Using a slow cooker when out?

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I have no problem putting it on while I'm not around or even putting it on last thing at night and coming down to a delicious smelling kitchen in the morning with food all done I then can portion it up and allow to cool before freezing what ever I have cooked.

mulchingoverwinter

We tend to be out of the house from 7.30ish am to 6pm and in winter my slow cooker is my friend I use it almost everyday and never had a problem, even when the sauce has completely dried to a crisp!

Previous to myself using my slow cooker for around 6 years (we've had 2 seperate ones) my mum used to use hers since I was a wee thing, and my sisters use theirs and weve never (touch wood) had any problems.

Though I will never leave the washing machine on while I'm not in the house just encase it floods the place!

Stupid double standard lol!

dlusman

mulchingoverwinter wrote: »

Though I will never leave the washing machine on while I'm not in the house just encase it floods the place!

Stupid double standard lol!

in your mind a washing machine could cause a flood or fire - so is double the risk of your slow cooker which can only cause a fire

dlusman

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never (and I've searched) so far found any instance where a SC has done anything bad while people were out.

obviously not very thoroughly

http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Slow-cooker-causes-kitchen/story-20572807-detail/story.html

http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/fire_breaks_out_at_st_ives_home_after_towels_left_next_to_slow_cooker_1_3813975


Though I would say that the dangers of a slow cooker are no different to any other electrical item