The Le Creuset 6 3/4-quart oval dutch oven would be a great size to build around, as it is one of the best selling sizes of Le Creuset, allows for easy searing of larger cuts of meat, and has an oblong “traditional” slow cooker shape. Adjust your cooking settings with precision and ease, ensuring your dishes come out just the way you want them, every time. With these hands-off appliances, there is no need to stand over the pot stirring, as slow cookers apply an even heat and don't get hot enough for the food to catch. The easy to use dial allows you to select your cooking temperature; Low (6-12 hours), Medium (4-10 hours) or High (3-8 hours).

The only downside of this model’s simplicity is that it lacks a delay timer, so you won’t be able to schedule it to start cooking later in the day. Hannah has also previously worked in a florist and can normally be found caring for her house plants or sewing something new for her home or wardrobe. The Time Select is a lot more high-tech than the Sizzle and Stew above, but still produced fantastic results. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a beginner in the kitchen, this slow cooker makes it simple to achieve culinary excellence. Discover our Vortx Airfrying technology today and see why over 1 million people have chosen our Airfryers.We looked for three key qualities in our final stews: tender and succulent meat, well cooked vegetables that retained some bite, and a flavoursome, slightly thickened sauce. Unlike other models that come with a hefty ceramic bowl, the Sizzle and Stew’s pot is made from heavy-duty aluminium. We also enjoyed the beef stew we made in this slow cooker: the veg was a little too soft, but the meat was tender and the sauce was rich and thick. It is a bulky bit of tech that will take up a lot of room in your kitchen and the cooking pot isn’t easy to lift out, but its 7. It struggled with soup, lacking vibrancy and a liquid consistency, and it doesn’t have a timer, so be sure to set your own.

It was also easy to operate via three simple settings – low for simmering and slow cooking, high for faster cooking, and an auto setting to keep food at serving temperature. There are high or low slow-cooking settings, as well as steam, reheat and simmer/buffet, making it perfect for entertaining.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. However, thanks to the handy, automatic ‘keep warm’ function, it will still keep your food toasty until you’re ready to serve.

We test hundreds of products from kitchen appliances, cooking tools and food every year – read more about how we test products.It has a modern-feel with intuitive controls and an outer casing that only gets warm to the touch, rather than excessively hot. The perfect way to indulge in winter warmers, use the adjustable temperature dial to select a low, high or keep warm setting to cook hearty soups, fiery chilli as well as delicious casseroles and stews. With three heat settings, cool-touch handles and a removable ceramic inner pot for easy cleaning, eating healthier has never been simpler.

That said, our vegetable soup (slow cooked on a low setting) lost a little more moisture than our testers would have liked, but not enough to substantially impact the finished dish. This multi-functional machine, another one from market-leaders Crock-Pot, allows you to schedule your cooking up to 12 hours in advance, with plenty of customisable manual and auto-function options. The toughened glass lid means you can view the cooking process without letting heat escape, and the removable ceramic pot is an ideal serving dish.Cooking with a slow cooker will produce economical and delicious dishes as it tenderizes cheaper cuts of meat. Lakeland solves this issue with its newest slow cooker, which has searing and sautéing functionality built into it with five heat levels.