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Would You Try One Of These Energy Saving Gadgets?
A non-electric slow cooker. I might...if it was cheaper. Reviews praise it. I'm intrigued to say the least.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's a bit like the old fashioned "Haybox" from a long time ago.
What is the haybox method of cooking?
Haybox cooking involved placing a hot pot of food in a nest of hay and leaving it there to complete cooking. Thermal cooking is an efficient and convenient way to cook – so it's not surprising its making a comeback.
Do hay boxes work?
A real haybox – i.e. a box with hay in it – used regularly by friends of ours. Put hay underneath and around the sides, add the pot, put hay on top, then a lid – works a treat. As a rough rule of thumb, for retained heat cooking you can at least double the normal cooking time.
Modern slow cookers are more powerful than the early models and cost more to run, even the traditional looking models.
Still much cheaper than an oven and the old fashioned solid electric hobs but induction hobs are cheaper if you measure the amount of electricity used to cook a meal, not the amount per hour.
Cheaper still is a stove top pressure cooker on an induction hob
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