Prestige - Digital Slow Cooker 3.5 Litre - Easy to Use Programmable Timer - 3 Cooking Modes - LCD Display - See Through Glass Lid - 2 Year Guarantee - Grey

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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. Digital timer covers cooking times from 30 minutes to 20 hours and counts down to the end of the cooking period. That said, here’s a rough guide to how many people the most common capacities of slow cookers can feed if you use them to the max.With so many different slow cookers out there, choosing the right one for you can be confusing. Here are a few questions you might want to consider.

The LCD digital display on the front of the slow cooker is where you make all your decisions. Choose from a high or low temperature setting and set the cooking time you want. The digital timer runs from 30 minutes to an amazing 20 hours – that’s really, long and slow cooking! After the cooking process finishes, the unit automatically switches to the keep warm setting for up to four hours. That is the maximum time experts recommend for keeping food warm to avoid bacteria growing. Slow cookers vary considerably, so follow your manufacturer's manual for guidelines on temperatures and cooking times. No liquid escapes from a slow cooker, so when adapting a recipe not specifically written for a slow cooker, reduce any added liquid by a third. Two things to bear in mind when you use this feature: it doesn’t work on an induction hob, and metal gets really hot when heated so always use oven gloves when touching the bowl on the stovetop. One plus point of this is that there is no mess from the condensation from the lid on your worktop that you have to clean up. However, some online reviewers report that, in the lifted position, the condensation from the lid does run down between the bowl and the outer unit.

The Prestige – Digital Slow Cooker is a standard grey slow cooker with a tempered and tough see-through glass lid. Peek at how your meal is coming along without having to open the lid to see inside the cooking bowl. The oval shape of this slow cooker lets you put long cuts of meat in (perhaps ribs) as well as whole poultry. Design: Are you looking for a simple, budget-friendly option that just slow-cooks (but does it extremely well) or something more versatile that sous-vides, pressure cooks, bakes and roasts too? Do bear in mind that the more technological the slow cooker, the higher the price.