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VitaClay Chef Gourmet Rice & Slow Cooker

by Brian Yalung on Thursday, June 12th, 2008

VitaClay Chef Gourmet Rice & Slow Cooker

The kitchen is perhaps one of the busiest and largest consuming parts of your home. The standard refrigerator, oven and electric stoves will be there, all piling up your electric bill everyday.

Others prefer to eat rice and this again becomes another contributor towards electricity consumption. However, with the VitaClay Chef Gourmet, which uses natural Zisha clay, the legendary secret behind the new VitaClay, you not only get to cook needed rice but also enhance and retains fresh flavor and taste of your meals.

Price: $129.95

Features of the Vita Clay Chef Gourmet Rice & Slow Cooker Pro include:

  • Energy conservation – Double lid design combining with microcomputer and precision thermostat creates micro pressure cooking that results in 60% more cooking efficiency, saves up to 50% more energy.
  • Delayed timer, automatically keeps food warm for up to 12 hours.
  • Automatic and Programmable settings for savory stews, porridge, soups, fluffy rice, brown rice and sticky rice.
  • Free of added lead, Teflon and non-stick chemical glazes. Natural wholesome cooking.
  • Preserves natural juices, all the essential nutrients and vitamins.
  • Requires less liquid, eliminating the need for heavy seasoning and fats.
  • Slow cooking breakthrough innovation – up to 4 times faster to bring to a boil than conventional slow cookers, and then slowly simmer to gourmet perfection, sealing in flavor and retaining texture.
  • Microcomputer and precision thermostat built-in result in 60% more cooking efficiency.
  • Saves up to 50% energy in slow cooking.
  • Pre-programmed for savory stews, delicious soups and porridge, white, brown, sweet rice and whole grain rice.
  • Slow cooking time can be programmed up to 5 hours with 10 minute increments. Helps you manage your time more efficiently.
  • Push-button controls and an easy to read LCD display eliminate guesswork.
  • Large LCD clock & 24 hour preset timer lets you set it and go.
  • Automatically keeps warm for up to 20 hours.
  • 8 cup rice / 4.2 quart slow cooker. Includes paddle & measuring cup.
  • FREE international recipe booklet featuring 30 original recipes by VitaClay Chef Suzanne.
  • Rice paddle and measuring cup included
  • (Source) Ultimate Nourishment

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    • Man what a combination Rice and Slow Cooker! That's great and makes complete and total sense!
    • Guillaume
      We have a slow cooker like that but I'm always concerned about the non-stick coating of the pot. The previous one we had pealed off and I think these coatings probably release some chemicals in your food.

      Instead, we now mostly use French clay cookware and cook in the oven. We got a couple from Claybourg (www.claybourg.com) and we just looove them. Plus they are easy to clean and go in the dishwasher since they are glazed unlike the cheap Romertopf cookware. They preserve the juices too, keep the heat when sitting on the table and look awesome, I highly recommend them.

      I think they are actually more eco-friendly that the electric slow cooker because the last a life time and more, there are no electric parts that will end up going back to China someday, no processed earth resources other than clay and water.
    • Uh-Oh
      HEy, I bought this rice-cooker as I am very concerned about organic eating and avoiding chemicals in my cooking process. However while vitaclay is a slow cooker/rice cooker that markets itself as being all natural, having a clay pot etc., the element that heats the pot appears to have been coated with an unstable (possibly lead) galvanized agent that, over time, wears onto the bottom of the bowl. This means that when cleaning the bowl, this coating agent from the cooking element can get into you cleaning materials and other dishes. This is potentially a very hazardous defect, depending on what has been used to galvanize the cooking element for this product.
    • Adam
      I purchased a VitaClay cooker to avoid the non-stick surfaces present in most other cookers. Non-stick surfaces emit fumes called PTFEs that are believed to be harmful to humans (and pets). When I lifted the clay pot out of the machine - guess what the heating element was made from - yes - a non-stick, Teflon-like surface - despite the product being marketed as `teflon free'.

      Michelle Liu the owner of Essenergy (the California based company that invented the cookers - they are manufactured by third parties in China) confirmed it was indeed non-stick but told me that a new version was coming out in about a month that used a different coating.

      Based on this, I sent the cooker back at my expense with a promise from Michelle that I would receive a new unit and a shipping credit. It's now going on over SEVEN MONTHS and I have no cooker and have not been able to get my money back. She has had one excuse after another from "it is undergoing testing" to "shipping from China is delayed due to a slowing economy". In my opinion, this is not a company or product that can be trusted.

      Other questions that need to be addressed:

      For the new heating element, what is the new coating composed of? Has it undergone safety testing? Could it be even worse than the prior coating from a safety perspective?

      Clay is a very porous substance that will be in very intimate contact with your food. Is it really Zisha clay? According to whom? Why does some marketing state "no ADDED lead" - is there naturally occurring lead in the clay? Has it been tested for other substances such as cadmium, pesticide run-off, other heavy metals? Is it 100% Zisha clay or might there be other clays/adulterants added?

      Because I've found Essenergy so untrustworthy, I would need to see notarized documents from recognized labs and testing agencies that answer these crucial questions before I would even consider purchasing. I've found this company to be one that cuts corners and does not operate above board.

      This could be an excellent product, but only if there is assurance as to quality and safety. With the recent questionable practices that have occurred in manufacturing in China this seems even more important.
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