So our trustee slow cooker finally died and we were unsure whether to replace it with another slow cooker or a ninja speedi
We opted for the speedi with the multi functions, however 6 hours on low and the spuds and carrots were still hard, we decided to purchase another slow cooker but whilst we wait I’ve been experimenting with the speedi and 6 hours on high seems to work, also the 15 minute speedi cook is great too.
I was wondering in an age where electricity costs 4 times what it did 5 years ago, does anyone know the power usage for both devices, in other words how much power both would use to cook the same meal in either power or money. I am thinking a slow cooker would be a lot cheaper? The ones we have are the Ninja Speedi 10-in-1 Rapid Cooker, Air Fryer and Multi Cooker, 5.7L ON400UKCP and Swan SF17021GRYN Nordic Slow Cooker with 3 Temperature Settings, Keep Warm Function, 3.5L, 200W
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All slow cookers on the market use resistive heating which is essentially 100% efficient turning electricity into heat. It takes a fixed about of heat to heat up a given volume to a set temperature, so the only gains you really could get would be better insulation.
The faster heating one might actually be more efficient overall as it spends less time letting heat dissipate as it heats up the food.
Once your food has gotten to temp, they will basically all use the same amount of power in keep warm mode.