Chris Marksberry wrote:


>>Chris Marksberry wrote on 14 Jul 2006 in rec.food.cooking
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>>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>>>>lynx wrote:
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>>>>>Can anyone please tell me if slow cookers use much
>>>>>power/electricity? - considering that they need to be left on for
>>>>>up to ten hours. Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>"They" recommend the use of toaster ovens and slow cookers over
>>>>ovens to save energy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Everything I've heard about slow cookers is that they use a minimal
>>>amount of energy. However, we put in a "whole house" generator
>>>(because we live in "hurricane land") and we were told by the
>>>installer that toaster ovens use quite a bit of energy and not to use
>>>one in the event of a power failure when we would become dependant
>>>upon our "whole house" generator.
>>>
>>>Chris in Pearland, TX
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>>Depends on the wattage of your model mostly...My crockpot is 300 watts
>>(it says on the bottom). So the cost is about what it costs to leave on 5
>>60 watt light bulbs...less than 10 cents an hour....way cheaper than an
>>electric stove oven.
>>-Alan
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>I'd certainly agree that a crockpot definitely uses a very small amount
>energy! My comment was regarding how much energy toaster ovens use. I was
>surprised to find out that they do use quite a bit of energy, but surely not
>nearly as much as a full size oven?
>
>Chris in Pearland, TX
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>

My toaster oven is rated at 800w, and the wall oven at 3.8 kw. So the
toaster oven would use no where near as much energy to heat a pie for
example as would a regular oven- and considering that they heat up much
quicker as well.


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rgds,

Pete
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