What Is The UK’s Best Slow Cooker?
Are you in the market for a slow cooker? If so, you’re in luck! Here, we’re going to share with you the best slow cookers on the market. We’ll discuss everything from size and features to price and durability. So, whether you’re a first-time buyer or just looking for a worthy replacement, read on for our top picks.
Slow Cooker Reviews
Slow Cooker Buyer’s Guide
Having a slow cooker is an absolute joy! Whether you want to make a pot of soup, a succulent roast, or a tenderly braised vegetables, these are the points you’ll want to check when you make your choice:
Capacity
Is it big enough, or too big? Don’t pay to heat air, or frustrate yourself by not having enough room to cook the foods you love the most!
Dishwasher Safe
Unless you fancy scrubbing and scouring off baked on food, then make sure it’s dishwasher safe.
Cooking Settings
Low, medium, high are the bare minimum of what you want! Most slow cookers will have these three as default, but newer designed multi-cooker slow cookers can have others like steam, roast, bake, and sauté.
Durability
Make sure your slow cooker will go the distance, if it has a metal liner, check the coating’s going to be of a high quality. If it has a ceramic liner, check the thickness on both the sides and the bottom. In either case, confirm how to secure a replacement liner if the worst should happen!
Weight
The body of the slow cooker should be light enough to move comfortably on your worktop. Cumbersome, or awkwardly designed units should be avoided, as they’ll be dangerous.
Timer
Not essential, but mighty helpful! Most slow cookers will not have this feature, however, those with digital displays often have them built in.
FAQs
How to use a slow cooker?
Depending on the recipe being followed, generally you begin by warming the slow cooker – using water on the lowest setting. Then when the liner is warmed through, remove the water, add browned meats, vegetables, or cake/dessert and set the heat to low/med/high for the required duration.
Digital slow cookers, and multi-function slow cookers, can have timers and warming functions for post-cooking temperature control.
What can you cook in a slow cooker?
Lots of things, is the short answer. You can cook soups, stews, and casseroles, braises, and roasts, cakes, saucy puddings, cobblers, and sauces. With a modern multi-function slow cooker this can also include steam, poach, fry, bake, and sauté!