When I first started doing my slow cooker meals I was using
the Ninja 3-in-1 cooking system. I now
use the Power Pressure cooker XL
(Yes the one you see in those commercials)!
If asked, I would tell you that I would have
both if I had the counter space and the money to buy another Ninja! I have decided to give you a good pro/con
list between the two!
The first one I will cover is the Ninja! I remember buying this on a whim because it
was a great deal! 3 in 1?! Who couldn’t pass that up! But what does it mean
when it says that there is 3 in 1? Well
it has
1.
Oven
2.
Stove Top
3.
Slow Cooker
I will be the first to admit, I only used the slow cooker
option but I thought it was cool that you could basically cook an entire meal
in just one spot without touching the stove or oven! My favorite piece, and the one that save me the
most amount of money, was the removable pot with lid! I would come up with meals like soups or
chili, and then when I had leftovers (I would make sure to have leftovers for
the next day) I would put the whole pot in the fridge and the next morning it went
back into the slow cooker and set to low and dinner was ready when I got home
from work! This would mean you would
only need to come up with 14 meals instead of 30/31 and it saves you so much
time of prep! I cannot tell you how much
I loved that crockpot! I had purchased
it through Walmart with the warranty, so when it broke I sent it in and they
sent me a gift card for Walmart in the amount I had originally paid on it! I would have bought another one, but one
night in the middle of the night, my husband had watched that infomercial for
the Power Pressure Cooker XL and had to have it so that was our next slow
cooker……
I am sure you are saying; did you just say your next SLOW
cooker is a PRESSURE cooker?
How does that even make sense?
It’s easy! The Power Pressure Cooker XL is so much more
than just a pressure cooker, it is an Oven, Stove Top, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker
and a Pressure cooker! I feared pressure
cookers before getting this one because I had heard that they could be
dangerous, and I tell you if you put enough liquid in (Tomato Sauce mixed with
some water, Beef/Chicken broth, or just plain water) you will be just
fine! The slow cooker function is just
like any other slow cooker and doesn’t need the water to work properly! You can brown stuff using the stove top
feature (Just push the meat button without putting the lid on) and you can use
that to brown it and then push cancel and then put the lid on and push the slow
cooker button and change the hours to which one you want to set it to! You may ask why I would want both, this one
sounds like you would never have to buy another one! I don’t like the fact that the removeable pot
doesn’t have a lid so it isn’t as easy as just putting it in the fridge and
putting the left overs back into the slow cooker the next day, but that is the
only complaint I have!
I will write out the pros/cons now.
Pros:
- · Stove Top
- · Oven
- · Slow Cooker
- · Removeable Pot with Lid
Cons:
- · Only 3 options
Pros:
- · Stove Top
- · Oven
- · Slow Cooker
- · Rice Cooker
- Different Sizes
Cons:
- · No lid for the removeable pot