Hi All.
I'm wondering which hot stones heater to purchase. I work from home and intend buying a 45 basalt stones set. However I am usure of the size of heater I will require. There's a 6 quart (wondering if I'd get 45 stones in this) or an 18 quart (wondering if this would be too large). I have a catlogue in front of me but very hard to judge the sizes. Any help appreciated 🙂
Ms Veggie
The other way around
Hi, I have the smaller Hot Stone Heater and as I'm not doing much stone work at the moment I wondered if I could use it as a slow cooker? Has anyone tried this? My heater has a dial for a temperature control and I use a battery commercial food thermometer to check the heat of the water. The heater looks like a Slow Cooker although it was considerably more expensive and the pot part is metal although coated and undamaged. My main worry is that food will not cook thoroughly enough and risk food poisoning.
If it wasn't sold as a 'slow cooker' then it's probably not suitable to use as a slow cooker. Have you tried googling your device, to see what temp the heating element can achieve? Contacted the manufacturer to see if it has a 'food heating' grading? If you wanted to experiment, you could try vegetable soup!
I had always heard that insurance wouldn't cover a slow cooker. There's an interesting review on a stone heater on the Therapy Essentials website. The review is for a large stone heater but, they do a small one (30cm circumference) and this takes a full set of 54 stones. If you want to be really fancy, they do a Caldera stone heater. This has a silicone mat in the bottom so there is no noise. It also sits on a base to warm up. Once warm you can lift off of the base and move around the room.
I had always heard that insurance wouldn't cover a slow cooker. There's an interesting review on a stone heater on the Therapy Essentials website. The review is for a large stone heater but, they do a small one (30cm circumference) and this takes a full set of 54 stones. If you want to be really fancy, they do a Caldera stone heater. This has a silicone mat in the bottom so there is no noise. It also sits on a base to warm up. Once warm you can lift off of the base and move around the room.
This is quite an old thread Segdirb22 - I hope the lack of contact from Lin in the past two years, isn't as a result of food poisoning, experimenting with her Hot Stone warmer!