StirMATE Automatic Pot Stirrer GEN 3- Variable Speed, Self-Adjusting, Powerful, Cordless, (Updated 2024)

I love these auto stirrers. We own a few of them for our annual canning. I recommend you also get the large pot attachments because the included stick is ideally for 5, 8 or maybe 10 qrt pots.Even though they do not recommend it, we actually use them in a tethered power mode where we keep them plugged in because we have the pots simmering for days for some batches. In my opinion this is only feasible if you are careful about ensuring the power cord is lifted/suspended and kept as high/away from heat sources as possible. Aside from concerns about melting/overheating the cord, the stirrer handles it fine.

Got this to mix sugar syrup for feeding my bees and it does the job great!

My wife makes a long time recipe which required non stop stirring. and due to recent medical issues she cannot stir like she used to. I bought her this and it's been a literal God send. Id give it 5 stars but the plastic stirrers do burn over time. Thank you stir mate this is a wonderful thing for my household.

The media could not be loaded. I have been experimenting with techniques to make great home made ice cream thank to the endless quarantine. I tried heavy cream, gelatin, gums, etc., but what works the best for me is home made evaporated milk. I start with a gallon of whole milk, and after spending hours stirring the milk so it doesn't burn or spill, I end up with relatively small quantity of thick evaporated milk that makes amazing ice cream in my ice cream maker (stand alone one with a built in compressor). The ice cream is crystal free / creamy, and doesn't have the high fat/buttery taste of ice cream made with heavy cream. All you need is this thick milk chilled and blended in a blender to add volume, sugar (dissolve towards the end of evaporating milk), and any flavors (fruit, peppermint extract, vanilla, etc.). Just milk and sugar is also delicious.There is just one problem with this approach. It takes FOREVER to make evaporated milk. I remember spending up to 3 hours stirring the milk! I love my ice cream, but spending 3 hours in front of the stove was getting old pretty fast. One evening, I decided to search for an "automatic stirrer" product on Amazon. I wasn't expecting anything, but lo and behold, I ended up coming across StirMATE. I couldn't believe my eyes! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. It was an instant buy, and thanks to Amazon's quick delivery, it was in my hands in a little over 24 hours.I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality and heft of the device. I was expecting it to be a flimsy little thing, but it is really well built and feels solid. I took it for a test drive the same day it arrived, and I am happy to report that it did exactly what I wanted it to do. I left the milk in a large stainless steel pot on medium/low heat and let StirMATE do it's magic. A few hours later, I had perfect eveporated/condensed milk that I used the next day to make some delicious low sugar Matcha Green Tea ice cream. StirMATE saved me hours of standing over the pot stirring it constantly, and scraping a thick layer of burnt milk from the bottom no matter how much I stirred.I've only used it once, so I can't say how long it will last, but it looks like the people behind it are passionate about what they do, so I assume they invested a lot of time designing it well. Here is a fun fact I discovered shortly after receiving the product: The inventor of StirMATE (Dimitri Cados) is the founder of Casbah foods. A few years ago, I got into home made Falafel and remember buying a bunch of boxes of Casbah Falafel mix (it was delicious!). Awesome job with this invention, Dimitri!

The media could not be loaded. I used this on big pan of creamed corn that I make every holiday. It has to be stirred constantly to keep the corn from burning on the bottom which is a huge pain. With this device, I could literally almost "set it and forget it" and watch the corn cook itself allowing me to focus on the rest of dinner. Usually the bottom of the pan is crusted with semi burned corn even when stirring by hand every minute but with this device keeping a constant motion in the pan there was hardly any corn stuck to the pan and the flavor was much improved without any stuck corn getting burned. The speed is adjustable and the unite feels like a very well made appliance. This is no cheap knock off. It also lasted well over an hour on a single charge allowing me to slow cook the corn over a low heat. Highly recommend this and we'll worth the money.

Had high hopes, but the online reviews never show how loud it is. My wife will not let me use it unless she is gone. If she is gone and I use it, I have to wear headphones to not hear the high pitched wining sound it makes. Also it barely stirs and is hard to mount to all pans and pots.Overpriced junk

I understand this would work reasonably well with liquids, but when caramelizing onions you need to be getting to edge of the pot in order to prevent onions or anything from getting stuck and burning. Which means you either need a pot that is the exact diameter of the stirring arm, which I’ve not found, or you need some way to angle the arm so that it’s always reaching the corner. It seems to have a tilting mechanism, but it always comes back to center and I haven’t found a way to keep it tilted. Maybe I’ll ask my kids to 3d print me something.A perfect decide would have the ability to angle the stirring arm and lock it (thus increasing the effective radius of the pot you can use) and an timed auto reverse feature to prevent food from getting stuck in top of the stirring arm and never falling to the heat. Maybe version 5.