Customer reviews

'Stirr'

What a dreadful disappointment - bought it primarily for assisting with making sauces - on every occasion it left big lumps on the bottom of the pot and in the sauce - a total waste of money!!

Published 10 Jun 2010

'Stirr'

Best custard maker ever, always lump free. You do need a pan only just bigger than it, or it doesn't reach edges & can splash, but it means I can serve food while gravy is making itself. Great for cheese/white sauce, leave it working & the sauce doesn't get a skin while serving all the food, or layering up lasagne. I am trying to decide if it is too lazy to get another one, so it can stir bolognese sauce in one pan and white sauce in another. I think the half price just decided me. very highly recommended.

Published 24 Apr 2010

'Stirr'

I was so excited when I saw this product. I bought 2, 1 for myself and 1 for a friend. We have both been very disappointed and soon gave up. I must have been doing something wrong but I found that the Stirr splattered the sauce all around the kitchen!!! I have tried it with home made and packet sauces - always the same result - sauce everywhere.

Published 11 Mar 2010

'Stirr'

I just love this little gadget that actually does what it says it will do - my first experiment with home made gravy - much to my surprize - was a complete success, no lunps, no burnt saucepan - and I didn't touch it with a spoon once, although I was itching to! I've found that it works best with a smaller saucepan as it tends to stay in one place in a large pan and doesn't look after the rest of it so well.

Published 04 Feb 2010

'Stirr'

I saw this on offer in store and thought great, it's worth giving it a try for a tenner... I wish I didn't. I tried it first on a bechamel sauce for a lasagne. It stirred it slowly but no where near enough to prevent it sticking on the bottom and burning. I had to bin the sauce and start again by hand. Next I tried it on a thin custard and it ruined that too. I could only see it working for reduction type sauces with no thickening agent, but then you don't even really need to stir those as you just leave them to bubble and reduce For me its a total waste of money! Also, just a niggling thing but the one on the picture on this website seems to be able to levitate as it appears to be standing maybe an inch deep in a much deeper pan. Is this a fault with mine?

Published 24 Nov 2009

'Stirr'

I was a bit sceptical when I ordered the "Stirr" in case it was just another gadget that didn't work, but I am absolutely delighted. Smooth cheese sauce, perfect caramel sauce ... and all the while I am doing other things while it just 'walks' around the saucean stirring!

Published 25 Jul 2009

'Stirr'

I bought Stirr on a whim as it looked good in the catalogue and in the shop. First use was custard, all ingredients straight into the saucepan, a quick stir with a spoon as I didn't trust it and away it went. Looked brilliant on the stove stirring away, very magical and reminded me of a scene from a wizard movie. Atfer a bit of time I made custard for the first time without lumps. Thumbs up from all my family. More requests for pie and custard. I'm waiting to see how long the batteries will last. I will look into using rechargable for the future? A brilliant time saving device. Would recommend to a busy cook who needs 2 pairs of hands.

Published 08 May 2009

'Stirr'

I am a great fan of Lakeland and this is another top tool to add to their list. I have used it twice recently to make cheese sauce once for lasagne - it was liberating to allow the cheese to 'cook itself' whilst I got on with other things. I don't know how I have managed without it

Published 22 Mar 2009

'Stirr'

I think this is more useful than some of the reviews would suggest! The main caveat is that it can redecorate the whole kitchen if you stand it in liquid that is too shallow - and this does limit its usefulness. The answer is to make sure that it's OK before you go away! I have used it with porage, soups and sauces, and find it very useful. Very thick things, or lumpy things like casseroles would obviously not be suitable, but it definitely can prevent smooth thickened liquids from 'catching', and I'm glad I bought it. I would have given it four stars if it had worked at shallower liquid levels.

Published 19 Jan 2009