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Large dual slow cooker or 2 small ones?

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I have been looking into getting a slow cooker, but I'm a vegetarian and OH a meat-eater.

I've come across this dual slow cooker, with 2 compartments: http://www.which.co.uk/home-and-garden/kitchen/reviews-ns/kitchen-appliance-first-look-reviews/morphy-richards-partitioned-slow-cooker-48762/

but was wondering if we would be better off with 2 smaller ones?

I have no idea with regards to capacities what is 'enough', or if the double compartment one looks decent?

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  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,739 Forumite
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    Beckyy wrote: »
    I have been looking into getting a slow cooker, but I'm a vegetarian and OH a meat-eater.

    I've come across this dual slow cooker, with 2 compartments: http://www.which.co.uk/home-and-garden/kitchen/reviews-ns/kitchen-appliance-first-look-reviews/morphy-richards-partitioned-slow-cooker-48762/

    but was wondering if we would be better off with 2 smaller ones?

    I have no idea with regards to capacities what is 'enough', or if the double compartment one looks decent?

    A friend of mine has the one with two compartments regrets getting it. She said it seemed a good idea at the time. I would get two smaller ones.
  • Beckyy
    Beckyy Posts: 2,833 Forumite
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    Thanks, was there anything in particular she really disliked about it?

    I've just seen Tesco have their own 3L ones for £8 http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-scss12-3l-slow-cooker/173-0852.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=173-0852 so I could get 2 for £16 which is super cheap.

    Is it okay to not fill them? I think 3L each will be quite a lot more than what we'll need when I'm not batch cooking.
  • Willowpop
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    I have a biggish slow cooker (5.5l) and I have cooked 2 meals in it by putting them in roasting bags in the cooker. I made a sausage casserole and a beef casserole, but you could easily do one bag meat and one bag veggie. Just remember to pierce the bags a few times as they do expand and they looked like 2 balloons in my cooker with the lid balanced on the top of them! Piercing them a few times stopped this problem!
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  • karren
    karren Posts: 1,260 Forumite
    thats a good idea about the roasting bags, there are some tucked away in cupboard so ill do that next time!
    :A :j
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    Rather than get two smaller ones, they're not that expensive, why not get a small one and a second big one. Then you've got all bases covered.
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  • Beckyy
    Beckyy Posts: 2,833 Forumite
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    Thank you for the replies!

    I never thought of using the roasting bags! I might start out with a 3L one and see how we get on with roasting bags, then I can see from there if I need a 2nd one/bigger or smaller one.
  • Fruball
    Fruball Posts: 5,739 Forumite
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    Beckyy wrote: »
    Thanks, was there anything in particular she really disliked about it?

    I've just seen Tesco have their own 3L ones for £8 http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-scss12-3l-slow-cooker/173-0852.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=173-0852 so I could get 2 for £16 which is super cheap.

    Is it okay to not fill them? I think 3L each will be quite a lot more than what we'll need when I'm not batch cooking.

    I have the 3L tesco ones and they are fine. Not sure how they can sell them so cheap!

    I can't remember what my friend said about the two compartments but when I was there, she was doing a stew in it and had put some in the smaller section (might have been unsalted for toddler) and it had gone really dry and not nice probably because it had been in there for the same amount of time but was much less in volume.

    I suppose if the sections were the same size it would work. But I would still get the two tesc0 SCs.

    :)
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