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Question about slow cookers

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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    There are several threads on economy and usage listed in our main collection:-

    The Complete Slow Cooker Collection

    It's full of all sorts of recipes and hints, so it should help you out a lot :)
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  • whiteguineapig
    whiteguineapig Posts: 1,365 Forumite
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    lots of thanks again
    going to see if there are any left in the morning
  • cleo123
    cleo123 Posts: 47 Forumite
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    HI ALL ,
    I`VE BEEN THINKING OF BUYING A SLOW COOKER FOR A WHILE ,
    BUT DO THEY ACTUALLY SAVE YOU MONEY ON ENERGY USED ?
    I WOULD NORMALLY COOK A CASSEROLE ON A LOW TEMP. IN OVEN FOR 2/3 HOURS .
    I BELIEVE A SLOW COOKER COOKS FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS OR SO .
    I`M A BIT WORRIED INCASE MY ELECTRIC BILL GOES SKY HIGH .
    CAN ANYONE HELP ?:eek:
  • MATH
    MATH Posts: 2,941 Forumite
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    Slow cookers use nowhere near the amount of leccy that your oven will do so you shouldn't see a bit jump in you bill. The advantage of them is that they can be left alone while you are out at work and not everyone is confident in doing that with their oven. Having said that my oven is electric and I happily leave it cooking meals while I am out and about. They also come into their own for soup making which you wouldn't normally do in the oven and wouldn't leave too long unattended on the hob. HTH

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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,675 Forumite
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    Hi cleo,

    We have an older thread that should answer your question so I have merged your thread with it to keep all the replies together.

    Pink
  • shelteruk
    shelteruk Posts: 1 Newbie
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    Hi John,  based on what I have read about slow cookers energy usage and that they seem to average at 100watts per hour. Then this should work 
    C (pkw/10) 
    C = cooking time
    pkw = price per Kilowatt 
    If you know these you should be able to work out roughly what each meal is costing you to cook. :smile:

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