I am thinking of getting one, although it's only Mr.Sam and I at home now, I do cook a lot for the family. What are you opinions ? I see people use one lot on Come dine with Me.
Its a great saver of energy, costs much less than running an oven and safer to leave on while you are out....great for tenderising meat and producing excellent flavour....downside, for me at least, is that it only produces "wet" food and I like a bit of texture variety.
I’ve got one but I rarely use it - I only do joints of ham in it (but it was v cheap). I suppose if you like casseroles you could make extra and freeze some. I’ve only made a casserole once and it smelt like cat food.
I have 2, a small one and a larger one for batch cooking, there's only myself to cook for, I find it brilliant as I can get out when I need to, throw something into the pot, come home and dinner's ready, the small one I use to cook porridge, while I'm doing morning bits and bobs like showering, tidying up, taking meds etc., just finish all that and tuck into a hearty breakfast. I love my slow cookers and sometimes get great ideas from other people that use them
I have one. I don't use it a lot, but when I do want to use it I'm glad I've got it. (Does that make sense?:)). I make hamburger stew, cabbage-roll casserole, chili, beef-stew, etc. It's an excellent once-in-a while cooking aid.
I have owned a couple of them but gave them away. If you could literally just chuck a bit of meat and veg and liquid in and come home eight hours later to a lovely meal it’d be great. But don’t you still have to brown everything in batches before leaving it?
Might as well use a big casserole pan and put it in a low oven.
I make a lot of curries, goulasch etc. How about the mince for Sheppard's Pie, I always brown the mince first with the onions, can it do that ? Has anyone got a digital one with a timer ? They are much more expensive, but it's the way to go I suppose, any recommended makes ? Crock seems to have quite a selection.