Crockpots- Are they really useful, or not

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Its a personal choice swingaloo, you need to get using it and see. You might well love it. Lots do, like someone said, its like marmite

MandM90

I absolutely love mine. I'm a morning person and notoriously lazy in the evenings, so whilst I've still got the enthusiasm I chuck everything in in the morning and I don't have to bother later in the evening!

I've had great success with cheaper cuts of meat. It makes them tender without the expense of my gas hob or turning on the whole electric oven. We mostly eat veggie food anyway, and I've found it's just as good at cooking dried beans and pulses. I find the low and slow way of cooking really brings flavours together, but might just be me!

We will all give you different opinions, so why not chuck in a curry, or use a slow cooker recipe that takes your fancy, and see for yourself. If after a few goes you're still not fussed then pass it onto someone who will appreciate it

desdemona01

Did you realise that marmite is French for a casserole/stew pot?

GwylimT

Is it the same as a slow cooker? If so the meals we make in ours are

Soups (never eaten tinned soup in my life)
Curries
Stews
Chilli
Lasagne
Panhagerty
Meat stocks
Spagboll
Fish pie
Lamb shanks
Fish chowder
Tagine
Cakes/puddings
Cawl
Dim sum dumplings

Living_proof

bbbI have three of varying sizes and dimensions. Obviously I think they are great, but the main fault when people first use them is that they add too much liquid. Liquid is needed in tiny proportions or you will end up with a soup-like slop every time!

splishsplash

desdemona01 wrote: »

Did you realise that marmite is French for a casserole/stew pot?

lol no I didn't - but you are right:beer:

Fliparoo

I love mine. In fact, I have one and my husband had one when we got together.
Mine is oval, so we tend to use that for a Whole Chicken / Pork Shoulder.
I recently cooked a large Christmas Style Dinner and used both for different meats, which left me less stressed and my oven with enough room to make large Yorkshire Puddings.

Spendless

Another one wondering if this is the same as a slow-cooker?

If so, I don't like soup made in it either. I suspect because it doesn't reduce and thicken, but I love it for plenty of other meals which are rarely casseroles

bolognaise
chilli
bbq pulled pork
curry
gammon joint

As my kids are in before me, I often put chicken and a cook-in-sauce into it.

suki1964

kittie wrote: »

I didn`t like mine and tried twice, I ended up giving one away and then the other. Food was insipid and watery and it took up too much space. I get far better tastier results using my induction hob and good stainless steel pans. Nothing sticks on a low simmer and I can leave it as long as I want knowing that it will be much tastier. Horses for courses and its always good to try these things but I wouldn`t give one house room

I'm with you because I too have an induction hob

Before I might have used my crockpot / slowcooker more. But with induction I really can't see the need. Esp as I've managed to collect a selection of cast iron pots for the hob

meritaten

oh, I love mine! I like that I can get up and chuck stuff in the slow cooker and it cooks it (and doesn't burn it) and I can keep it warm for when I need to serve it. and I don't need to worry about cooking all day. I can even go out all day and s7!
and it does brilliant dishes like 'pulled pork'. 'slow cooked brisket'.
you can even go out all day and supper is ready when you come in!