Bertelin Digi Cooker Review
Cooking has gone digital whether you like it or not. I guess you like it or you are trying to get someone around you to like it. New electric pressure cookers and multi-cookers are being manufactured almost every month. This Bertelin Digi Cooker Review is about a relatively new electric pressure cooker and multi-cooker in the UK market. The cooker promises a lot and delivers quite well for a very competitive price.
Bertelin Digi Cooker Cooking Modes
This electric pressure cooker has 10 different cooking modes. Like all multi-cookers, it replaces a lot of cooking devices. With this cooker, you would no more need your rice cooker, slow cooker, yoghurt maker, and some more.
Take a look at the listed cooking modes for the Bertelin digicooker.
- Pressure Cooking
- Slow Cooking
- Rice cooking
- Steaming
- Yoghurt making
- Cake making
- Stewing
- Food Warming
- Sauté / Browning
- Boiling
- Sous Vide Cooking
- Delay Cooking.
Bertelin Digi Cooker Video
Pre-Set Programs in the Bertelin Digi Cooker
The Bertelin Digi Cooker has pre-set menu programs which you can use to make different meals. You don’t have to stay with or keep checking your meal till it’s ready. Not at all! All you have to do is just to set the functions right, press the right buttons and wait for it to be ready. For instance, if you want to cook your beans after having a long day at work, all you need to do is to add your recipes into the cooker, then press the right buttons while setting the functions right and wait for your meal to be ready. The amazing thing about this cooker is that it is quite fast which means that if you are really hungry coming back from work, you don’t have to worry about the long time to be spent cooking. With Bertelin Digi Cooker, your cooking time is reduced by 70% and still produces healthy and tasty food.
The Pre-Set Programs are;
- Steam
- Cake
- Slow cook
- Meat
- Poultry
- Fish
- Beans
- Yoghurt
- Pasta
- Rice
- Sauté (cook food in a small amount fat).
- Soups
- Boil
- Stew.
Sous Vide Cooking (BOIL function)
Sous vide means “under vacuum” in French. It refers to the process of vacuum-sealing food in a bag, then cooking it to a very precise temperature in a water bath. This technique produces results that are impossible to achieve through any other cooking method.
The “Boil” function in the digi cooker can be used for sous vide cooking. This makes the digi cooker to stand out among other electric pressure cookers in its price range.
The temperature setting on the BOIL function can preset and adjusted between 30°C and 120°C. You can change 1°C each time by pressing the “+” or “-” buttons.
The downside however is that the Boil function can only last for 4 hours. If you have a recipe that requires longer than 4 hours, you can’t do it with this cooker.
Sautè or Browning or Searing
These words mean virtually the same thing. On this cooker, it uses the word Sautè. Which means you can use the cooker like a regular pot on a stove to fry or lightly brown your ingredients before adding other ingredients.
You have the ability to sautè the vegetables in the one pot then add the water / stock and make the soup all in one same pot.
How Safe is the Bertelin Digi Cooker?
Most modern pressure cookers are safe to use and ‘goof proof’. Pressure cookers have pressure regulators that vent off some steam once the pressure inside them exceeds a certain limit (usually about 15 pounds per square inch or 15psi). This allows constant pressure to be maintained inside the pressure cooker that is higher than atmospheric pressure. With that much heat at that much pressure, you do not need any mishaps or malfunctions.
With the digi cooker, there is a locking lid that only opens once the pressure is released. The pressure release valve will automatically exhaust and limit the pressure if the pressure exceeds normal limits.
It also has a Child Safety Lock function with which you can disable the control panel if children are around.
Here are some others as stated by the manufacturers.
- Float Valve Protection Device: It will make sure the appliance cannot be overdraught when the lid and the body cannot match well.
- Safety Device for Opening and Closing: The appliance cannot be opened when there is high pressure inside the cooker.
- Overheat Safety Device: when the inner temperature comes up to the maximum temperature, the appliance will cut off the power.
- Anti Empty Pot Cooking Protection Device: If used with nothing in the pot, the power will cut off automatically and the appliance will restore automatically when the temperature goes down.
- Anti-blockage Safety Device: Prevents food from clogging and makes sure air can circulate smoothly.
- Pressure Relieving Safety Device: If all the above safety devices don’t work, and pressure in the inner pot reaches the maximum, the inner pot will move down automatically to be away from the sealing ring, and air will be expelled from the edge of the lid to prevent malfunction.
- Pressure Control Safety Device: If pressure gets too high, power will cut off automatically and restore when the cooker is back at safe levels.
- Temperature Limited Safety Device: if temperature levels get too high power will cut off automatically and restore when the temperature has lowered.
- Safety Lid Lock
- Power Fuse cut off
Recipe Booklet/Instruction Manual
An Instruction manual is included in the box of the Bertelin Digi Cooker. It contains the basic instruction to help you operate the cooker efficiently and safely. You will also find some basic recipes in the manual. This is helpful to test the cooker and help begin your journey in the use of an electric pressure cooker and multi-cooker.
I wish a pdf copy of the manual was available online for those who lose their manual. The good thing though is that you can order a new copy for cheap.
A good number of buyers wished that the instructions in the manual were more detailed.
The digi cooker has a webpage where you can find some more recipes. The great thing about using electric pressure cookers these days is that you can usually use the recipes from other electric pressure cookers. Find some recipes here.
Bertelin Digi Cooker Recipe Video: Beans and Plantain
The Bertelin Digi Cooker Control Panel
Some of these features on the control panel are;
- Timer
- Sounds ‘on’ or ‘off’
- Bake
- Boil and many more.
Bertelin Digi Cooker Inner Pot and Lid Type
It has a non-stick inner pot which is dishwasher safe. Personally, I prefer stainless steel inner pots but I also agree that manufacturers are making many safer ones now. The truth is that non-stick inner pots are easier to clean. I think I am just a little weary of the non-stick inner pot and all that heat and pressure.
The Lid is a detachable type that twists shut to create a seal to pressure cook. This also allows for proper cleaning of the lid after usage. The lid is not dishwasher safe.
Dimensions – Model: BL6531
- Size: 6 Liter
- Item Weight: 5.16 Kilograms
- Color: Black and Silver
- Power/Wattage: 1000W
- Voltage: 240 Volts
- Material: Stainless steel
Accessories
- Steaming Tray
- Rice Paddle: This is used to make rice and to also check whether it is done or not to the desire of the buyer.
- Measuring Cup
- Instruction Manual (Sample Recipes Included)
- Power Cable with 3Pin UK AC Plug (BS1363)
Pros and Cons of the Bertelin Digi Cooker
Conclusion
The Bertelin Digi Cooker has taken its place among the best electric pressure cookers in UK. It does not have the popularity of the bigger brands like the Instant Pot, the Pressure King Pro or even the Ninja Foodi or Tefal Electric Pressure cooker. Nonetheless, at its price point, this is an excellent product to buy.
My personal opinion is that you can’t go wrong with this product as your first electric pressure cooker. However, if this is your second cooker, you would need to determine if it will meet all your needs.
