about 3 years! Disappointing. At the price point I would have expected the product to last longer. I probably used it on average no more than fortnightly.  Show details

Broken after 11months – We purchased one of this cooker less than two years ago. 11 month after purchase it stopped working. Replacing unit just stopped working exactly 11months after first use. These cookers seems to come with self-destruct timer!!! Or there are some serious defective designs. The multifuntions are fine when not broken.  Show details

Good and Bad – The cooker is fast to heat up and works great in the first few moths, but the coating on the black pot started to come off more and more after a few months. I mostly use it for cooking rice, boiling hot water or making soup and don't scratch it with any sharp object. I have never seen this in any other rice cookers I bought before so the pot material/coating is the worse compare to everything I used before.  Show details

Very good machine – I have used this as a rice cooker, slow cooker as well as to sauté and even cook a whole chicken and can also make homemade toasted museli. I find it does best as a slow cooker. My rice cooker makes better rice but this one cooks it very quickly. Great that you can sauté and slow cook in one machine. Very happy with this purchase  Show details