I can go out and leave my slow cooker right?

Shoey1610

Ok I have a new slow cooker, it now has all the stuff in for a casserole and is on low so that it is ready for DD's tea at 4. Now I have to go out all day and have suddenly thought, am I supposed to be around to stir it or something? I'm abit of a worrier and now I'm thinking I'll come home to a house that has exploded on account of my casserole :rotfl:

whitty999

I go out & leave mine all day I do stir it up before dishing up but not sure if others do,Also my friends & family do so as long as its on low & not to filled i would say its ok

youngie

you can leave it on all day no worries I've used one for years had no problems at all

Shoey1610

Thanks so much, its on low and half filled so that should be ok then. I must get used to this slow cooker lark!

dragonsoup

Shoey1610 wrote: »

Thanks so much, its on low and half filled so that should be ok then. I must get used to this slow cooker lark!

Once it's started you should not lift the lid during the cooking period. IIFC my instruction book said that each quick peek adds 20-30 mins to the cooking time.

Pandora123_2

To be totally safe, leave it on a non-burnable surface, like the hob. A friend of mine left hers on and went to work; she came back to find it had malfunctioned and burned a hole in her countertop. Fortunately it did not set her kitchen on fire.

:A

beemuzed

Wow! Until I read Pandora's post I'd have been quite confident that nothing could go wrong - surely one of the selling points is that one can come in from work to a delicious meal ready to eat?? Still I guess there's always some exception to normal practice - hope it's really, really rare! Never worried about mine before.....

Olliebeak

As I 'work from home', I've never had to leave mine completely unattended for more than an hour or so. The hardest part about this is resisting 'just checking how its doing' .

I HAVE left it on all night though to pre-cook a ham shank before making pea-whack (pea-soup for the non-Scousers!) - the smell when you come downstairs in the morning is absolutely gorgeous .

headoutthesand

Can i leave my slow cooker on over night when i'm making soup?

My settings are low, medium and high

there is plenty of water in it but i'm not sure if i could do it or not

thanks in advance

Pink.

Hi headoutthesand,

Yes it will be fine to leave on....I do all the time. There's a very recent thread on this so I'll add your post to it to keep all the replies together.

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