Tower T16015 Three Pot Slow Cooker with Independent Temperature Controls, Keep Warm Function, 4.5L, Stainless Steel,Black

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Getting the cooking times right for your slow cooker beef roast can make the difference between melt in the mouth beef or tough or dry beef roast. Slow cookers range in size from a compact 1.5 litres to a 6.5-litre bowl, so be sure to choose the right size for the way you intend to cook. As a rough guide, 1.5-3 litres will feed one or two people, 3-5 litres, three or four people and anything over five litres should suit a large family, with six litres or more ideal for batch cooks who like to fill the freezer. Alternatively, a larger cooker is great for those who like to eat what’s leftover for lunch the next day. Select a warm, low, or high cooking temperature using the simple to control dial or use the keep warm function, ensuring your food is ready when you get home The first thing you need to consider with any slow cooker is its capacity – each will list its bowl size in litres. Bear in mind that this won’t translate to the same amount of food, as you shouldn’t fill slow cookers to the brim. This gap allows your food to bubble and simmer properly. The usable cooking space will be around three-quarters of its bowl size, for example, a five-litre cooker can accommodate around four litres of food.

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Three Pot Slow Cooker with Independent Temperature Controls Add more variety to your mealtimes by cooking 3 different dishes at the same timeThis 1960s bungalow has been given a Scandi-style overhaul - and the prettiest pantry we've ever seen We really enjoyed the wide and more shallow pot of this slow cooker, which offers a lot of versatility when compared to a regular slow cooker. It has one simple temperature dial but it offers a lot more variety than the usual options, which tend to come with a low, medium and high mode. When testing these slow cookers we were keen to try out each of their main cooking settings, so while a more simple manual slow cooker was used to make a stew or simple curry, we pressure cooked meat and steamed fish in the more complex slow cookers on the market. When slow cookers came with digital settings we attempted delay-start recipes and tested how easy they were to use.

Long to Cook a Roast in the Slow Cooker (per lb) How Long to Cook a Roast in the Slow Cooker (per lb)

As the beef cooks, the connective tissues (that make the beef tough) slowly break down into gelatin, and the fat melts into the meat, making the meat succulent and juicy.When we tested its slow cooking mode we found that it's almost too good at retaining moisture. Recipes that came out more saucy in some slow cookers were a little less rich because it's also designed to be an airtight pressure cooker. That can be remedied though by adding less liquid or taking into account the liquid that will come out of meat and veggies when you add them. Basic slow cookers won’t get hot enough to sauté meat or vegetables, so you’ll need to do this in a pan before transferring the contents to the bowl. However, more expensive models offer a different one-pot solution. This can either be bowls that you use on your hob or in your oven in place of a pan (some will even be induction compatible). They will need to be moved to the slow cooker base. Machines with a sauté function for high-heat browning can simply be switched to slow cooking.