Thermal retention/Wonderbag cooking experiences

Jolaaled

Hi...does anyone have any tips on using a thermal heat retention cooking bag. Aka Wonderbag?
Hoping to try my hand at making one!

QrizB

Sounds quite similar to haybox cooking. If so, it's been around for centuries and there are lots of online resources.

Example:

https://www.ourtinyhomestead.com/haybox-cooking.html

theoretica

I use the insulation of my oven similarly sometimes - it may not be quite as good, but it is a fairly well insulated box that is already in my kitchen.

jimjames

QrizB said:

Sounds quite similar to haybox cooking. If so, it's been around for centuries and there are lots of online resources.

Example:

https://www.ourtinyhomestead.com/haybox-cooking.html

And that's a fraction of the cost!

VChi

I use one regularly - if you use Facebook I have a group called Wonderbag and Hay Box Cooking UK where lots of people share how they use theirs and with links to various guides  to making your own . If you don't sew you can use a box filled with cushions or wrap your pot in a duvet, sleeping bag etc to insulate it. 

VChi

This is a popular tutorial  for making one but there are others https://youtu.be/o_iM0MUlPM4

Martyn1981

VChi said:

I use one regularly - if you use Facebook I have a group called Wonderbag and Hay Box Cooking UK where lots of people share how they use theirs and with links to various guides  to making your own . If you don't sew you can use a box filled with cushions or wrap your pot in a duvet, sleeping bag etc to insulate it. 

You beat me to it, I was going to say I've heard of people using old duvets. This is doubly beneficial as we've recently discovered that nobody wants / recycles duvets, and the local tip/recycling centre that has dozens of skips and storage bins, told us to put them in the general waste. Couldn't even find an animal rescue centre (even the one I help out at) that wants them.

PS. I love the photo - "I fits, I sits."

shandyclover

Just trying to revive this thread. With current economic situation and the possibility of power cuts, I got our wonderbag out of the loft. I already have a slow cooker - but plan to try and use the wonderbag more regularly. I'm looking for tips and recipes, especially from people who've adapted normal recipes for the wonderbag.