StirChef SAUCEPAN STIRRER HandsFree StoveTop cooking

by StirChef

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• ASIN: B0000TPBYG
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,631 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

'Speaking of time saving kitchen tools, at-home cooks will want to give a hand to one of the most innovative gadgets.'
- The Oakland Press, July 21, 2003    

   '...This machine will bridge the gap that busy people come to when    they want to make great, from-scratch grandmotherly-type foods that require    constant attention and a strong set of hands. Most give up and choose easier    recipes because they can't spare the time without feeling stress...'
- Testimonial from a professional chef

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea but worthless, December 27, 2005

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Brynn Fraser (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: StirChef SAUCEPAN STIRRER HandsFree StoveTop cooking

The first thing I made was a marinara sauce, on the lowest possible heat setting. First, the intermittent setting does not work, it continues to stir constantly. Second, within just a few minutes of use, the plastic began to melt and stain beyond recognition. I attempted to contact the manufacturer via the weblink listed on the box, and guess what? It took me to a LAN/Wan support site. I wonder where they went? I emphatically DO NOT recommend this item! Not worth the cost of the batteries!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Stirring Experience, February 22, 2005

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A. Consumer - See all my reviews

This review is from: StirChef SAUCEPAN STIRRER HandsFree StoveTop cooking

After visiting six stores and searching the internet, I finally found a deep saucepan with an 8 1/2 inch diameter to handle the not very long arms of the StirChef. Attaching the StirChef to my new 4qt saucepan, I turned it on to stir some chopped vegetables for 10 minutes at low heat. After about 4 minutes the flimsy plastic blades began to melt, adding an interesting but unwanted taste to the vegetables. Well, at least I have a nice new saucepan.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good - hope there is a "version 2" someday, October 29, 2005

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Jase T. Wolfe - See all my reviews

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All in all, not a bad product, and relatively handy if you have other things to do than constantly stir something. If Amazon allowed for half stars, I would have given it only 3.5 instead of 4, but it is better than a 3 star rating.

The unit looks like the picture. The arms have the ability to fold up next to the unit for compact storage. I have no idea what they mean by "spring loaded arms", the three different sized paddles that come with it have bendable tips that allow for a fitting into pans that might not be the exact size of the paddles. They aren't rubber and you don't really want them scraping along the sides of your pan, so you often find yourself going with the smaller paddle, which works just as well to keep things moving. The paddles connect to the unit via the metal rod that has a clip on one end. The rod fits thru the motor part, and at no time is it actually connected; this allows the varying depth. The unit either turns constantly, or intermittently, depending on where you set the switch.

Biggest problem I have with the unit (next to the 4 dead batteries that it came with) is the speed at which it turns; the constant turn setting seems a little slow. I found that at the speed it turns, I needed to keep my heat at a slow medium or I got build-up and scorching. Not a problem that you can't overcome, but lower temps mean longer cooking times. I really would like to see a version 2 of the unit that allowed for a variable turn speed.