Price: $159.95
(as of Dec 10, 2024 20:03:08 UTC - Details)

The Cuisinart Cook Central 3-in-1 Multicooker

The MSC-600 Cuisinart Multicooker Create one-pot meals your family will love with the Cuisinart Cook Central 3-in-1 Multicooker. Three fully programmable cooking functions let you sauté vegetables, brown meats and slow cook your favorite comfort foods right in the unit. Skip the stovetop with combination cooking -- brown your ingredients in the unit and then simply switch to the slow cook function. Use the Cook Central to prep any aspect of your favorite dish. Select the steam function to prepare stuffed artichokes to start a gourmet meal or to create a healthful vegetable medley side dish. The Cook Central can even do dessert. With numerous recipes to choose from in the included booklet, the opportunities are endless!
The Cook Central features Cuisinart’s brushed stainless steel housing and a 6-quart nonstick cooking pot that lets you brown or sauté directly in the unit. Once your meal is ready, the unit will automatically shift to Keep Warm mode so your meal is ready when you are. Serving your dish is easy -- just lift the pot out and take it to the table. Clean-up is a breeze with the Cook Central as the pot, steaming rack and glass lid are dishwasher-safe.

Multi-Functional

The first step to creating your meal with the Cook Central is selecting the cooking function.

Slow Cook

Slow cooking is perfect for foods that require long, slow simmering, such as soups, stocks, stews, and dried beans. This function is also ideal when cooking tougher and less expensive cuts of meat like shoulder and pot roast. The Slow Cook function has three temperature settings -- High, Low, and Simmer. For recipes that need to cook longer, use the Simmer and Low settings. When starting a dish later in the day, select the High setting. A 24-hour timer and automatic Keep Warm mode ensure your food is ready to eat when you are. Brown or sauté with temperatures up to 400 degrees F. Use the extra-large steaming rack to steam vegetables. Slow cook on your schedule with programmable settings.

Steam

Steaming is one of the healthiest methods of cooking. No butter or oil is required and fewer nutrients are lost in the steaming process. To steam anything from asparagus to shrimp, insert the included steaming rack and no more than 2 quarts of water or other liquid in the cooking pot and cover with the lid. Once steaming is complete, carefully remove food from the pot with a spoon, fork or tongs and enjoy.

Brown/Sauté

Use the Brown/Sauté function as you would a skillet or sauté pan on the stovetop for a variety of recipes. Prepare a quickly sautéed skillet dish or brown food right in the pot as the first step of your family's favorite slow cooker recipe. You can use this function to reheat foods as well. Just use Brown/Sauté at 350 degrees F and stir until all ingredients are warmed through.
Once you have chosen the cooking function that best fits your recipe, simply set the desired time and temperature, and then press Start.

Features and Benefits

Glass Lid with Handle
Check the progress of a dish without releasing heat.
Steaming Rack
Place in the up position to elevate ingredients for steaming.
Nonstick Aluminum 6-Quart Cooking Pot
Spreads heat evenly to perfectly brown and saute ingredients right in the unit.
BPA Free
All parts that come in contact with food are BPA free.
Easy to use control panel

Programmable Control Panel

Cooking Function Buttons
Use to select Slow Cook, Brown/Sauté or Steam.
Time Directionals
Use to set your desired cooking time, be it minutes or hours.
Temperature Directionals
Use to set cooking temperatures up to 400 degrees F.
Start/Stop Button
Use to start and stop cooking function.
Blue Backlit LCD Display
Side-by-side display shows cooking time and temperature.
One touch switches modes when recipe calls for combination cooking
Extra-large blue backlit LCD display with easy-to-read time and temperature settings
Removable 6-quart nonstick aluminum cooking pot
Glass lid with cool-touch handle for clear view and comfortable handling
Dishwasher-safe removable parts for effortless cleanup, Steaming rack included, Limited 3-year warranty.Steam for up to 90 minutes
Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
Reviewer: Brenda C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best crockpot ever
Review: This is my second one of these slow cookers. My first got stolen at a work potluck, so clearly I’m not the only one who thinks it rocks!I’m a family of two, and I like to cook enough for leftovers, but not so much that we are miserable trying to finish it all. 3/4 full, this pot makes the perfect amount of food for two healthy appetites with lunch for the next day or two. Of course this depends on the recipe you are making as well, but I’m speaking generalities. This is one of the only slow cookers in this capacity range that comes in an oval shape. The shape makes it absolutely perfect to fit a small chicken or roast, and you can cook stuffed peppers or cabbage rolls in the oval shape without having them piled three high the way you’d be forced to do in a round crock.I find this pot to cook evenly, with accurate temperatures and no issues with burning the food on low settings the way other crockpots I have used did. And my favorite feature of all is the “simmer” setting, which is lower than low, but higher than “warm.” When I’m making a chili or spaghetti sauce, “simmer” is my best friend. The tomato sauce doesn’t get that tinny burned flavor it sometimes does in crockpots that run hotter.It has great, easy to understand controls, cleans like a dream (the crock fits easily in the sink, even if your faucet is low.)There’s absolutely nothing I don’t like about this thing. If this one gets stolen, I’ll be back for another.

Reviewer: Bob M.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A really nice slow cooker
Review: We've owned more than our fair share of slow cookers over the last 50+ years. They've come and gone, but this one is definitely a keeper. We actually wore out a couple of them, but many of the predecessors to this one were purchased simply because the offered some new bell or whistle that promised to revolutionize the slow-cooking process. Trouble is, none of them actually delivered any significantly improved (easier, tastier, whatever) food to out table, so each in turn found its way to a thrift shop. As long as this Cuisinart (we got the 4 quart model) continues to perform the way it has so far, it will keep its place in our cookware lineup. The cooker is well made, and has all the usual slow cooker functions, but the thing that sets it apart is its searing performance prior to switching to slow-cook mode. It really does an excellent job. The non-stick aluminum insert conducts heat (up to 400 deg.) very well, and stays hot even after a large roast is placed in the pan to sear. The pan is light in weight but sturdy, and the pan coating makes cleanup easy. Time will tell, but the coating appears to be tougher than the average non-stick, with none of the chip-prone irregularities that some of them have, right out of the box. At this point, I'd give the MSC-400 a solid recommendation.

Reviewer: Mama Bear
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for smaller quantities
Review: I bought this because the kids are gone and I wanted to be able to make smaller quantities of food. We've been using it weekly and it is performing great. Clean up is easy and love coming home to dinner after a long day at work.

Reviewer: Shesinstpete33710
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Absolutely awesome item
Review: I have an older round ceramic 4 qt. slow cooker that i have used for many, many years. If I remember correctly I only paid $10 for it which at that time was considered expensive. I adore it but it was lacking some nice improvements. It is round and deep so it is hard to know how food lower inside is cooking and the lid is a small clear (foggy) plastic that doesn't allow me to really see how items are cooking.I saw this oval non-stick slow cooker with glass lid and decided to bite my tongue and spend the money and get what I hoped was going to be a much nicer, more improved slow cooker. I used it yesterday for the first time and I'm in LOVE!!! Oh my, talk about improvements. I only used it for slow cooking this time and was extremely pleased. The large oval glass lid allowed me to watch as the food cooked. The cooker is wider than my old cooker meaning it was not as deep and more food is seen through the lid. Both are 4 qt cookers so the comparison was able to be exact. There was NO comparison. I cooked two large briskets and because the cooker is wider it allowed me to place both so they could both be seen while cooking. The round one needed the meat cut and stacked for cooking. This cooker has a timer that I set (the old cooker did NOT have a timer, I had to watch the clock) and it beeped 5 times when the time was up. It then switched automatically to a warming setting which per the instruction book will beep when it ends. (I didn't let the warming go through its cycle to hear it.) It also can be set to start later in the day or the next day. I am not sure I would use this because I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving food sitting all day to come on automatically at some specified time. I used a Reynolds liner which I found worked great for my older cooker but it really wasn't necessary as this cooker is non-stick but it fit perfectly (better than in the round cooker) and still made it nice to not have to do a major clean up. The lit controls are great. It literally counts down when you set the timer so you know how much longer till the meal is ready.My older cooker is a green ceramic insert that sits in an aluminum cooking pan that has a pretty pattern on it. It matched most of my kitchens over the years. This one is stainless and is an EXTREMELY attractive appliance. My current kitchen is white and stainless so it fits right in but I can assure you the stainless would fit in ANY kitchen.The unit comes with a steamer rack but I haven't used that part of the cooker yet. I also didn't brown the meat in the cooker when I cooked the brisket because I wanted to use the liner. In the near future I'll make some stew and brown the meat before adding all the other items (not using the liner obviously). This slow cooker can do a LOT more than my old green cooker. I can tell I won't be using the old cooker any more. This appliance is WELL worth the price. Well made, simple instructions and simple to use.It came packaged extremely well. I was really surprised at HOW well it was packaged. I seriously doubt it would be delivered to anyone broken (the glass top is the only thing that could break and it is well secured and wrapped in plastic with cardboard securing it in place.The entire experience from ordering it, to delivery, to unpacking, to setting it up, to using it, was simple. If I could rate this appliance higher than a five believe it or not, I would. This was a perfect purchase. If you are comparing different cookers, this one I highly recommend.Update: I've now used this cooker to make stuffed peppers, meatballs in sauce, and Briskette. I have to say it is awesome! I just purchased a second one that I can't decide whether to keep it for my own use (to have a second cooker for holiday functions) or give it to someone as a gift. I will probably keep it for myself since I love it so much. Highly recommend this if you are undecided. You will NOT be sorry.

Reviewer: Eduardo Bravo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me gustó el tamaño y muy buena marca

Reviewer: Diana Grant
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Reliable , Easy to set the time and temperature . Recipes are ready at mealtime .

Reviewer: Cheryl S.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I’ve only used the Slow Cooker function so far, but it does a great job. It has a good sized capacity for a family of four. It appears to be sturdy and well made so far.

Reviewer: Marimo Matagawa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Nice size for two to three people. Working great so far.

Reviewer: archana das
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The product never worked right from the beginning. You have to buy a 220/110v converter to run this gadget. The power consumption is 200 w.To be in the safe side I used a 350w converter but the cooker display never came on nor the cooker. Awaiting replacement / refund. Cost of the cooker was Rs.8229.