Slow cooker porridge

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I've been googling recipes for this, but am bamboozled by too many options, and little 'proof' that they work!
Can anyone share a tried and tested method for slow cooker porridge? (in my imagination I'd put the ingredients into cereal bowls which would be in the slow cooker and therefore just ready to eat in the morning). I'm only interested in making it with milk, not water.

And before anyone tells me to microwave it instead (which is what often seems to be suggested) - I know it's quicker, but I don't have a microwave, and I'm not going to buy one just to make porridge!

Why bother? it takes about 5 minutes to cook in a saucepan which can be left to soak in cold water during the day. Simples!

My DH used to make porridge in the slow cooker using pinhead oats so that is wasn't much by morning. I never tried it though.

To speed up a creamy porridge just add oats to milk in a pan and leave in fridge overnight. Heat through for 3 mins in the morning whilst making tea. Tbh porridge without soaking still only takes 10 ish mins in a pan from scratch

@Sarahlou63 - but I can eat a bowl of cereal in less than that time - and you have to stand over it so it doesn't stick.
I'm very well aware how to make it in a pan, but I've read lots about it being done in a slow cooker, which would take 0 minutes in the morning with no extra washing up. We eat breakfast about an hour apart in the morning, which would mean we can both pick up a bowl of porridge at a time convenient to us.

Watching as every time I’ve tried it’s been a disaster and been refused by everyone in the house

Oh dear - how did you go about it when it was refused...? (so I can avoid the same mistakes!)

Used this one
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/slow-cooked-porridge%3famp

Use either jumbo rolled oats or steel cut oats as the fine or quick cook stuff just goes mushy.

I tend to put all the ingredients into a pyrex dish that fits into the slow cooker. Then I pour boiling water around the outside of the pyrex dish so it cooks using the double boiler method. Then cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Thanks @ScienceIsTruth. What ratio of milk:oats do you use? That's the bit of information I can't seem to get a clear POV on.

Accidental emoji use there! Should have said 'ratio of milk to oats'...

I don't know why you'd bother with this. We make porridge with 1 cup oats, 1 cup water, 1 cup milk. Bring to boil in saucepan & serve. Takes a couple of minutes if you use water from the kettle.

Stick pan in washing up bowl to soak in day when you are at work. Rinse round - all done.

Seems a lot of faff to think about it all the night before.

I do see the point - you want hot porridge ready when you get up and don't want to stand stirring it! (I do the same but set mine up overnight in the pressure cooker on timer so it's ready when I get up).
I'm not sure if it'll work putting the cereal bowls in the slow cooker though - but no harm in trying. As previously suggested I would put boiling water in the pot around the bowls. I use one cup oats to 2 cups milk in the pressure cooker and don't see that it would be any different in the slow cooker.

The BBC one has awful reviews (I've just read them!) Also, each slow cookers cooking time will vary; you might find yours cooks it in 2-4 hours, so might be best to do a practice run during the day to check times, etc.

I tend to stick to the ratios suggested on the packet of oats and I like mine thick, so iirc, I used 2 cups of oats to 2 cups of milk.

I do mine in my rice cooker. One cup of oats, three of milk and one of water.

It's really nice and better than a microwave.