slow cookers that cook too fast?

[stella1w]

Help - I tried a slow cooker in the States recently and had fantastic success. I tried to repeat it here with a Morphy Richards slow cooker and the food was very overcooked! Looking online it seems slow cookers that cook fast are a common problem. And my HV today said that she thought modern slow cookers are just hotter than in the olden days.
However, I really want to be able to cook on low all day without me in the house so can anyone recommend a slow cooker that really does cook on low? Thanks

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I bought a really cheap slow cooker from Asda ( think it was their smart price range of stuff), anyway it it nothing fancy has a low/high and off button and that's it ! - I always use low and have never had anything overcook, usually put on about 8-9 a.m and eat for around 5 ish ( I leave full joints on for much longer though), and again never had a problem with overcooking.

Does the slow cooker you have not allow different temperatures to be set? Mine allows a low, medium and high setting. I tend to put it on high to start with for the first hour or two and then set it down to medium for the rest of the day. I've never used the low setting but it's there if you want an even slower cook time. I've had it for years now and am very happy with it, it's this one:

www.amazon.co.uk/Morphy-Richards-48710-Cooker-Stainless/dp/B0000C6XOJ

They are hotter now to stop food poisoning iirc. They need to actually reach boiling temperature to boil off the baddies. The slow setting just takes longer to get there. I looked online for the same thing. My slow cooker does have 2 settings, but even on low always overcook by the time I get home from work. Sophia can't put it back to medium if I'm out of the house, can I? And also, I'll be putting the things in at 7am, and won't be taking them out until 5.30pm. When I look all the recipes says only 4-6 hours on low for chickens for example. The only thing good about them is cooking beans that you are going to mush anyway, like refried beans!

And the ones in the states are fancier. You can buy ones with timers, which say you can program to cook for 6 hours, and then go on to keep warm for another 3 or 4 hours. I haven't seen anything like this here. The keep warm requires you to be there to switch it to the 'keep warm'.