Slow Cooker Lid Broken.....eek

Snow_Angel

Through the kindness of someone from my local Freecycle group, I now have a slow cooker :T Unfortunately, as the lovely lady was putting it into a bag for me, she dropped the lid and it smashed :eek: She had a spare saucepan lid (metal one) that seems to fit it just fine. Do you think this will be ok or is there some secret, magic reason why my slow cooker needs its own lid? Thanks

charlies_mum

Hi,

I broke the lid of my slow cooker and used it for ages afterwards with a suitable saucepan lid.

Never had any problems, and the food tasted just the same.

Sting_2

For a slow cooker to work properly it needs to be able to keep the heat in. When the slow cooker is on, usually a film of water will appear around the lid. This forms a seal. If the saucepan lid fits and this water seal appears you should be fine, however if the lid is not a good fit then no water seal can appear and the heat will escape.

Your best bet is to give it a go, try your favourite dish and see if it cooks alright, if not then just stick it in your normal oven and enjoy it a bit later!

Alternatively, how badly broken was the old lid? could you glue it back together?

Snow_Angel

Sting wrote:

Alternatively, how badly broken was the old lid? could you glue it back together?

Smashed to smithereens! I didn't bother to take the pieces when I picked the slow cooker up.
I'll give the pan lid a try some time this week - if it doesn't work I'll attempt to get a replacement for the model of slow cooker.
Thanks

twink

i always had a water seal when i had the big slow cooker, i now have the ten pound one from argos and it doesnthave a water seal but works just as good, you could always put tin foil on first if the lid didnt fit right

youngie

email the makers and see how much for a replacement lid

mrs_baggins

I dropped the lid to mine as well. Since then i have used a lid that 'almost' fits and put a teatowel under it first. Probably not hygenic (ha ha) but it works ok. suppose you could use foil wrapped around the lid to make it a tad bigger.

**purpleprincess**

twink wrote:

i always had a water seal when i had the big slow cooker, i now have the ten pound one from argos and it doesnthave a water seal but works just as good, you could always put tin foil on first if the lid didnt fit right

Excellent twink!! I've been wondering about this as mine doesn't have the water seal all the time. Will use tin foil in future!! Ta very much!!!

letsgobilliejoe

twink wrote:

i always had a water seal when i had the big slow cooker, i now have the ten pound one from argos and it doesnthave a water seal but works just as good, you could always put tin foil on first if the lid didnt fit right

I have that one and it forms a seal perfectly. Ah well.

Queen.Bess

When I was younger I broke the lid of my Mum's slow cooker - she was NOT impressed!! It only broke into 3 and so Dad superglued it together and then Mum wrapped the lid in silver foil and it worked fine for years afterwards!

As previously said, it's the water seal that's the key!

twink

letsgobilliejoe wrote:

I have that one and it forms a seal perfectly. Ah well.

i did wonder about my lid and i think i asked snowy owl and she said hers was the same, maybe i should ask for another lid then, it less than two months old, thanks