️️️️️ “Vegetables cook to perfection. Easy to clean & store. Quality of material is excellent. I look forward to using this product for years & would buy another” - Amazon Customer
️★★★★ “This product sucks. I doesn’t steam at all. either that or I don’t know how to use it.” - Amazon Customer
@chacham If you are referring to the idea that microwave radiation decreases the health quality of foods, that is now generally confirmed as a myth. Microwaving is often one of the healthier ways to heat up or cook food - especially vegetables - per the brilliant folks at Harvard Medical School in their Family Health Guide on Microwave cooking and nutrition. If, on the other hand, you were just using a bon mot, a cute pun, a play on words, or whatnot, then good on ya!
@Knightp : Thank you very much for introducing me to fakespot. Truth is that I'm just getting started with it, but I suppose to be part of the scene I should write "I give it six stars out of five. Nobody will attend the second coming because all will be swept up in the rapture of fakespot."
How about just avoiding microwaving food in plastic, no matter how safe "they" say it is? Is putting a pot on the stove or using a glass container in the microwave really that much of a hassle?
@grazapin Kudos to you, we stopped using plastic in the mike years before the BPA scandal on general principles, and because we didn't care for the smell of some of the plastics when heated.
We also didn't care to use all the disposable plastics that seemed to be so commonly used with the process, and then end up in landfills.
It may not amount to a hill of beans in this big dirty contaminated world we live in, but it's our little bit to try and help both us and the world.
@grazapin And since it says only safe on the top rack of the dishwasher, likely it easily melts, deforms if you use it in the microwave heating anything with fat in it, boils water...
@grazapin Yes, using glass containers or a regular hob type cooker is a problem for a large proportion of the population…those of us who are disabled!
It’s not about being lazy, it’s about not being able to grip or not being strong enough to lift heavy glass. Or in my case, and many others, sensation loss puts me at serious risk of burning myself whilst using a regular hob, or cookware that holds heat, such as glass.
Personally speaking, the Sistema range has been a lifesaver for me. My food is cooked in the plates, and I eat from them. Buying specialist plates for special needs is extortionate, and they don’t last as long, in my personal experience, either!
The Sistema microwaveable range has given me the opportunity to be able to heat up things for myself, when I’m able, without putting myself at risk, therefore giving me back some independence & some much needed self esteem.
In the UK, most of the Sistema microwaveable range is red. I haven’t seen the blue range before, but I rather like it! There have been a few other colours, such as purple, introduced recently, but you can’t get all the range in anything but red, here.
The Sistema pieces I already have are great. My only issue is that they do not stack at all so they take up a lot of space when not in use. Quality-wise, this stuff is top-notch.
I don't use them in the microwave very often, mostly for storage. On the rare occasion that they go in the microwave, they work well.
@completewally I gotta say, I had high hopes for this site after being an original woot customer from early on. I've stopped in 2-3 times a week for the last 6+ months and really haven't been excited about anything listed in a very long time. Not sure what the deal is, but it seems like a lot of limited use, moderate quality items. I want to be excited about checking in on the daily deals here but that hasn't been the case for so long I'm not sure if I'm just wasting my time now.
Okay, so I am going to sounds crazy, but I purchased my first microwave ever last month. Growing up, my parents had one, but I have never personally owned one. I think I have used it twice, I'm just used to cooking everything on the stove/oven.
I am tempted by these, but I do not know if I would actually use them.
@conandlibrarian ... Just use them when it's inconvenient other wise keep cooking on that stove to keep your family happy. Food prepared with love is the best food ever. In my family microwave use is for reheating left-overs so these would be good for that (and storage of course).
@conandlibrarian Yeah, buy these. They're some of the best microwave steamers around and double great as containers for leftovers in the fridge for easy reheating ect.
I have some other Sistema products with no issues. These are the first steamers I have purchased, a blue and a purple...resilient-official-farmer...I see a lot of use with all the fresh fish and shrimp down here on the Gulf Coast!
I do not see how these "steam" cook. Steaming in the microwave is equivalent to steaming in the oven, meaning that the food cooks by the heat not the steam. It seems it is no different than using a cooking bag in the oven.
Has anyone tried cooking in the Sistema without water to see if the food still cooks? If it is actually cooking with steam, the food should not be fully cooked like when steaming on the stove-top and forgetting the water.
@hchavers I have cooked steamed pork in my microwave steamer several times. You have to microwave longer for meat. About 3 to 4 minutes usually and then let it site a few steaming. It cooks both from being microwaved and steamed so meat gets tough but still good considering convenience.
@Kidsandliz Top rack dishwasher safe actually means it handles the hottest of waters with aplomb, but can't handle the direct heat (well over 100°C) of the drying element at the bottom of most dishwashers.
And here I am just putting things in a pyrex bowl with a little water like an idiot, when instead I could be infusing my broccoli with the healing power of heated plastic.
Hate to bust your bubble, but although I can't document it at the moment, BPA is a plasticizer and, from what I hear, the plasticizers which have been used to replace BPA are worse than BPA, just not studied as much yet. It's like MSG. They removed it from most foods, but replaced it with almost identical substances with a bunch of other names.
@accelerator Touché. It's what you misplace in an envelope when you don't really want to pay your utility bill.
An envelope is something you use to ship one to five sheets of paper, potentially including a check, somewhere, similar to what meh does with less flat items when it ships you all the crap you order here, like plastic carcinogenic food tub K39535.
I didn't know these were a thing, but now that I do, I know that I need them. Finally, I can eat vegetables again! Yeah, literally, boiling them is too much work. This can also help me restore stale, hard bread.
@Dizavid You can put your veggies in a container in the microwave, heat without water and they cook nicely that way. No need for these, no need to boil. You can restore stale bread putting it in the microwave and heat for around 15- 20 seconds tops. No need for this.
@Dizavid Oh well considering it goes from the microwave to the sandwich to the mouth in this household the bread never stuck around long enough to find out that.
Got mine Saturday. Used it last night to cook some bacon. The booklet that came with it said to cook for 3 and a half minutes. I cooked it for 2. The plastic rack melted into the bacon. HUGE FAIL!!!! I'd post pictures but at the moment my computer hates me and won't allow me.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 90 Day Meh
Estimated Delivery: 5/4 - 5/6
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
2x Microwave Steamer Plate with lid
2x Microwave Steamer Bowl with lid
Pictures
Blue set
Blue plate
Blue open
Purple exploded view
Purple open
Purple set
Green set
Green open
Snowman
Price Comparison
Complete set: $37.96 (for 2) at Amazon (199 reviews)
Just one plate:$8.51 at Amazon (177 reviews)
Just one bowl: $9.60 at Amazon (500 reviews)
Review Highlights
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, May 11 - Monday, May 16
Limp
Steamed about this deal --
It comes in purple!
@mehhead
I, for one, can't understand why they bother making them in any other colours.
Paging @barney
@heartbleed I love purple.
Products like this irradiate quality.
@chacham If you are referring to the idea that microwave radiation decreases the health quality of foods, that is now generally confirmed as a myth.
Microwaving is often one of the healthier ways to heat up or cook food - especially vegetables - per the brilliant folks at Harvard Medical School in their Family Health Guide on Microwave cooking and nutrition.
If, on the other hand, you were just using a bon mot, a cute pun, a play on words, or whatnot, then good on ya!
@curtise A serious reply on meh? Is that even allowed?
Amazon reviews: I got this product for free in exchange for giving it a 5 star review so I can get more free shit.
@jeraden So what do you really think?
@jeraden Yeah, I ran the bundle product page through fakespot.com and it came up with a 75% low quality review score, Grade "E". Tread carefully.
Link: http://fakespot.com/product/sistema-2-piece-medium-microwave-steamer-and-plate-set-with-a-starter-recipe-guide-for-15-amazing-steamer-meals-assorted-colors
@Knightp : Thank you very much for introducing me to fakespot. Truth is that I'm just getting started with it, but I suppose to be part of the scene I should write "I give it six stars out of five. Nobody will attend the second coming because all will be swept up in the rapture of fakespot."
Stack these packs for your snack attack, Jack!
How about just avoiding microwaving food in plastic, no matter how safe "they" say it is? Is putting a pot on the stove or using a glass container in the microwave really that much of a hassle?
@grazapin Kudos to you, we stopped using plastic in the mike years before the BPA scandal on general principles, and because we didn't care for the smell of some of the plastics when heated.
We also didn't care to use all the disposable plastics that seemed to be so commonly used with the process, and then end up in landfills.
It may not amount to a hill of beans in this big dirty contaminated world we live in, but it's our little bit to try and help both us and the world.
@grazapin And since it says only safe on the top rack of the dishwasher, likely it easily melts, deforms if you use it in the microwave heating anything with fat in it, boils water...
@grazapin Yes, using glass containers or a regular hob type cooker is a problem for a large proportion of the population…those of us who are disabled!
It’s not about being lazy, it’s about not being able to grip or not being strong enough to lift heavy glass. Or in my case, and many others, sensation loss puts me at serious risk of burning myself whilst using a regular hob, or cookware that holds heat, such as glass.
Personally speaking, the Sistema range has been a lifesaver for me. My food is cooked in the plates, and I eat from them. Buying specialist plates for special needs is extortionate, and they don’t last as long, in my personal experience, either!
The Sistema microwaveable range has given me the opportunity to be able to heat up things for myself, when I’m able, without putting myself at risk, therefore giving me back some independence & some much needed self esteem.
In the UK, most of the Sistema microwaveable range is red. I haven’t seen the blue range before, but I rather like it! There have been a few other colours, such as purple, introduced recently, but you can’t get all the range in anything but red, here.
@Bastet62 I love purple.
https://res.cloudinary.com/mediocre/image/upload/c_pad,f_auto,dpr_3.0,h_300,q_80,w_300/op6ibaenx7z0gfwbnwft.png
Guess snowman wants to melt away the pounds in this "snowman sauna" masquerading as food set..meh thinks this deal is heating up !!
The Sistema pieces I already have are great. My only issue is that they do not stack at all so they take up a lot of space when not in use.
Quality-wise, this stuff is top-notch.
I don't use them in the microwave very often, mostly for storage. On the rare occasion that they go in the microwave, they work well.
Vegetables are the absolute last thing I plan on getting steamy with.
Super meh
@completewally I gotta say, I had high hopes for this site after being an original woot customer from early on. I've stopped in 2-3 times a week for the last 6+ months and really haven't been excited about anything listed in a very long time. Not sure what the deal is, but it seems like a lot of limited use, moderate quality items. I want to be excited about checking in on the daily deals here but that hasn't been the case for so long I'm not sure if I'm just wasting my time now.
@toblathe just checking 3-4 times a week equals missing 4-3 awesome deals...
What can I say? I'm retired so I'm cooking more.
unready-utopian-drum
are these also made in New Zealand?
@radi0j0hn FWIW: the Sistema stuff I bought from Office Depot was all from NZ.
You almost got me on a set of purple Meh but I don't need more crap in my kitchen.
@Tiamat114 I love purple.
I was hoping for a bacon cooker to get the perfect twining for vegetables.
they are for 18 on amazon
@Bulkoozle The Amazon set is only 2; this one is 4 (2 large, 2 small). I believe this is a stealth 2-for-Mehday.
u r right thanks for the clarification :)
Okay, so I am going to sounds crazy, but I purchased my first microwave ever last month. Growing up, my parents had one, but I have never personally owned one. I think I have used it twice, I'm just used to cooking everything on the stove/oven.
I am tempted by these, but I do not know if I would actually use them.
@conandlibrarian ... Just use them when it's inconvenient other wise keep cooking on that stove to keep your family happy. Food prepared with love is the best food ever. In my family microwave use is for reheating left-overs so these would be good for that (and storage of course).
@conandlibrarian I'll bet you'd use them from time to time. I love the Sistema line, and the smaller of these would be ideal for reheating things.
@conandlibrarian Yeah, buy these. They're some of the best microwave steamers around and double great as containers for leftovers in the fridge for easy reheating ect.
I have some other Sistema products with no issues. These are the first steamers I have purchased, a blue and a purple...resilient-official-farmer...I see a lot of use with all the fresh fish and shrimp down here on the Gulf Coast!
@pcolachiller I love purple.
Gulf Coast!!! That's where I Live.. Eat shrimp that day that was sleeping with the fishes in the morning..lol
Another fan of Sistema products here; I've even given them as presents. I couldn't resist a purple quartet, Meh.
@gertiestn I love purple.
@Barney Why haven't you mentioned that before?
@gertiestn Oh, I dunno, I guess I'm a little shy.
@Barney
I do not see how these "steam" cook. Steaming in the microwave is equivalent to steaming in the oven, meaning that the food cooks by the heat not the steam. It seems it is no different than using a cooking bag in the oven.
Has anyone tried cooking in the Sistema without water to see if the food still cooks? If it is actually cooking with steam, the food should not be fully cooked like when steaming on the stove-top and forgetting the water.
@hchavers I have cooked steamed pork in my microwave steamer several times. You have to microwave longer for meat. About 3 to 4 minutes usually and then let it site a few steaming. It cooks both from being microwaved and steamed so meat gets tough but still good considering convenience.
@hchavers Not to mention they say to only wash in on the top rack in the dishwasher... so they must not handle hot water all that well...
@Kidsandliz Top rack dishwasher safe actually means it handles the hottest of waters with aplomb, but can't handle the direct heat (well over 100°C) of the drying element at the bottom of most dishwashers.
And here I am just putting things in a pyrex bowl with a little water like an idiot, when instead I could be infusing my broccoli with the healing power of heated plastic.
Well done Meh! A tribute to Prince
@aacero Who wouldn't get the Purple?...gzheesh.
@sinderella I love purple.
Hate to bust your bubble, but although I can't document it at the moment, BPA is a plasticizer and, from what I hear, the plasticizers which have been used to replace BPA are worse than BPA, just not studied as much yet. It's like MSG. They removed it from most foods, but replaced it with almost identical substances with a bunch of other names.
@josephj11 Yes I had read that as well - not that they were worse but that they had their own set of significant problems.
@josephj11 You must be awesome at parties!
@josephj11 And then the actual studies on MSG showed no problems. Nada. Nothing.
@getkind We are talking about a steamer, so this is getting off topic, but see http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/excitotoxins-russell-l-blaylock/1102572016?ean=9780929173252
@toblathe Depends on the party ... ;)
"We were going to make fun of the idea of 99,999 food storage products"
Which five digit number couldn't they use? I'm assuming you missed 00000, but maybe it's more complicated than that?
@stinks Oops, missed a "more" in there.
@dave Ah. Makes sense. I'll allow it.
Really, they only have one, and they started at 39535? I understand starting your checks at 1000 or whatever, but that's pushing it.
@stinks What's a check? 8-/
@accelerator Touché. It's what you misplace in an envelope when you don't really want to pay your utility bill.
An envelope is something you use to ship one to five sheets of paper, potentially including a check, somewhere, similar to what meh does with less flat items when it ships you all the crap you order here, like plastic carcinogenic food tub K39535.
What's with the gnarly lime green that looks like it came from the 70's? I wish it was a more respectable hunter green, or even kelly green.
@Bandrik I bought that lovely green, thank you very much.
unfortunate-tragic-ferret
I didn't know these were a thing, but now that I do, I know that I need them. Finally, I can eat vegetables again! Yeah, literally, boiling them is too much work. This can also help me restore stale, hard bread.
@Dizavid You can put your veggies in a container in the microwave, heat without water and they cook nicely that way. No need for these, no need to boil. You can restore stale bread putting it in the microwave and heat for around 15- 20 seconds tops. No need for this.
@Kidsandliz That works on the bread for all of two minutes. It's not good enough.
@Dizavid Oh well considering it goes from the microwave to the sandwich to the mouth in this household the bread never stuck around long enough to find out that.
@Kidsandliz Haha, yeah. I like to bring my breakfast or lunch along with me in the car.
@Dizavid I'm not eating at your house...oh..that's right ..you didn't invite me.
Neat. More ways to store and keep all my "mehs" fresh.
@zahgrim "mehs" are cheap and disposable. No need to save them or keep them fresh. You can use a new one each time. Pennies a year.
We've already got those ubiquitous red-top Rubbermaid containers over-stuffing our cupboards due to the damned Black Friday 40 piece set sales.
We never cook or reheat food in plastic. Plastic is for storage.
But we do have a single Sistema product and love it: (none of those flimsy, easy-wear out, folded plastic hinges)
This will go with the new Panasonic Microwave I just bought today!
What if I don't own a microwave?
@jmendenhall -
Use your Shark Steamer Mop
@jmendenhall Try craigslist.
Meh too
Got mine Saturday. Used it last night to cook some bacon. The booklet that came with it said to cook for 3 and a half minutes. I cooked it for 2. The plastic rack melted into the bacon. HUGE FAIL!!!! I'd post pictures but at the moment my computer hates me and won't allow me.
@Teripie You included enough water, right?
@Bandrik Recipe said no water.
These are the perfect lunch containers for a sandwich, chips and dip, snack. I want another set.
/buy
@imamehnerd Sorry, this deal contains 3 unique items and I’m not sure which one you want. Try ordering from the checkout page.