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Can anyone recommend a slow cooker

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  • 08-09-2012 10:27am
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    sdp
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    Hi all, my 15 year old slow cooker has given up, and gone where all good slow cookers go. :( Need some advice on buying new one, has to be able to feed six people who love their food :) there's so many out there now, finding it hard to know what to buy, if anyone has one they can recommend, or any ideas or help in where to buy and whats the best one to get, I would greatly appreciate it,

    Many thanks


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    CJhaughey
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    The Morphy Richards one I have is basic but big and cheap.
    It has three settings and will feed at least 6 hungry people.
    What else do you need from a slow cooker, maybe a timer?


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    sdp
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    hi, Thank you for link, looks just the job,
    thanks :)


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    hdowney
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    I'm looking for a two to three person one. Am not sure if the Morphy Richards one would be two big, don't know what the dealio on half filling the thing is


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    Dizzyblonde
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    It's no problem only half filling it, I wouldn't often fill mine more than half. It is handy having the bigger one if you want to do a large piece of meat in it or a chicken though.


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    Toast4532
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    I got a 3.5L slow cooker in Tesco for under E30.

    I get 4 small portions or 3 medium portions or 2 large portions from it, depending on what I cook in it.


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    hdowney
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    I'll have a look around and compare prices I think


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    Padraig Mor
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    Argos often have them quite cheap - I got a 1.5L one a couple of years ago for a fiver! Currently using a 3.5L one I got there for, I think, €15.


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    kylith
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    I can't remember the make of mine, but I find it great. It's a rice cooker (and steamer and porridge maker, though I don't use those two functions) as well as a slow cooker.


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    stevenmu
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Argos often have them quite cheap - I got a 1.5L one a couple of years ago for a fiver! Currently using a 3.5L one I got there for, I think, €15.

    +1, Argos is great for getting them cheap. Tesco have them cheap sometimes too, but maybe just the bigger Tescos.


    I'd also agree with getting a bigger one. They're handy if you want to roast a joint of meat and then throw a few spuds and veggies around it. For 'wet' dishes (stews, curries etc) there doesn't seem to be any problem with only 1/2 or even 1/4 filling it.


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