Does using a slow cooker smell your kitchen up something fierce?

March 25th, 2009 by Cajun Discuss this article »
epic_laydown asked:

I want to use my new slow cooker and use tons of spices.

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15 Responses Add your own

  1. thor71thor says:

    yes but if it is food that you like than it can smell like heaven.

  2. mmurrayslack says:

    Depends on what you are cooking…I would not recommend a fish stew or anything of that sort! LOL

  3. jaz says:

    No, I don’t think so. When I use my slow cooker I usually put my food in, turn it on and then leave for work. Depending on what I’m making sometimes I can smell it when I get home and other times not until I take off the lid. Even when I can smell it, it’s always a pleasant scent because it’s the aroma from a food I like. The smell never seems to linger long after the food is gone.

  4. suavebola says:

    It will smell up your whole house something fierce. Although that could be a good thing. When I make curried chicken, my house smells awesome for days.

  5. I'm bored says:

    No, though it would depend on what you are cooking.

  6. chris w says:

    Yep - I used mine last night for stew meat and my hot salsa and still this morning I could smell it, I was great.

  7. mars is the one says:

    Lol, I think I may have just passed by this question if your title wasn’t so funny lol…

    It really depends on what you are cooking. I usually like to make barbequed pulled pork in mine and it usually fills the kitchen with a smell (a smell that i love by the way, ah. starving).. but anyway yeah some things will smell more than others.

    If you are using lots of spices I’m sure that you will be able to smell what you’re cooking but it’s never unbearable. It will go away pretty fast once you’re done.

    If you want the smell gone faster… just open a window, light a candle, air freshener… etc.

    So what’s for dinner? I’ll be there at 6.

  8. Infobod1st says:

    it takes a lot longer to cook
    and cooking smells will be around
    the house longer,but once its been cooked
    and turned off the smell will subside
    depending on what exactly you have cooked
    some foods ie:fish,curries,
    will smell for days however you are cooking it
    and the worst culprit is deep fried food the smell of hot oil gets everywhere and into clothes like something rotten

  9. The Corinthian says:

    I’ve not had that problem . . . until you remove the lid. Then it’s and aromatic free for all.

  10. nutinbuthtegrit says:

    U’mm tons of spices make my kitchen smell like heaven.

  11. Kimberly says:

    I love the way our home smells while the food is cooking in the crock pot!

  12. CaM1051Sec says:

    Not necessarily a bad thing! Some foods just smell nice & homey.

  13. Sthrngld says:

    Using a slow cooker (or Crock Pot) does emit the great smells of whatever is cooking, but, that is what makes cooking with one so great! If you are cooking something that you don’t want to smell up your house, try puting the crock pot on a porch or patio while it is cooking! In the south, when people cook chitterlings (yeah, they are nasty!) they cook them outside because of the smell…. Good luck!

  14. queenbezzzzs says:

    Yes it will smell……..But it will smell good!

  15. lillllbit says:

    Well, yeah, but you want to make a good smell.

    I cook my corned beef in a slow-cooker. I put it on before I go to bed and when I get up in the morning it smells heavenly and the dogs are absolutely slobbering over the smell…

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