Best Multifunctional Kitchen Machines with Steamer Function

The multifunctional kitchen machine offers a balanced mix of price and quality and makes a good choice for shoppers who are not ready to overpay for the brand's popularity.

Among the main advantages of the model is quite high power of 1700 W, flexible settings, and extended capabilities thanks to a diverse set of attachments. The main bowl is made of durable, long-lasting metal and has a 3.5 L volume. It can be used for prepping, cooking, stewing, and steam cooking in a special basket (mainly intended for cereals and baking). Three attachments handle different processes: a sharp knife chops ingredients, a butterfly attachment whips and mixes the contents, and a special knife is meant for mixing and kneading dough. A special dish for healthy, low-calorie steam-cooked meals can also be fitted to the bowl.

To ensure you follow recipes precisely, the device has built-in scales that allow you to measure the necessary amount of ingredients directly in the bowl and start cooking right away.

Both novice and everyday users will appreciate automatic programs for soup, sauce, stewing, and desserts. They contain pre-installed settings to relieve you from picking optimal parameters. But manual control is available too: heating temperature adjustment from 30 to 140 ºC, timer for up to 99 minutes, which stops cooking when the time is up, 10 speeds, and pulse mode. A convenient panel with a display and comprehensible indicators is for managing.

By the way, the auto-clean program is also an option, considerably easing the cleaning of the bowl and attachments after food preparation.

The kitchen machine from AENO has heating functionality, so it can handle both cold processing of ingredients and fully cook dishes, including steam cooking. The model is not too bulky, equipped with several accessories but multifunctional, and is a full replacement for various devices, including a mixer, chopper, vegetable slicer, sous-vide, multicooker, and even a kettle if desired.

The construction includes a 3.5 L stainless steel bowl with a transparent lid for monitoring the cooking process, a removable basket for steam cooking, and the main steamer container. Several interchangeable attachments are provided. The knife with four sharp blades is for chopping soft and hard ingredients: vegetables, fruits, nuts, meat, etc. The butterfly attachment will help whip light masses: sauces, creams, whipped cream, egg whites. Another attachment mixes the contents, while a double-sided disc will quickly grate and shred foods for garnishes, snacks, salads, and various dishes.

All removable accessories (both attachments and containers) are dishwasher safe.

The device's powerful motor provides speeds from 125 RPM for gentle stirring to 5000 RPM for chopping hard foods. Flexible settings allow performing a vast variety of kitchen processes and automate cooking. You can adjust the heating temperature from 37 to 120 °C, timers up to 90 minutes, 12 speed modes and even choose the direction of attachments’ movement. Moreover, AENO CR1S offers 8 automatic programs with pre-installed settings: water boiling, steam, chopping, dough kneading, food processor mode, slow cooking, turbo, and weighing. Thus, overall, the kitchen machine will be convenient even for beginners and inexperienced cooks.

The management is provided via a 5-inch touch screen that displays information about the settings and recipes with detailed cooking instructions. More than 180 step-by-step recipes are stored in memory, and thanks to updates via Wi-Fi, the collection is constantly growing and adding new dishes, cuisines, and techniques.

An important addition to the appliance is the built-in scales capable of weighing ingredients directly in the bowl with the ability to handle up to 5 kg.

Polish manufacturer MPM describes its kitchen machine as a thermorobot with 20 functions. The kit includes all the necessary accessories to simplify everyday cooking. The main processes occur in a bowl with a 4.5 L capacity (3 L useful volume), in which thanks to a built-in heater, you can not only slice ingredients but also prepare hot dishes. You can choose from the following attachments: a butterfly for whipping and mixing sauces, a standard chopping knife, a dough kneading attachment, and a double-sided disc for slicing and shredding. For steam cooking, there are two containers: a small basket for grains installed directly in the bowl, and a large form with a glass lid and tray placed atop the bowl. The set may not seem large, but it enables chopping, whipping, emulsifying, kneading, slicing, boiling, stewing, baking, sous-vide (low-temperature vacuum cooking), steaming, and even cooking multiple different dishes simultaneously.

All removable accessories are dishwasher safe, adding convenience for users.

The kitchen machine simplifies meal preparation due to the absence of complex settings. 8 automatic programs already contain optimal parameters for the most in-demand processes. The large 7-inch screen displays recipes with step-by-step instructions. The database includes over 700 recipes, and once the device connects to a home's Wi-Fi, it will be regularly updated and expanded.

You can also set settings manually: adjust the temperature from 37 to 130 °C in 1 °C increments, select one of the 12 speeds of attachments’ rotation, the maximum power Turbo mode, and program a timer from 0 to 90 minutes.

Additionally, the model offers useful extra functions: built-in scales with a maximum load capacity of 5 kg, reverse (opposite direction spinning of attachments), protection from activation in case of incorrect installation of accessories and containers, automatic shutoff after 5 minutes of inactivity, and an audible signal for activation and completion of cooking.

Xiaomi positions its kitchen machine as a smart robot with 35 functions, and it truly is. One device helps save time and kitchen space and can replace many separate appliances (multicooker, pan, steamer, blender, mixer, etc.), because it can boil, fry, bake, steam, chop, whip, knead dough, and even wash ingredients. Moreover, it does not require a large number of attachments and containers for this. The equipment includes a main bowl with three accessories (a chopping knife, a butterfly attachment for stirring, and a semi-circular attachment for whisking), a small steamer basket insertable within the bowl, and a larger steamer casserole. When using all three containers, the kitchen machine can simultaneously prepare three or even four different dishes (one in the bowl and basket and two across the steamer tiers).

However, note that the bowl is not very large – it has a capacity of 2.2 L, so it accommodates no more than a few portions of food. Nonetheless, it is made from quality materials, sturdy and durable. The three-layer stainless steel construction and 3D heating ensure even heat distribution. The exterior of the bowl is coated with heat-resistant plastic to prevent burns.

Inside, a powerful motor develops speeds from 40 to 12000 RPM. Thanks to this, the robot can mimic manual stirring of ingredients during cooking, preventing burning, knead dough at medium speeds, and perform the most demanding tasks — such as grinding spices, coffee beans, nuts, and ice cubes — at maximum power.

The control is concentrated on a panel with a large 8-inch touch display that resembles a full-fledged tablet — you can even adjust brightness and volume here. But most importantly, the system offers more than 200 recipes with step-by-step instructions. The intelligent CookingloT algorithm calculates optimal indicators of cooking time, temperature (up to 180 degrees), and speed of rotation. But all these settings can be tweaked manually as well. Note that internet connection is required to access the recipe collection.

One of the automatic programs is self-cleaning, applicable not only for washing the bowl after cooking but also for cleaning vegetables, fruits, and greens before processing.

Besides cooking and washing, Xiaomi Smart Cooking can also weigh products with an accuracy of up to 1 gram. You can measure the necessary amount of ingredients directly in the bowl, and their weight is displayed on the screen.

Tefal's well-known home appliance manufacturer offers a kitchen machine as an intelligent assistant packed with dozens of features, capable of chopping, mixing, whipping, stewing, baking, boiling, and steaming. This is made possible through various containers and attachments. The main 3.6 L bowl is made of durable metal, allowing multiple portions of food to be prepared at once. A knife with four sharp blades rapidly chops ingredients of any hardness (raw meat, vegetables, nuts, and even ice cubes), doubling as a tool to knead thick dough. The butterfly attachment acts as a whisk and is intended for whipping, sauce preparation, and mashed potatoes. The third attachment is necessary for slow mixing of products during boiling and stewing.

Additionally, two containers supplement the kit for steam cooking. An inner basket attaches directly to the bowl and is handy for boiling rice and other grains. The main steamer is mounted on the bowl for steaming anything: porridge, fish, meat, casseroles, vegetables, etc. Overall, this is a fairly standard set for such devices.

Tefal Click & Cook FE506 has even more capabilities than accessories. There are 10 automatic programs with pre-installed settings for the most popular dishes and culinary processes: soup, sauce, dough kneading, stewing, steaming, and more. Necessary parameters can also be set manually: temperature adjustment from 30°C to 120°C, timer up to 120 minutes, 12 speeds, and pulse mode.

Special mention should be made of the self-cleaning auto program, which simplifies dish cleaning. In this mode, the device uses water heated to 80°C and sufficiently high speed to clean the bowl from food residues. Moreover, the containers and accessories are suitable for the dishwasher.

The appliance's body mainly attracts attention with its large 7-inch touch display, which adds to the convenience of management and aids during cooking. It grants access to 600 recipes for varied dishes (sweet, savory, dietary, vegetarian), displays step-by-step instructions, and allows modifying settings.

Another advantage of the model is the built-in scales, accurately measuring weight from 1 gram to 5 kilograms.