CanCooker Companion 1.5 Gallon Convection Steam Cooker for Home and Camping | Silver (G15-2016)

I could not be happier. This is well made... the non-stick liner is a great idea for clean up. We learned how to do Milk Can Dinner's while living in Wyoming... and this is the exact same thing... scaled down in size and made easier to manage and clean.First thing I made was a Low Country Boil... Here is the easy recipe:Cancooker Sausage and Shrimp Boil★★★★★Cajun/Creol, Can Cooker, Complete Meal, Leftovers, Main Course, OMG I want to try this, One Pot Meals, Sausage, Shellfish, Sides, VegetablesPrep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes Total Time: 1 1/4 Hour Difficulty: Easy Servings: 4-6 Source: Cancooker.comINGREDIENTSCan Cooker Jr:2 Red potatoes, quartered2 Ears of Corn cut in half2 Carrots1/2 head of large cabbage, quartered (14 Brussels Sprouts)1 onion, quartered1 polska kielbasa (Sausage of choice)12 oz can of Mountain Dew® (Beer or White Wine)10 fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined (Optional)10 Spears of Asparagus1 1/4# stick of ButterOld Bay Seasoning1 Whole Lemon quarteredSalt and PepperOptional: Cajun or Creole spicesDIRECTIONSSpray inside of the CanCooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place everything except shellfish in the CanCooker. Place kielbasa on top of vegetables. Spices on top, Add can of Mountain Dew® (or White Wine). Stick of butter on top. (If doing shellfish... reserve a little of the lemon and butter to top shrimp at end)Latch the lid and place on medium heat. Once the CanCooker begins to vent steam, cook 25 Minutes, add shellfish and reserved butter and more spices, re-cover and cook for 10 more minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 3-4 minutes. Open lid carefully. Serve in a large tray and enjoy!If using Asparagus... add that with the shellfish toward the end.NOTESMade this 2/23/21: Made changes to recipe to reflect results. Can Cooker worked great. Be generous with the Old Bay and CajunCreole SpicesThe meal was great... the aroma incredible... easy... fast... I'm a believer ♥This is an update to this produce review. It's not a complaint... but a heads up to anyone using this indoors on a range or cooktop. This produces steam the entire time it is cooking. The aroma is fantastic... but the steam and microscopic food particles in the steam... settle... cool on... and lightly grease spot everything near the device. You could not have any open steaming device that would not do this... it is just the nature of that form of cooking. So in the future... I'll use mine almost exclusively on the Grill, cook stove, or hot plate outside so to minimize clean up.

We've only had the CanCooker Jr for a short period, but I feel pretty confidant giving it a five star rating already. We have purchased it in preparation for a vacation road trip we are taking as a family up the Atlantic coast and into Maine. We plan on cooking a lot of fresh seafood and, especially, lobster. I fervently believe this cooker is going to perform fantastically for the task because of our initial test meals.First, we took it camping. We prefer to cook over a fire rather than one of camper grills, so we set it on our adjustable grate over the fire with about 3lbs of pork tenderloin. I was truly impressed with the space in the Jr model, just looking at it it doesn't seem to hold much, but once I started layering the pork inside it I still had such a large space I could've cooked servings of potatoes in there as well. We purchased the Can Cooker Rack as well, and used the rack for this meat only dish. It took us about 40 minutes total to cook all that pork to a juicy, shreddable state. That includes 15 minutes to get up to steam (we use a dime over the little hole to know when it's achieved steaming), over a nice coal base, medium sized fire, about 20 minutes of cook time, and then 5 minutes to settle/cool after we pulled it and added sauce.Second, we tested seafood at home with an electric stove. Again we used the rack. We prefer to use Zataran's concentrated liquid Shrimp and Crab boil, and followed their proportions for salt, boil, and water. We layered corn on the cob, small round potatoes, and crab legs. Ten minutes to boil/steam, 20 minutes to cook, then pulled it off the heat and added shrimp and let sit for 6 minutes. 36 minutes the whole meal was done, everything perfectly cooked and seasoned.Unlike the cast iron I typically use camping, the cooker is pretty light making it super easy to cart around and small enough to fit just about anywhere in the pop up. I only wish the handles could fold down, if they did then it truly could fit anywhere. The tip to rub the cooker with soap before putting it over the fire worked impressively well to keep the cooker looking clean and silvery.

Works great

The media could not be loaded. Indeed, very effective cooking vessel designed to cooke your food deliciously in shorter time in comparison to the conventional cooking vessels.The concept of this vessel is to use the generated steam as another energy source to speed up the cooking process.Mine is medium size; the large size is yet on the way; and it can feed 10-15 people.Inside is painted with none sticky black paint; provided some oil is sprayed inside the vessel before commencing the cooking operation.Cooked chicken and it was ready to serve after an hour; on calm fire. Became very delicious.It is important to put the SS mesh in the vessel bottom after spraying the oil and then onion and soft stuffs on the top of that and on the top over all comes the chicken, meat or whatever; and then add one cup of hot water.Don't forget to put as well your favorite spices and salt.Highly recommend cooking vessel; it needs no further follow up; unlike the traditional vessels; once you put it on fire.The vessel is made of Aluminum.Please note that the SS mesh is sold separately; so you need to buy that as well as you buy the cooker.

Very easy to use as long as you have the grates for the bottom. Food comes out great nothing sticks to bad but there is some. Cleaning is simple just toss water in it and reheat to get most out. Only complaint is the non stick coating but I guess you kindve have to have it.