Tiger NFA-B450 4.5 Liter Thermal Magic Cooker

by Tiger

Product Features

• Features: 4.5 liter capacity
• Makes cooking easy and enjoyable
• Boil ingredients in the inner pot over a flame

Product Details

• Item Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000C983P
• Item model number: NFA-B450-XS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,432 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #89 in Kitchen & Dining > Small Appliances > Slow Cookers

Product Description

Features: 4.5 liter capacity. Makes cooking easy and enjoyable. Boil ingredients in the inner pot over a flame. After boiling, place the entire inner pot into the outer pot. The outer pot's vacuum stainless steel construction maintains the high temperature of the inner pot for slow cooking, easily cooking foods that require low heat.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three words: economical, ecological, and durable., November 1, 2011

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Browniebaker (Chevy Chase, MD, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger NFA-B450 4.5 Liter Thermal Magic Cooker (Kitchen)

It's been six years since I bought my cooker, and it has turned out to be a real dependable workhorse in my kitchen. Three words: economical, ecological, and durable. At least once a week I use either this 4.5-liter cooker or the 8-liter one, both of which I bought after seeing that my mother had happily used her Tiger Thermal Magic Cooker (the 4.5-liter size) for several years. I was finding myself using it whenever I visited her house, so I finally caved and bought two: the 8-liter and the 4.5-liter. I am very pleased with these. I make everything from chilis, goulash, and other stews and braises to simple chicken soup, baked beans, and even rice pudding, to name just a few. I just bring the foods in the covered inner pot to a boil on the stovetop, place the pot in the outer container, close the lid, and leave it. It cooks solely with the heat in the pot, so there's no other energy-use -- very economical and ecological. I can leave the house, even, and safely be cooking; I love the freedom. Unlike a slowcooker, there's no heating element to burn the bottom of the pot, to draw electricity, to worry about. And I can't believe how long foods stay safely warm in these cookers; it's still warm the next day! Clean-up is simple, too. The initial cost is not low, but you'll easily recoup the cost in energy-savings.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not a rice cooker, November 4, 2009

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Emily "EnviroGeek" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tiger NFA-B450 4.5 Liter Thermal Magic Cooker (Kitchen)

I've been doing some extensive experiments with the Tiger thermal cooker over the last month or so, and it is quite good at some things and not at all good at other things. The short version is that the pot must be at least half full to retain enough heat to cook properly. So, soups, curries, potatoes, and beans cook quite well if the pot is half full. Rice and split pea soup do not cook well at all, because even a family-sized recipe only fills the pot 1/4 to 1/3 full. I had really hoped to be able to cook rice in this pot, but after five different tries, I still can't get it to work. So, I take one star off for that.

I also take one star off for price. This is a pricey gizmo. I do like it, and appreciate that it uses no fuel once you bring the contents to a boil (which I can do on my fireplaces "warming shelf"). However, $170 is a lot of money. For a cheaper, lower-energy cooking method, try a pressure cooker.

For soups and stews, though, the Tiger does a very nice job. Carrots retain a nice crisp edge even when fully cooked, and except for rice, food tends to stay warm but not overcook. So you decide; if you've got the money and you mostly want to make stew, this is a 5-star item. Full details of my tests are available at [...]

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars like it, August 28, 2009

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Martin Garrison (Bay Area, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiger NFA-B450 4.5 Liter Thermal Magic Cooker (Kitchen)

works as advertised

recipes in booklet are wild--don't know i'll ever do the carp dish but you never know

works great for oat groats

only drawback is lid doesn't snap or lock shut like Thermos brand (which you can't buy in US anyway and it's $250 too)