>>Sales are up by 30% But 'sales' != 'usage' I know quite a few people who bought slow cookers, after reading the hype about them (including myself). Every on

>>Sales are up by 30% But 'sales' != 'usage' I know quite a few people who bought slow cookers, after reading the hype about them (including myself). Every one of those slow cookers (including my own) now languishes, abandoned, at the back of a kitchen cupboard. They take all day to cook anything and, after waiting all that time, It's usually not worth it. Most cuts of meat need higher temperatures to bring out the flavour. Not surprisingly, 6 hours at just below boiling point in a slow cooker usually results in meat that, while tender, just tastes like meat that's been boiled for a while.