Slow cooker - what's the difference?
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I've suddenly been struck with an urge to create some sort of slow-cooked pig belly and cider job.
Most of the recipes I've found on google are for slow cookers. I don't have a slow cooker. I do, on the other hand, have a normal oven (now working again at last!) which is perfectly capable of taking 24 hours to produce a perfect shoulder of pork.
Question is, therefore, what does a slow cooker bring to the party that an oven on minimum temperature doesn't provide?
Most of the recipes I've found on google are for slow cookers. I don't have a slow cooker. I do, on the other hand, have a normal oven (now working again at last!) which is perfectly capable of taking 24 hours to produce a perfect shoulder of pork.
Question is, therefore, what does a slow cooker bring to the party that an oven on minimum temperature doesn't provide?
I imagine it's a damned sight less bloody annoying than my stupid Smeg oven too!
Having replaced the element earlier today, it now heats up. Problem is, it doesn't STOP heating up! The bloody thermostat seems not to register that it's built up any heat at all, and is therefore leaving it on constant afterburners.
Thankfully the small oven is working, and I can just about fit the lump of pig in there for the slow cooking part, but I am mightily f
ked off right now! 
Smeg dishwasher? Dead within 5 years.
Smeg oven? Barely made it to 6 years.
Smeg extractor fan? Never really managed much in the way of extraction, and it was a pleasure to bin it when we changed the kitchen.
The only bit which works is the Smeg hob, and even that has the most stupidly designed pan rests known to man!
Having replaced the element earlier today, it now heats up. Problem is, it doesn't STOP heating up! The bloody thermostat seems not to register that it's built up any heat at all, and is therefore leaving it on constant afterburners.
Thankfully the small oven is working, and I can just about fit the lump of pig in there for the slow cooking part, but I am mightily f
ked off right now! Smeg dishwasher? Dead within 5 years.
Smeg oven? Barely made it to 6 years.
Smeg extractor fan? Never really managed much in the way of extraction, and it was a pleasure to bin it when we changed the kitchen.
The only bit which works is the Smeg hob, and even that has the most stupidly designed pan rests known to man!
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