Noticed a cooker sale starting Thursday 28 October for those cookers that you take

with you once food is heated and it cooks along the road or on your bench at home.

Think they were $79 ...3 other brands are $250-$300.

If they don't work you have 2 months to return WITH DOCKET.

Has anyone purchased them before when Aldi has had them?

A big saving, Aldi stuff is usually good...so I'm told.....less than half the price and their

turbo glass cooker seems to be going strong.

-- Edited by countryroad on Wednesday 27th of October 2010 11:12:21 AM

Hi there These cookers work on the maintaining of the heat generated when you initially heat up the food. That is it is insulated to stop the heat escaping. We have improvised this method with the scouts using a hay box, so using anything that is insulated to seal the hot pot in should work the same, just don't have any space around the pot to allow heat to escape. Method - food goes into a cast iron dutch oven, brought to boil, tight fitting lid put on, put in small box inside a box of hay, all sealed, go for a hike in the pm, come back to nice hot cooked meal. We have also done this with pizza boxes. Cheers Allara

Thanks Allara I was hoping someone had bought one from Aldi as $79 is ok but $250-$300 is a bit expensive for a slow cooker, as they are at the Caravan and camping Shows. I did notice one brand had a 12volt to reheat I guess.....like the Scout idea...for groups good fun I'm thinking just for me.

I have a Thermos "Shuttle Chef" and find it's does what it's intended to do quite well. I use it more at home than on the road and find it's excellent for soups and stews. whether the Aldi one would work as well as the Shuttle Chef, I've no idea.

Hey jimricho....if you can use a hay box as Allara said probably the Aldi will be okay Just a thought.........at home I could use the compost bin, must get pretty hot in there.

countryroad wrote:

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Hey jimricho....if you can use a hay box as Allara said probably the Aldi will be okay

Just a thought.........at home I could use the compost bin, must get pretty hot in there.

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I've never cooked in compost bin but I've had meals that tasted like they were!

 

We bought our eco pot earlier this year - could have bought dream pot or thermos brand. Chose eco pot as it had the back up for 12v power to keep food at acceptable safe temperatures after it was cooked.

Yes we paid $250 +/-, but well worth it.

Compare with Aldi products, I can't do, sorry, cant see that there is much to go wrong with the product, however the quality of the product may be of issue as the quality of the thermal capabilities and the steel inner pot may affect the correct temperatures for safe and reliable food consumption.

Well I'll leave it for this year...loved some of the answers...hehehe Thought there might have been someone.......cheers

Like most things in life you get what you pay for.
I have worked all the major caravan shows for quite a few years and have seen and listened to the blurbs about the 4 or 5 different brands available at the shows.
One in particular I wouldn't spend a cent on (But is sells well) and the salesman/cook and his cohorts couldn't lie straight in bed.
Dream pot has been around the shows longer than any of the others and still boasts the thickest insulation over any other brand of insulated thermal cooker available.
If one really wants the ants pants, then the 'Thermos Shuttle Chef' brand vacuum thermal cooker is the go. It's been sold around the world since before the 1st World war. One was carried by Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm on their epic Trans Pacific flight in the 'Southern Cross' from The USA to Australia in June 1928. The Thermos still the best, but that quality and performance will cost you a lot more.
And so ends the lesson. Amen.
Cheers, ozjohn.


-- Edited by ozjohn on Thursday 11th of November 2010 04:34:32 PM

Hi all bought the cheap Aldi thermopot have cooked lamb shanks, corned beef in it so far
and they turned out very well. Also fiddled with the pumpkin scone recipe and tried that
in pot was edible but too moist.I think you could do and outstanding fruitcake in
this pot.
I umed and ahed about getting a pot as i  also  have a cob ,but can use the inner pots for other cooking so decided to leave behind other saucepans to save space.

The pot is suitable  for small meals by  filling the top pot with boiling water to create the heat  long enough to cook say 2 shanks instead of the 6 most recipes are for.
Cheers

I have the smaller model Shuttle Chef and cooked a yummy corned silverside in it a couple of days ago, also a veggie soup last week. With hindsight I would have been better to get the larger model with the two pots. With regard to which is the better performer I'll be convinced when I see tests done in identical controlled conditions, meanwhile I'll treat all claims with a degree of skepticism.