Tower Slow Cooker

Psykicpup

Does anyone know what other lids may fit the 2917? having replaced my smaller tower slow cooker with the 2917 because the lid broke, we managed to break the lid on that one too within a few weeks...I've been checking the carboots (as usual) to no avail....but noticed the Morphy Richards one looks similar ...I have a glass lid from a saucepan I could use as a last result but as I often put in on before I go to work, I'm a little wary of leaving it 'home alone' with the edge stuffed with tin foil :eek:

trying-very-trying

If it's any help to you, I broke the lid on mine, and couldn't find a replacement. I just used a plate to cover until I found a reasonably well fitting lid from an old pot. It worked fine for me and I used to leave it all day or overnight, but you could try doing this for the first time on a day when you will be around.

Edit; I don't think that it needs to be a glass lid.

Psykicpup

its only a glass lid as that the type of lids I have, I only have one metal lid & that wouldnt fit any where close
will have to try it sometime when I'm home but the smell makes me so hungry if I'm home with it all day :rotfl:

whittimere

Hi- I was given a Tower Slo-Cooker by my Mom and its , well, at least 25 years old. Its simple with Lo/High setting. I use it at least twice a week and just put anything in it and leave it on for anytime from 6 hours or much much longer. Keeping it on low and keeping the lid on ensures nothing dries out. Much is written about the new style slo-cookers that, IMHO simply cook too hot. I remember Mom getting the slow cooker and the adverts at the time said it used about the sme as a light bulb 60W on low. So I feel quite happy leaving it on. Its very well made, substantial and heavy. I wouldn't change it - even though I have looked for replacements becuase the one thing I can't do is remove the cermaic dish as its fized to the light beige plastic base. So I can't put it in the dishwasher. However, its a design issue compared to the benefits. And really 25 plus years ago this was just fine! So I currently have a duck casserole on. Just put everything in and left it on overnight. Only sad news is that it was made in nearby Wombourne (Wolverhampton) at the Tower factory. Its a great brand and fully reliable.You don't need instructions with them because they just cook slowly! And it roasts just as well by just popping in the joint. Or rice pudding or anything!

Cheers

melsomp

I've recently re-discovered my Tower Compact Slo-Cooker, it has been in the loft unused for nearly 20 years. I'm now using it several times a week, unfortunately I've lost the instruction manual. My question is... can you bake potatoes in these things?

Coramary

I have a Tower slow cooker for 23 years and its still going strong. Use it 5 days a week in the winter. Great to come home from work when its freezing outside and have a lovely dinner waiting for you. Mine just has high/low on it. I throw everything in it first thing in the morning and turn it on high when I'm getting ready for work and then switch to low when I leave the house. Usually means its on for ten hours but there have been times when I haven't come home til all hours and its still been fine. Never burns - just keeps food hot once cooked. The only thing I would add is that very hard vegetables like potatoes or carrots should be par boiled first as they don't seem to cook very well. Wouldn't be without my slow cooker. Best kitchen appliance ever....

netsourpuss

Hi, I have an old Tower slow cooker with the Low/Auto/High controls, which I bought in 1982. It is still working perfectly, although the cover over the light is broken and the lid is cracked, and I'd have to say it's probably the best and most useful (and used) kitchen gadget I've ever bought. I've been considering buying a new one but it's been so good and so reliable, and I haven't been impressed with reviews of the modern ones, that I'm now just trying to find a replacement lid to fit it before this one falls in half.

The instruction manual says the cooker should never be switched on dry and should be switched to the High setting to pre-heat for 30 minutes, so I always start by putting in a small amount of boiling water (just enough to cover the bottom), or whatever cooking liquid I'm using. It should also be left on High for 30 minutes after all the ingredients have been added.
This is where the Auto setting comes in. It is really useful because, when you switch to Auto, it starts off on the High setting and then automatically switches the cooker to low after 30 minutes, so you don't have to wait around to do it yourself.

All food should be very hot, and liquids should be boiling, before being added. The manual recommends cooking chicken on the High setting from start to finish, but pretty much everything else can be cooked on low. I don't recall any mention of pork but I've always used the Auto setting for that and never had a problem. I've never tried baking a potato in it though, I use the microwave to cook them and finish them off in the oven for a few minutes to crisp the skins. Don't forget you'll need a little less liquid than you might be used to, as the condensation that forms can't evaporate and will remain in the pot. You can always thicken it with cornflour or arrowroot later if you want to.

I've prepared food the night before, reheated it in a saucepan in the morning while the cooker was pre-heating and I was getting ready for work, and then just put everything into it and put it on Auto. There would be a lovely hot meal waiting for when I got home, and it was never overcooked even when, on one occasion, it was cooking away for nearly 18 hours when I was delayed by bad weather.

I hope you find this useful, I'm now off on a lid hunt.

Cheers.

jobbingmusician

Just a note to those of you with missing lids. A plate DOES work fine, and I also have a friend who got someone to turn him up a wooden lid! - this had the advantage of having a handle. Plates are excellent for sealing, but do get hot and need a knife or something to lever them off.

lisa26_2

I have one of these. It was left behind by the previous owner of a house I bought a few years ago. WIth it was the instruction/recipe book which included a warranty slip which had been filled in by the shop with a purchase date of July 1981!!!!! Its older than me! I'm using it today to make a venison casserole.

fletty

So I've been going to get a slow cooker for ages but never got roound to it, today in a charity shop I got one for £2, it's a tower 2761. Can anyone tell me if they know if the bowl comes out, it was a bit grotty when I got it home and I've give it a good scrub but I'm a terrified to force the bowl incase it's fixed, my mams got a smaller one and the bowl comes out of hers and she say's it should.

There's no instruction book with it either so has it got a auto setting the button only says low and high?

Thanks x