We use our 6.5ltr slow cooker for our family of 4 and it's lovely every time. You must either have a duff one of just don't know how to use it properly. :smirk:

In view of your comments I presume
you will vote "HOT"

Paid £16.99 a few weeks ago @ Aldi because it was a bargain at that price - I live alone and I made a lamb casserole/stew with chopped knuckle of lamb and loads of veg - ate some day 1 and day 2 and froze the rest - you can't beat cheap home cooked nutritional and tasty food.

@ £9.99 it's a steal

And if you have problems with it burning..... go search for some common sense and if you find it for sale don't pick the cheap option again.

Well you shouldn't put the kids in it then.

Turns out a 6.5l slow cooker is too big for a family of 5 and burns the s**t out of everything you put in it.

I've got this model and it works great . I never make too much and there's loads of us - you can freeze left overs .

I put it on in the morning and went to work, the whole idea of a slow cooker.

Great deal, hot and thanks for the post.

Got mine 3 years ago and still haven't used it lol :smiley:

Paid £16.99 a few weeks ago @ Aldi because it was a bargain at that price - I live alone and I made a lamb casserole/stew with chopped knuckle of lamb and loads of veg - ate some day 1 and day 2 and froze the rest - you can't beat cheap home cooked nutritional and tasty food.

@ £9.99 it's a steal

And if you have problems with it burning..... go search for some common sense and if you find it for sale don't pick the cheap option again.

People like to moan for the sake of it.

Goodness - so many complaints ...
Yes, it's big. So you can buy multipacks of chicken legs or offcuts etc and it becomes more economical.
Once cooked, freeze the surplus ready for another meal.
Then put it away somewhere!
£9.99 for 6.5L (1.3 gallons) is just awesome. Voted Hot.

I've got a large slow cooker and bought a timer plug for mine as I found I want to set it before work at 7:30am to eat about 7pm - I set the timer to switch on at midday, that way it doesn't overcook.
Still haven't found any UK recipes I really like though.

Yes probably if I was looking at it I'd use it. In fact I was looking for more storage in kitchen the other day and I've just realised that the slow cooker is taking up loads of room so I'm going to move it to the upstairs cupboard right now, thanks for reminding me lol.

Cracking price, although a bit too large for my needs

The Halogen oven they had on sale a month ago has already been recalled. Sure it's a one off though

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/about-aldi/useful-information/product-notices/halogen-oven/

Where did you see this? Special Buys section on the Aldi site only go up to 06/12.

speaking of slow.. a snail goes to a door and chaps it... a guy comes out kicks the poor snail away ... 3 weeks later snail asks guy why did you kick me ha ha

Thanks... I presume this will be unsold stock from a previous Special Buy?

If this is too big for people Ive just bought a 3 litre one in Tesco for same price

I love my slow cooker although I need a new 1 the dial has snapped off

Why isn't it showing on special deals online for Thursday?

So if you cook to the full 6.5L capacity how long does it take too cook say a stew.

I got a large slow cooker a few years back, but she was a lazy so and so, and ended up looking more like a deep fat fryer. I'm sorry to say divorce was the only way to go.

I think this is a good deal regardless if you know how to use it or not, slow cookers are great and can be a great money saving device for anyone's kitchen.

LOL burn anything in a SLOW cooker is pilot error and nothing to do with the size lol

I'll hazard a wild guess and suggest that the crock pot in your slow cooker may actually be touching the metal jacket on the inside of the slow cooker. I've had to take one apart to repair the control switch and discovered that the heating element is a band around the circumference of the inside of the slow cooker. It is no more sophisticated than that; a variation on how a kettle works. That means that in use the hottest point is that mid-point waste-line and the heat spreads throughout the metal lining by convection. It is then meant to heat the air gap between that and the ceramic crock pot. But if the pot touches the metal lining, you will get a hot spot that in the case of mine causes localised burning when you would not expect it. When I use mine, I take extra care to ensure the pot is cradled as accurately as possible in the centre of the metal outer so that it is only touching it at the rim.

Another possibility is that I have never used mine to cook dry food ingredients, even though you are supposed to be able to. I always cook the food in copious liquid; stock, gravy or whatever it might call for.

Perhaps this 'special buy' is limited to a few branches? as I haven't seen it advertised for the Stockport branches, where has the leaflet pictured come from please?

just finished yet another spag bol in ours...we always double up portions...even more economical...freeze half (for lasagne?!), we sre a family of 5 too.. fab price...my husband was sceptical of them...dont be! great for singles, couples, dinner parties and families...can cook so much!

That says reduced special buys, so does that mean only stores that have got residual stick left over from previous times these have been on offer will have these then just to clear them out?, can't imagine stores that have not got any getting sent the stock if that is the case

We use our slow cooker 6 times a week. It is amazing. We have had this size for 5 years and make lots soup /chilli/stew/curry/spag bol/mince /chicken etc etc . We also have a halogen cooker and between the 2 save a fortune and they are both so easy. We turn the normal oven on about 1x a month. Both make being a working mum much easier.

I'm a slow cooker noob. What can you make with them and why do they exist?

All we need now is one that will turn the taps on and run a bath :smiley:

Always been worried about burning the house by leaving things on while i am away. I guess at this price- i will have to give it a go and rely on home insurance more than anything else? Heat!

cool deal, slow cooker with a 3 year warranty, worth it for less than £10. I used mine the other day, had a lovely bit of braising steak with leeks and dumplings, went down a treat.

I have a 6.5l one. Cooking a whole chicken in it is a breeze, takes about 6 hours on high and falls off the bone, sooo moist and yummy. You can then use the stock to make chicken soup :smiley:

i can cook it for my home. Cooking is a good habit

wow what a bargain, I bought an air conditioner about 7 years ago and its still going strong.

Heat from me.

I used to have a slow cooker years ago and it was great then I replaced it with a new one from morphy richards and all it did was burn the food on the bottom. Even though I had the food swimming in liquid (it was supposed to be a stew) No matter what I did the results would be everything would sink to the bottom and stick together ond burn on the crockpot. I am afraid to buy another in case the same happens again

oooh eerr missus! :smirk:

I have the smaller (3L?) version of this from Tesco for £10 a couple of years ago. This is an absolute bargain if you are large family (My small one does just fine cooking gammon/stews for myself and my two kids, with plenty of leftovers to freeze).

If you want some inspiration, Google for slow cooker recipes. Nothing like cramming a load of cheap meat and veg into the slow cooker in the morning, dropping the kids off at school, going to work, picking the kids up again and lo and behold, dinner is ready when you get in! :smile:

I bought this a few weeks ago, marked down to £9.99 and it was the last one. I worried it would be too big as there are only 3 of us, but it's great. I usually cook enough to do one day and freeze for another anyway - saves a lot of hassle. It seemed very basic, but having looked around elsewhere there doesn't seem to be much else to a slow cooker. A good buy!

I should read the thread more carefully, ...I was wondering why there was no stock in today, try again next week eh :smiley:

Are you sure this is the complete cooker? Aldi online says it is just the pot.

"compatible with our slow cooker" - its just the pot!!

It's not on the leaflet for the 10th dec

Considering it says save £7 and the slow cooker is currently £16.99 I would pretty much edge my bets that you are getting the full thing (cooker, pot n all)

It looks like its only the stone pot, not the whole thing. It's on their website now.

Also from tomorrow u can buy the split pot for £9.99 that fits this slowcooker...iv had this slowcooker for a year and love it..i do find tho on high it cooks things a liitle quicker then recipies have stated but with all things its just trial and error... x

I was at the York store for opening time and they didn't have any of these and weren't getting any in! Great if you can get them - would be interested to know if anyone has been able to get one!

Cold! Just been to aldi, they have no knowledge what so ever! Can't find it in the magazine or online. Don't waste your time

I can't even see it on the website, just the pot to go in the cooker for £9.99

It's only a slow cooker pot not the whole slow cooker

It looks like these were not availible at all stores. Tried two stores at the crack of dawn today and nothing. :-(

None in Aldi, Feltham Middx - staff had no knowledge of getting any in-store

A Croc of crap more like..... there not even selling the slow cooker..... Just the pots that go inside where did you get your info from? I know this cos I've just been...

Amazing how a non-deal gets so much heat on here.

The picture of the advert could have been from any time.

bin to 5 different aldi stores and none have them also rang aldi direct and they said a store in my home town had them at this price went down and the store said they had none and havn't had any since beginning
of year.................... waste of a day.............