Kitchen-Free Cooking? Testing an Electric Cooker!
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- Today I'm testing out the Dezin Electric Pot, which is advertised as an electric pot/skillet than can be used anywhere there's an outlet.
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0:00 Intro & Unboxing
1:21 Heat Test
3:20 Boiling Water
4:21 Amazon Reviews
5:06 Egg Test
6:53 Hamburger
7:55 Meatless Burger
8:40 Grilled Cheese
9:43 Veggies
10:25 Backyard Bites (A Steak Outdoors)
13:21 Final Thoughts
#electricskillet #outdoorcooking #campingandcooking - Jak na to + styl
I hope you gave that cute little coyote some steak, James 😂
I read this comment right when she was licking her chops
Bailey is such a cutie. ❤
When I check product reviews I always look for lowest ratings first. If there are plenty of those I don't bother with high ratings. Doing this has served me well.
Nah some of those low ratings be from incompetent people, there was one for a cheap PlayStation compatible controller for $20 and the 1* reviewer was complaining that it wasn’t the official PlayStation controller because it didn’t have any of the PlayStation logos.
@@RollingxBigshot Yeah the 1-star reviews are not always all that useful. More often than not it's something like "product arrived broken", which is more on the seller than the item itself. I like to check the mid-range reviews, these tend to be a bit more balanced lol.
I stick to the 2/3 stars because they usually tell the whole story. 1 star reviews are either people who made a mistake and put 1 star instead of 4/5, ordered the wrong item and blame it for their failings or are just plain stupid. There's always an exception but I usually don't look at the extremes first
I am exactly the same and I agree!
1 star reviews usually go like "I used this product in a way it's not designed to and it broke"
The guest appearance of "Cowboy Jimmy" White was a welcome diversion.
gave me Alton Brown Good Eats filming vibes 👍
I think Backyard Bites should become a regular segment
YES! Please make it a thing!
Yes. I'll second that!
yes please
Yes!
Loves seeing Bailey pop into frame. What a good doggy!
Same!
*coyote
This is a pretty common thing in Asia where a lot of students will have one the same way people out west will typically have a hotplate for their dorm rooms, and it's mostly only really for soup or instant noodles, oatmeals or congee, and reheating leftovers with a splash of water on the bottom before you toss in the food.
Yeah, that makes a lot more sense than having this thing. I rather have an inexpensive electric single hot plate and a separate pot or pan that I can easily wash or swap out if something happens to it. Easier to repair or replace the hot plate too. I imagine the coating will wear out on this thing, and then you'd be stuck with an even worse piece of e-waste.
It's in the title, lol. I've never seen anyone cook what he cooked in it.
That there, "coyote" is of the Yogi Bear variety. It will steal your lovely pic-a-nic vittles.
These are great for soups, I had an old 1 i picked up at an asian grocery store years ago during college. Easy way to cook top ramen plus you can boil an egg to make it 'fancy'
Yeah I was thinking it would be perfect for some instant ramen with fixins when you're in a dorm or something like that. Not really for cooking steaks lol.
@@Yenneffer Yeah, but if you want something more versatile a non stick electric skillet is the way to go, but i've never done steaks in my Oster as I have a basket airfryer for that.
@@CommodoreFan64 Yeah, there are definitely more versatile tools.
Back 50 years ago when I was in college, we di the disarmed thing with an electric popcorn popper….fixed soup that is!
@@Yenneffer yeah, but hey, it still cooks steak which is a surprise for me.
Just buy an old school electric skillet. You can cook ALMOST anything!!
You can even bake cakes in them.
What’s the difference? I’ve never had one or seen one I don’t think.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 There are plenty of them on Amazon at many different prices.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Far better build quality and temperature control than this silly thing, plus a larger cooking surface which makes them far more useful.
I received an electric skillet as a wedding gift years ago. I loved it and it worked great. It eventually stopped working and I replaced it with an electric griddle. I LOVE my griddle!
Anyone that has this or a pot like this, just put the egg in as it is preheating. It would cook as it gets to temp. Or make the breakfast meat then turn it off and cook it as it is cooling off.
Yes! This was my exact thought. Eggs cook pretty quickly so there should be plenty of time to cook it during the cool down period (assuming the preheat goes too quickly)
Same I have an electric coil top single burner and it gets hot. Like I put it to 2 and it almost burns my eggs. so as soon as it starts heating throw your egg in if you wait until it's fully preheated you're gonna burn the eggs.
I have this and just turn it on and off when I cook eggs sometimes.
but honestly, you can put it on high, throw the egg in and just move it around a bit. Works fine.
Back in the 60's my mother had a square frying pan with legs to hold it off the cabinet. As I remember, the power cable was much better arranged than this.
I think everybody's mother had one of those in the 60s. You don't see them a lot anymore.
My mom had one too!
Oh yeah. Loved that pan. I remember her cooking chicken legs in ours.
I cooked meals as a newlywed in the 1980’s, in our Sunbeam electric skillet. Very handy especially for braised pork chops! Temperature control really worked!
@@sandrastreifel6452 I think my mom's was a sunbeam. Fully immersible.. except the cord!
I have an electric skillet that I've used for over a decade to fry meats and make things like Salisbury Steak and gravy, pancakes and sausage,etc..
Wouldn't trade it for 10 of those things.
I have a non stick Oster electric skillet, and I agree I would not trade it for 20 of these things if they where given too me for free.
I have an Oster stainless steel electric skillet, which is 30 yrs old and works like a champ. Would not trade it if you gave me something for free!
All here are correct. I have a Presto electric skillet that I got for $20, they are $35 now, but they are ceramic which is good. It can heat to any temp, is larger and more convenient than this pot. Also, I understand the lower end brands have more of that bad chemical that comes off the Teflon when heated. Glad to see Presto went to ceramic. I'm sure in a head to head here on the channel, the skillets would kill this pot any day of the week.
I'm in my 60s and my mom had an electric skillet decades ago. It worked beautifully and was big enough to cook 4 burgers or pancakes at the same time, and it was deep enough to handle most things.
My mom used to cook fried potatoes in hers, and the fried chicken in it was awesome!
My mom had a Sunbeam electric frying pan, about 12 inches square on all four sides, on legs. Used it mostly to make Swiss Steak. Edit: It was aluminum interior.
Those were great snd had temperature control knobs. One pot dinners for family of four
Do they not make them snymore?
We used to take ours on family road trips. Mom would cook dinner in it so we could avoid going to a restaurant. It lasted 40+ years.
@@sparkleflairOurs was exclusively used for fried potatoes too. 😊
Sweetest looking coyote I ever did see❤
And the sweetest tempered one that ever existed.
"Amazon's Choice" is just a marketing label that sellers or manufacturers can buy.
😮 Oh... That's good to know, thanks!
@@FAB13 No kidding! I didn't know it either. Thanks to @mgratk comment.😊
Yup. I avoid products with that label. Really sad that you can't trust Amazon anymore.
@@jxchamb I hardly ever buy from them anymore. It's a trust thing for me. 🥴🥴
While it's true that retailers must pay extra for the designation, they must also have a sufficient number of items sold and satisfaction rating.
I love mine. Got almost 2yrs ago. It was originally meant for power outages because it cooks so quick that it doesn't draw alot from my Jackery power station. I end up using it more than I thought. Cleans up fast and makes a better steak than my air fryer when I don't want the extra mess usiing a cast iron skillet. I like a rare steak. I put on high to sear both sides and I'm good. Sautes perogi's and chicken breasts nicely. I bought it at $29.99 before price went up.
“I like a rare steak.” Your tastebuds might, but heart doesn’t!
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Coupe, and sithe harder, as I like a good medium rare steak.
@@CommodoreFan64 was cope and seethe necessary lmao? they were just stating an opnion.
You were cooking steaks in an air fryer? You need to be prosecuted, tried by a judge and sent straight to jail for 10 years!
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 and your colon doesnt like well done or charred meats.
The “C” shape seen on the bottom of the pan may be from the heating element, with the “opening” being the ends of the positive and negative electric connections for it.
No shit the C shape is from the heating element lol what else would it be from...
It's AC, it doesn't have negative or positive electric connections.
Yeah I'd just get a hotplate, much more controllable and even temperature.
Sure, for the stuff he was cooking. Everything he cooked in the electric *saucepan* were things a person would cook in a skillet. Zero were things a person would cook in a saucepan.
@@hificat101 I would still use a hotplate or induction cooktop. They are surprisingly great with stainless steel saucepans.
I use a hotplate with a small pot and pan.
Same, you can put the cookware in dishwasher and one wipe will clean it... And it would use the same power...
imo induction plates are terrible, not only are they extremely loud, they are not AT ALL even in temperature. They just have two states, off or high power. The settings from 1 to 20 that you may have are just controlling how often it turns off. That casuses a lot of food to burn or water to boil over.
Bailey smelling the smells and licking her chops. "Can I has some too?"
If the non-stick surface contains Teflon, over 500 degrees is too hot! Teflon starts breaking down then.
Yep, and the Teflon steam is insanely dangerus⚡
I'm curious why you didn't test it for soup or cooking pasta & grains in water. That's what I thought the pot was for when I first saw it.
I was thinking it was targeted at Kraft dinner and ramen… 😂
Lol!🤠 You're so funny James.
And sweet Bailey wouldn't take her eye off that steak. I hope she got a little taste.🐶
Have you ever reviewed the portable lunch crockpots? I was curious if those worked.
We have 2 of the electric frying pans and a gas burner '' hot plate '' and the small portable oven that we use a lot. I don't use the stove at all in the summer,
Same. Have a electric hot plate for $15 at Walmart (cheaper than this pot/pan) and have a toaster oven. Only time I use the oven is about twice a year
I have a full kitchen...nice size oven, stove with 2 sets of stainless pots and pans and beautiful teak cooking utensils...because I'm an adult that makes a good living and can afford nice things.
@user-ru5jy5lr4g besides senceless bragging, please do share and tell us why your comment has to do with not cooking on top of the stove (otherwise, sir or mam, using different methods, esp on hot days)??? I am proud that you have achieved your fundamental goal in life and wish you nothing but infinite blessings
@@user-ru5jy5lr4g
That’s quite the polar opposite of your post on his “Toaster Showdown” video, where you wrote how thrifty you are when buying some kitchen equipment, and lambasted those who spent extra money to buy a “nice thing:”
_“Any muppet that buys a toaster oven over $25 needs to see a shrink on a daily basis.”_
@@begoodbebetterbeblessedix3766
Have you read his/her recent comments on this channel? I just did. Too funny. Read my last post here.
It's so hot because it was designed for one specific Asian dish called "hot pot".
It's a boiling hot broth that the family dips various things into including thinly sliced raw steak, it has to be lava hot to cook it and other raw ingredients enough.
I've had one of the square "presto" cookers with completely adjustable temps for years. Served me well, and no scorched eggs. Great for travel too.
Would have been perfect to have a variable knob like most electric skillets do.
Exactly!
Feed the coyote!!!!!
Poor doggo needs her share...c'mon!
This seems like a smaller, rounder version of my old electric skillet.
I like that cowboy guy character... lol
Really enjoy it when you add random sketches into your videos. You don't have to trust me but I'm giving this video 5 stars.
I’ve had an electric kettle for more than 30 years and can do what this mini pot can and so much more! And it’s still available, now in 2 sizes - the one I have and a much larger one! My stove, microwave died over a year ago and I’ve had to learn a different way of cooking. I’d like to see James do reviews on Induction portables. I’ve been using mine for quite some time (even before the death of most of my kitchen) and I prefer it to a regular electric stove (can’t get gas).
When we first moved into the house, it had a glass-top electric. Absolutely hated that cooktop. We replaced it with an induction cooktop (not a portable) and that solved my problem. While I miss my gas stove in my old house, induction is more environmentally friendly and it works quite well. I've heard that some of the induction portables are good, others are underpowered.
Muy microwave broke and stove does off or high heat. So i need something else
I love mine. Great for boiling water, doing boiled or poached eggs and warming up canned foods. It’s great with a solar station because it doesn’t use much wattage.
Imagine a square pan, elevated on 2-3inch legs. It has a clear lid. The controller plugs into the pan and is adjustable. Like starting really not much more then warm and goes up to 400-500 degrees.
i bought this for my niece who is a dorm living college student as a gift. she apparently loves it. i dont know how much cooking she does, but at least it gets things done for her needs and thats all that matters.
I drive truck and just bought one to cook in. I mainly cook soups and noodles. But I also made sausage and scrambled eggs and it did a good job on that.I do like the fact that it doesn't get very hot on the outside so I can just eat out of it.
Did I click this video because Bailey was in the thumbnail?? YES I did! Then I read the title. This pan seems so small... I was thinking it would be good to make Ramen in. Like for a dorm room. BUt I can see that being a fire hazard because it is so hot.
I never comment, but y'all gotta bring back Texas Jim for his own segment! 😂
An honest review, a good doggo/ coyote, and so much fun. Share with your Coyote, get a regular electric skillet, bring along the Backyard Bites.
I used this one when I was in a dorm. The stick resistance coating is easy to come out. Best thing to use it are ramen, mac&cheese and pancakes
Always sear the fat cap of your steak first as it renders some of it out and lets you cook the meat in the steak's fat. Sometimes you don't even need to add oil if the fat renders well enough. Also makes the fat cap nice and crisp which is more tasty.
Backyard bites is a good idea. Thank you for all your hard work over the years. Have a nice day :)
12:21 Bailey, poor baby… Isn’t daddy giving you ANYTHING?!? 😂❤😂 She is so sweet! Love her❤ I remember when she was FULL of zoomies and her sister wasn’t. She is still interested in things. Can’t believe her graying muzzle, she is still such a beautiful pup!!❤I have a grand dog who is a golden/lab mix and her name is also Bailey ❤ Thanks for sharing this product and the RockPals [am going to check into, on Amazon of course 😂] keep up the great work!! from Ohio
That intro was a rollercoaster of emotions. A whole cinematic experience.
Love mine, but I rarely use it for cooking steaks or burgers, i used it for cooking ramen, or heating soup, sometimes i used it for sautéing some veggies and sausages.
Your coyotes in Vegas are much cuter than we have in Arizona, LOL!!! Bailey always steals the show.
I got the larger version of this, by Dezin as well. It's more of a pot shape and came with a steaming basket and is stainless steel, instead of non-stick. The settngs are 200W and 600W. 600W is perfect for getting water going for noodles, then turn down to 200W once you add them. Plus the steaming basket is perfect for frozen vegetables for ramen (my main use scenario of the pot). The main reason I went with this one is it's very large size, 1.6L, it's perfect for two packs of ramen and an egg added to the water.
I feel like they had no practical reason for making the outside bottom rounded like a traditional stovetop pot. They should have noticed that as soon as it's placed down, it wants to tip over.
The whole C shaped heating doesn't sound good too; There are pots and pans specifically designed for even heating for a reason.
What does this do that an old fashioned electric skillet can't do?
And the electric skillet has temperature regular knob instead of just on/off!!! Just another piece of junk from China! But I di admit it looks really pretty - but way too small even for my ramen!!!
For eggs, try preheating it up to the highest setting then turn it off add the egg and cook only with the residual heat while unit is off. If it’s still too hot, preheat with the lowest setting, then turn it off and try. Just a thought.
I think Bailey earned a treat for how well she guarded that steak
It's been a while but you've sold me on shopping for one of these. Thanks James!
When you said wait a minute, I was hoping for Bailey, lol. Glad she came in later, always a joy to see her!!
I love watching your videos they’ve all been really enjoyable and you explain your thoughts on the products really well and thoroughly! The grilled cheese you made looks fantastic and a beautiful cheese pull! Can’t wait to see more videos on your channel you film your videos so fantastically and have excellent editing
Could you set it to the low temp but turn it off before it gets to full temp? Sometimes on a stovetop, I turn off the electric burner, which still has heat, and the cast iron skillet still has enough heat to cook eggs eggs at a lower temperature. Yes a bit more hands-on if you have to turn it on and off to maintain temperature..
Howdy cowboy 🤠! James, I was wondering, most electric skillets you can't use frozen
food. You didn't say if you were or not. I think you didn't. Bailey the coyote was a great
touch. You kept me laughing. 😂😂🤗🤗
Why can’t you use frozen foods in them? I haven’t the first clue about them, so I’m just curious.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 My electric skillet directions says not to...
I’m a truck driver, and got one of these to heat up soup. Also have the steamer basket. It actually does pretty good as a steamer.
I have one like this that I just use to eat hot pot in front of the TV. Never considered using it for anything like what's in the video. I think the temperature settings are mainly for boiling things rather than regular cooking.
We bought one of these a few years ago, we take it with us when we travel. It works well enough in hotel rooms for simple small meals. It stays packed in the tote that I call my travel kitchen right next to a small coffee press. The handle I just prop up on the small plastic container of silverware I bring, about the size of a pencil case.
That wild coyote sure was friendly :)
It would be cool if someone invented an electric stove that is independent of the pot, and you can put pans and pots on it
You fool! I'm going to invent this wondrous device and take all the credit! I'll be rich!
You need to look up old Westinghouse commercials from the 40's and 50's. They show a stove top that has the stew pot built inside the top of the stove. It's was kinda nifty. I don't know why they stopped making them like that anymore.
4:26 wow that throw was literally perfect haha
My mom had an electric fry pan. She cooked so much in that! Pancakes, bacon, stir fry, pork chops...
It is so easy to wrap the coil around the bottom for an even heat distribution!
Some of the best food I grew up with was done in an electric fryer.
I got one a year ago and it is terrific for ramen, stews, soups, and especially hot pots for 2.
Back in the sixties we had an electric lidded fry pan. The cord plugged into the opposite side from the handle and it had small feet. Mom used it for family style cooking at the table for things like sukiyaki where everyone served themselves.
I think the temperature knob could be twisted to any heat setting, could be wrong though.
Yeah, I think everyone had one of those. I think this is less skillet, more for ramen and Kraft dinner…
I bought the yabano multi function pot off Amazon for 29.99 but had a 5 off coupon. It's got 2 settings high and low. This works awesome. Boils water super fast and will recommend it to anyone in need of this type of appliance.
this thing is a beast. its perfect for an office/dorm. it can cook anything perfectly as long as you aren't stupid. watch your food and keep stirring it so it doesnt burn
The most impressive thing was that rare Australian copy of the original High Voltage LP in the background. 🤘
Always a great video when Bailey shows up
Loved the extra spin on the review with backyard bites I laughed so hard. Glad the wildlife didn’t attack cowboy jimmy. 😂😂😂
I have one of these. I cook eggs in it by turning it on, place the egg in right away, then let it cook as it heats up. I can make fried, sunny side up and over easy. Once you have it figured out, it works very well.
Yeap, i do it that way too
WHen i buy things from amazon, I always read the two or three star reviews. They seem the most accurate
I have one and love it. works great for ramin, soups and that sort of thing. I use mine for burgers too and they are good and I don't have to clean the air oven. I think mine was a good investment for me and I use it all the time.
I have a really old set of pans that work like these do, the stay in the camp and I love them
One thing you could have tried with eggs to me seems quite obvious: Eggs don't take long to cook in the first place, right? What about putting the egg in with it off, then turning it on low. I bet before it even hits 450, your egg is probably already done and out.
Not ideal, of course. But, would make cooking an egg more practical.
Cool idea with the cowboy, as a video editing teacher I found it to be a cool idea , Of course I follow your videos all the time, great channel
Came for the review stayed for the backyard bites lol!❤
This might be a good product for those days when the power is out, and you just happen to have a small, fully powered household generator handy. Obviously not ideal under normal circumstances, but in a pinch, it should be better than nothing.
I always go to the review sites that pertain to the type of product I want to learn more about. E.g. Tom's Guide for computing, etc
Electric frying pans have been around for decades, the are usually not pan shaped, for good reason.
This is random but it's so weird hearing "James Webb" telescope after hearing/saying "Hubble" telescope for the first 35 years of my life.
I would think it would work well in an office kitchen (that typically only have a microwave available) as a way to get more fancy.
I’m waiting for a replacement microwave to be delivered. I’m jealous of James’ new pot!
A good place for a device like this one (perhaps a version with an added lower temp setting option) would be on a car camping or road trip in an EV with a full 120V/15A power outlet in it. Pair that up with a mini refrigerator and you’d have a pretty minimalistic mobile kitchen, without the need for packing a stove and fuel.
The edits in this video were awesome. Continue doing this please.
Thank you. I really love your reviews 😍
With all the electronics that you use at that table that don't have an On / Off switch have you considered mounting a power bar to the table so you can quickly cut power to a device without having to pull the power cord?
I use this when camping and I love it. Easy to pack and go.
9:40 was so glad to see that being eaten, that grilled cheese looked too good to just suddenly have no story going forward
Can you review that pan bowl set thing. It has a handle that attaches to the bowls/pans to cook in them then detaches so they act as a bowl to eat out of and the stack together when the handle is detached.
He already did.
I love mine, I use it way more than I thought I would! Actually works great if you like to cook a quick meal in a hotel room.
😂 The cutest coyote you want to visit your camp.
I MUST HAVE MORE BAILEY!!!!
In 1978 bought a 1000 watt hotplate for my dorm room, could boil water, pop popcorn or cook anything with it. Since it was American made 😮, still working perfectly 45 years later.
Lol😂😂😂I love how your brother came in 😂😂thanks for the review
My daughter loves ours. She uses it for 2 am ramen or other soups. It works really well.
I have a pot like this and I freaking love it! It heats quickly, nothing sticks, easy to clean. I've used it everyday since Christmas and it still looks brand new! I think I paid $34.99 for it. Oh, and if you like eggs over easy - this pan is for you.
The best appliance you can get for dorm/ apartment cooking is an induction cooker. This is for fire safety, the amount of power it provides, simmer/ slow cooker control, and versatility of using several types of pots/ kettles with a single device. Nothing else comes close. The only reason you'd use a hotplate when induction cookers exist is it is more lightweight if you need a device you can throw in your suitcase. Furthermore if space is a premium, get a microwave with air fryer/ convection features.