Cash-strapped people have been given a rundown of which kitchen cooking appliances are the cheapest to run per hour.
This is after research reveals running the slow cooker for five hours would still be cheaper than turning on the oven for half an hour. Slow cooker - 5 cent per hour The most energy-efficient kitchen cooking appliance by far is a slow cooker. It only costs 5 cent per hour to run it and most of them are quite large, so you can cook bigger quantities. Slow cookers have low wattage, so even though it takes a few hours to cook a meal, you’ll still be saving money. Slow cookers are great for making low-cost casseroles, stews, pasta dishes, soups, pulled meats and curries.