Bargain Slow Cookers

homeworkgirl

Hi, hope I have posted this in the right place, sorry if I haven't.

I have just got back from our local town and feeling all inspired by the threads about slow cookers, I thought I would have a look around. The first one I saw was in a very unlikely shop........Roseby's!!! They had a lovely one in there for £19.99, it was 5.5 I think, oval shape and it had a signature of one of the tv Chef's on it......I think it might have been somebody Rankin??? It seemed a real bargain. Then I went into Robert Dyas and they had two or three different ones in there which were also reduced down to £20 mark, one make I remember was Frigidaire and they had 3.5 and 5.5 ones.

I got out my old Tower one this morning and am trying a beef casserole in that today. Its years since I have used it and I do not have the instructions any more. It's beenon since 10am on high, but the veg is still hard :rotfl: . What did I do wrong?? lol

Jolaaled

I've just got back from town too...i saw reduced ones in Argos...down to 8.99 for their cooksworks one...it looks quite small tho.

johnroberts07

Durabrand Slow cooker 1.8L
These are £7 in ASDA i got one last week and it was good, ok if you havent got a big family:D

Fen1

You need to pre-cook everything, not just the meat. At this stage you might need to fish out the veggies and nuke them

trying-very-trying

I don't understand the problem with the veggies. I just bung big chunks of carrot in mine along with the browned meat, and other veggies, add a tin or 2 of tomatoes and a stock cube, then leave on auto for the day.

As for cheap scs, I got one for my dd from freecycle. A lot of people have them, but don't use them, so it could be worth putting a request on freecycle.

Doom_and_Gloom

I got a slow cooker from argos that cost me £22.64. That was for a 6.5L Morphy Richards one so I think I did very well for myself. It is very good and I usualy eat most of what I put in and only leave 1 portion most of the time (I have a healthy appitite after work and college ). I put all the veggie in with a sauce and water (aswell as spices and/or herbs) and put it on low from when I leave to when I get back so about 8-10 hours. No problems with the veg so far . I don't pre-cook any of it at all and all I really put in it are veggies as I'm vegan :rotfl: .

geordie_joe

homeworkgirl wrote: »

It's been on since 10am on high, but the veg is still hard :rotfl: . What did I do wrong?? lol

I bought a SC from Argos and had that problem, 11 hours and the veg were still hard, and they were only 1-1.5cm cubes.

Following advice in here I took it back for a replacement and the new one cooks veg great.

I reckon your SC isn't getting hot enough to cook the veg.

hennagirl

If you have a TJ Hughs near you, I got my 6.5l Morphy Richards for £20.00.

nodwah

I bought the cheapo tesco one 3.5 litre I think. It seems to give out a lot of heat to the kitchen and isn't insulated so I guess= inefficient. Having said that it cooks fine and heats up a lot quicker than my small 30 year old one.

lisababy2002uk

i might go and get that one from asda as i bought the one from argos and its too big for just 2 of us i thought it was only going to be small

Barnetbear

I got the Durabrand one from Asda, very good, if a bit small.