Slow cooker with keep warm setting

ska_lover

Good evening all

Does anyone have any recommendations for a slow cooker with a keep warm setting?

I would like to start using ours more, but it is a very old model that i wouldnt trust being left on all day whilst I am at work

and I can be out of the house for ten hours so, would really like one with a keep warm function - that automatically swaps to keep warm - when the cooking time is complete

any ideas? and hopefully not too expensive x

elsien

Mine doesn't have a keep warm setting but I use a timer switch to turn it on while I'm out so it's cooked for when I get back and am ready to eat.

scottishminnie

I have a Crock-pot. Purchased from Costco a few years back for around £40 I think. It has a keep warm function which works very well. Mine is a fairly large model - not dissimilar to the one below however I believe there are much cheaper ones still with the keep warm functionality.

I also have one in my US home which I inherited from the previous owner - she told me it had been a wedding gift in 1979 and, although I only use it occasionally it works perfectly hence the reason I purchased the same branch for my home here.


https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8472379

ska_lover

scottishminnie wrote: »

I have a Crock-pot. Purchased from Costco a few years back for around £40 I think. It has a keep warm function which works very well. Mine is a fairly large model - not dissimilar to the one below however I believe there are much cheaper ones still with the keep warm functionality.

I also have one in my US home which I inherited from the previous owner - she told me it had been a wedding gift in 1979 and, although I only use it occasionally it works perfectly hence the reason I purchased the same branch for my home here.


https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8472379

Thank you - does yours automatically swap to the keep warm function, when the timer has ran out?


I was just looking at that one on the argos site and searched the Q&A's to try and find an answer..................and some of the questions had me in stitches....for example 'does the slow cooker come with the food in the picture?' haha

Farway

ska_lover wrote: »

some of the questions had me in stitches....for example 'does the slow cooker come with the food in the picture?' haha

I recall when disposable "instant BBQs" came out, the ones with tin foil tray & charcoal, there were complaints that food was not included, seems some folk really do take what they see on the picture as gospel

ska_lover

after much deliberating, I am thinking this one

https://direct.asda.com/george/home/cooking-appliances/morphy-richards-460012-black-sear-and-stew-slow-cooker/050481794,default,pd.html?cgid=D26M10G10C03

Tea_Pea_Dee

ska_lover wrote: »

after much deliberating, I am thinking this one

https://direct.asda.com/george/home/cooking-appliances/morphy-richards-460012-black-sear-and-stew-slow-cooker/050481794,default,pd.html?cgid=D26M10G10C03

£2 cheaper at Amazon, albeit a red model. It doesn't have a keep warm facility and the bowl is not ceramic. I have a Crockpot with ceramic bowl and keep warm facility. It does not auto turn to keep warm, nor does it have a timer.

I use slow cooker liners (5 for a £1 in Poundland) which are worth their weight in gold. I would definitely use one in the Stew and Sear, otherwise you will be crying into it at the sink as you mega scrub

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morphy-Richards-Cooker-460012-Slowcooker/dp/B07B6MJLJJ/ref=dp_ob_title_kitchen?th=1

cheerfulness4

ska_lover wrote: »

after much deliberating, I am thinking this one

https://direct.asda.com/george/home/cooking-appliances/morphy-richards-460012-black-sear-and-stew-slow-cooker/050481794,default,pd.html?cgid=D26M10G10C03

I think the description is a little misleading as I have this slowcooker. It doesn't switch to keep warm automatically at all. ThereIs no facility for that. It is the best slowcooker I've owned though and cooks beautifully on low all day if left.

pickledonionspaceraider

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

I think the description is a little misleading as I have this slowcooker. It doesn't switch to keep warm automatically at all. ThereIs no facility for that. It is the best slowcooker I've owned though and cooks beautifully on low all day if left.

Surely it is false advertising as it says this

'. If however you are delayed you don’t have to worry your meal will be ruined as Sear and Stew will automatically switch to a two hour keep warm to keep your meal at the right temperature and tasting great'

Been following this thread as I am after an updated slow Cooker

scottishminnie

ska_lover wrote: »

Thank you - does yours automatically swap to the keep warm function, when the timer has ran out?


I was just looking at that one on the argos site and searched the Q&A's to try and find an answer..................and some of the questions had me in stitches....for example 'does the slow cooker come with the food in the picture?' haha

Hi. Yes,it switches automatically to keep warm. I hadn't read the questions before- that gave me a laugh!

Eenymeeny

I have the Tower Digital multicooker (T16007) which I bought for a good price at Wilkinsons. Sorry I can't find it on their site now. It's non-stick, so you can pre-fry onions etc then add other ingredients. Strangely, the slow cooker setting is only for 70 minutes so I use the stew setting which is more flexible time and temperature wise. It switches automatically to keep warm at the end of cooking. The only downside is that the markings are rubbing off but I've got photos on my phone Hope that helps
Sorry just checked. Slow cooker setting states 5-990 mins will try that next time