I've already got a large, slow cooker. She wasn't like that when I met her. :disappointed:

Highly recommend a large slow cooker like this, especially great at cooking whole meat joints.

Roll up some foil into balls and flatten slightly then pop a whole chicken on top, pour a little chicken stock, garlic etc into the bottom, stick on low for 8 hours or more & you'll b get the softest most succulent chicken even that just falls off the bone.

Cheaper cuts of beef like brisket work really well too. Pork with Apple & cider. Turn it on and got out for the day come home to amazing hit meal that's cost next to nothing in electricity to cook.

£17 for a 6.5L slow cooker with a long warranty, brilliant!

Good to hear what people put in their slow cookers. Like to keep it simple myself. Today, shoved some chicken thigh fillets in there, threw a tin of balti curry in there, chopped a pepper and left it all day on low. Lovely. Stocked up on toilet roll fortunately as well.

It doesn't really, for tender meat such as chicken thighs. I swear some people just like to prepare it all in advance so they can come in the door from work, to lovely cooking smells and dinner ready - fairynuff. It comes into it's own with cheaper, tough cuts of meat that would take about three hours in a conventional oven, eg. oxtail. I did ribs in mine, which actually came out so tender that when i went to pick the first one up, the bone slid right out in my fingers. They were actually too tender and falling apart!

Word of warning - unless you batch cook a lot of large portions of food, this cooker is MASSIVE. I got one this size and no word of a lie you could bathe a small baby in it! A packet of chicken thighs would be lost in it.

Highly recommend a large slow cooker like this, especially great at cooking whole meat joints.

Roll up some foil into balls and flatten slightly then pop a whole chicken on top, pour a little chicken stock, garlic etc into the bottom, stick on low for 8 hours or more & you'll b get the softest most succulent chicken even that just falls off the bone.

Cheaper cuts of beef like brisket work really well too. Pork with Apple & cider. Turn it on and got out for the day come home to amazing hit meal that's cost next to nothing in electricity to cook.

£17 for a 6.5L slow cooker with a long warranty, brilliant!

I have this slow cooker.... brilliant

ooo 6.5litre....nice...mmmmmmm.hot for me!!:wink:
Cheaper cuts of beef like leather..slowly cooked over 3 days,Perfect for winter.

Good to hear what people put in their slow cookers. Like to keep it simple myself. Today, shoved some chicken thigh fillets in there, threw a tin of balti curry in there, chopped a pepper and left it all day on low. Lovely. Stocked up on toilet roll fortunately as well.

It doesn't really, for tender meat such as chicken thighs. I swear some people just like to prepare it all in advance so they can come in the door from work, to lovely cooking smells and dinner ready - fairynuff. It comes into it's own with cheaper, tough cuts of meat that would take about three hours in a conventional oven, eg. oxtail. I did ribs in mine, which actually came out so tender that when i went to pick the first one up, the bone slid right out in my fingers. They were actually too tender and falling apart!

Word of warning - unless you batch cook a lot of large portions of food, this cooker is MASSIVE. I got one this size and no word of a lie you could bathe a small baby in it! A packet of chicken thighs would be lost in it.

This is a great deal! My 6.5ltr slow cooker is a few years old and using it a few days a week I worry it'll break and I'll be done for. Might buy one to keep for when it does happen!

I currently have a huge beef joint in mine ready for Sunday lunch, it is an ideal size for us. Family of five, often plenty of food left for second helpings or leftovers for lunch the next day.

For me, any cut of meat tastes better slow cooked all day in there than a shorter time in a regular pot. Especially with something like curry where it has all day to marinate in with the spices etc.

Heat, good size and good price.

​Then you need the larger version. An oven.

Far too big! I used to a Frigidaire of the same size. It took up so much room in my cupboard and I sold it.

I've already got a large, slow cooker. She wasn't like that when I met her. :disappointed:

Awesome deal, been looking at a bigger one for awhile but twice the price. I have a standard 3L but never have enough room for all the veg for my beef and ale stew I cook. I do plenty of batch cooking for my partner and kids to freeze so in need of a bigger one :smiley: thanks op

Gammon in cider or beef in a tin of tomatoes, Passata, Italian herbs and Beef stock cube.

God you get some bellends on here that think they're sooooooo funny, sigh

I recommend pressure cooker over a slow cooker. More versatile, better quality too.

I'd like to put my Mrs in the slow cooker shes a little tough sometimes in the hope that it will soften her up a little

the question is, how easy is it to clean? cause i have 5 litre, and very hard to clean. cheap does not always mean good, i have many slow cookers, and the 5 litre pot is very hard to clean, considering normally none stick,

if someone buys please post how easy to clean, or is it a brilo pad job?

Love my slow cooker, come home after a long day to lovely cooked meals.

I like slow cookers but I think I've wasted loads of food with them.

Not completely different. The same sort of thing can be made in both. Just slow cookers just dry out meat of any stew It you want tender, juicy meat get a pressure cooker.

Vegetable stews then slow cooker should be the go to.

Nice to knowI only paid £13 for it. I sold mine for £3.50 in a boot sale and the old lady had the cheek to ask me to lower the price. Funny thing is that slow cooker really does nothing for taste, but I have to use it to save money. Broke after having a lean-to and paying my son's university accommodation fee! Now I have a 3.5L one from Tesco and the sauce keeps dripping into the metal whilst the Frigidaire was so clean. Tesco does sell some terribly stuff.

I bought this aldi slow cooker this time last year, does what it says on the tin, great item and still working fine.

I use my slow cooker all the time, I've recently found out that if you just put a whole chicken in it without any liquid it cooks it perfectly and even crisps up the skin.

You need to spend a bit more for an electric one if that's what you want. Amazon have some for around 100.

You can't get a brilliant meal from a slow cooker. Pressure cookers you do have to be in the room for 40 mins whilst it cooks, but it is worth for an actual brilliant meal. Great for loads of things as well beyond just stews.

easy enough as the main pot is removable, so I just stick that and the lid in the dishwasher. The main unit should just need a damp cloth every now and then. Yes the lid fits tight, it has a small hole in the lid to let out steam. It never rattles thanks to the steam hole

Although I do plonk the pot in the diswasher it would be easy enough to clean by hand, especially the dishes I've done like casserole etc

Argos 19.99 if you cant get one at aldi http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4228826.htm?cmpid=COJUN&catalogId=10001&cjsurferid=839302872472033393%3AofOFiQrQByVo&_%24ja=tsid%3A11674%7Cprd%3A2010640&storeId=10151&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FProduct%2FpartNumber%2F4228826.htm&referrer=COJUN

You're the first person I've ever heard say that. I mean even if you only do chilli or stew in it... I class those as brilliant meals.

Stew I can totally see, as the meat takes hours to tenderise properly. But people cooking chilli or other mince dishes I can't understand at all. None of them need more than about an hour simmering at the most, to get lovely tender mince, so to cook it for hours on end doesn't make sense to me.

​I always cook chilli and curry in one! It enhances the flavour and tastes much better! It's like when you make soup and leave it overnight it tastes better in the morning rather than just rush cooking and scoffing !! lol

Kerching!!!

Well done OP.
Was about to get the £25 Morphy Richards 6.5L from ASDA.