Forgot to put slow cooker on, shall I use high heat for 6 hours? 28 February 2012 at 3:10PM in Old style MoneySaving 5 replies 933 views

littlesnuggy

Aaargh, opened the fridge 30mins ago to get lunch and saw the beef I was meant to be putting in the slow cooker this morning. I've now put everything (beef, potatoes, carrots, onion, celery & pearl barley) in the SC. We've got about 6 hours until I'd like to eat - so should I put it on 'high' rather than 'low'? I usually cook on low for about 8-9 hours...

Thanks (and please merge to main thread later!)

krlyr

I tend to judge it by low for 8 hours, high for 4 hours - for 6 hours I might maybe stick it on high for a while (hour or two) but switch to low for the remainder. Just me though, I'm no SC expert!

rosie383

Another vote for sticking it on high and see how it goes. Better that it is done sooner and then you can always turn it to low later, but it'd not be good to find it is still mostly uncooked in 4 or 5 hours if it was on low.

luvvie

Another vote here for sticking it on high

littlesnuggy

Thanks all!
Have left it on high and will put it down to low for the last couple of hours if it's looking good.

jarvo28

Hi i would put on high for 4 hours then low for 2 ..