Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has used thermal slow cookers with meat based recipes?
I'm tossing up between getting an electric slow cooker or something like the billyboil ( https://reductionrevolution.com.au/products/billyboil-thermal-cooker). I like the idea of it not costing anything to use throughout the day, but how does it compare to usual slow cookers with things like lamb shanks etc?
by bigwhitesheep
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I wouldn’t trust it. You’re basically cooking a meal in a big Thermos bottle using retained/residual heat. Does the thing retain enough heat to cook your meat thoroughly? Who knows? Are you going to experiment and let your family find out?
Plus, that seems like a lot of money for something that may, or may not, work very well. I’m going to stick with what I know works. Plus, slow cookers, don’t use THAT much energy, do they?
It may not be much more effective than a slow cooker in a cooker chest with extra insulation filling the gap between cooker and chest interior. Interesting comparison test if nothing else.