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Does anyone here use a slow cooker whilst camping?  My wife thought it would be a good idea to have one stewing whilst we were out for the day, plus it's not so easy cooking for 4 on the two-ring stove we have.

Would our large household cooker use too much current?  Can you you buy a sensible sized low ampage type?  I've seen some 12v cookers, but they are only 1 litre capacity.

Any ideas, or a link to previous post would be a great help.

hi hoppers

we have always taken our slow cooker with us and have had no problems ,they use very little power about the same as a light bulb, but there lots of smart folk on here who will know a lot more about how to work out if it,s ok to use i think rex put a post on this subject about how to work out power usage.

         geoff

Wattage divide by 240(v) = ampage    IIRC.

  The one I looked at was 250Watt, so about 1 amp 

Great help, thanks Geoff and Midnite.

Ours is only 115W, so no problem at all.

Only trouble is, I mentioned the formulae to my wife and now I have to go around the house calculating all the electrical appliances, just in case!

She has a cunning plan to pack your car with everything but the kitchen sink.

Lots of campers use slow cookers - nothing nicer than arriving back to dinner already cooking. Most are under 150 watt. so no problem with EHU. I would stand it on a tray on the groundsheet when you go out though, just in case. Tables can sometimes be a bit unsteady in tents, especially if it's a bit windy. Don't want to come back to dinner all over the tent.

We took one with us for the first time in May.Excellent,put it on in the morning and tea time,Mmmmmmm a lovely casserole(or whatever).Ours is a 3.5 litre Cookworks one from Argos. We paid £13.99 for it.The only downside is they are a bit bulk Just noticed it has gone back up to £19.99,but this one is only £9.99.

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I regularly use our slow cooker - so easy to use and you don't really have to do much!

One of our favourite dinners is chicken casserole - chicken thighs, potatoes, veg, seasoning and some stock.
Turn it on in the morning and by teatime I have a meal for 6 ready and waiting for us.

Other favourites include curry, chilli and sausage and bean stew.

Hi

There really good to do a joint in as well, we love gammon put it in in the morning and its still really moist and very tender, or jacket spuds.

If your doing stews and things, use less liquid as it dosn't lose any, the cook in sauses are great.

We always take ours with us. They are bulky but we stuff it up with tea towels or the like to utilise the un-used space. Brilliant for cheap cuts of meat but dont go mad with the liquid or you will end up with soup.

This is something I wouldn't have even thought about - can spot a newbie a mile off, can't you

Might be popping off to Argos to get that little one for our next trip, along with the camping toaster I saw on another thread.  This site is proving expensive!!!

We have just bought a slow cooker from Asda I also bought a recipe book in waterstones for £4.99 and has some great recipes in it

The book is called Slow Cooking - properly explained by Dianne Page

We use a slow cooker every time we go 'hook up' It's the first thing we pack. I prepare the meal in the morning before we go off for the day and then when we arrive back at the tent the food is ready, but no rush, it will keep going for more hours until you are ready, so time for the beer and the wines first. I cook chillies, curries, braising steak and funnily enough I am experimenting today with a whole chicken cooked in cider with lemon wedges. It smells delicious as I sit here and type this (I am doing my school reports)

I got this fantastic book Slow Cooker by Sara Lewis from one of those cheap book shops and it has some fantastic recipes in it to try such as:

Different soups

Saffron baked potatoes

Malaysian Beef and Aubergine Curry

Beef and Ale Hotpot

Burgundy Beef Stew with dumplings

Mince and Macaroni

Greek style lamb shanks

Peppered Pork Pot

Hungarian Goulash

Spanish Chicken

Mushroom Stoganoff

There's loads in the book and it was only a couple of quid if I remember rightly, I bought it last week. All of the above are suitable for cooking whilst camping.

I wouldn't camp now without the slow cooker. Better than anything else. We love settling down for a few wines and beers  knowing that the supper is ready.

Brilliant help everyone.

Thanks for the all help and recipe ideas.