Here's What to Do with Your Slow Cooker’s Cord — Organizing Tips from Kitchn

Just about all of our small appliances work with electricity, which means: cords! And the slow cooker is no exception. More than other occasional-use appliances, you want to be careful with your slow cooker's power cords.

Why? Because you leave it going for hours on end — I mean, the whole point is to set it and forget it! And many of us start something in the slow cooker before work and leave it doing its thing all day, by itself, in the house. As I write this, I realize it sounds very risky, but reading through various manuals makes it seem totally fine. Phew.

Where all these manufacturers do want you to be extra-mindful, though, is with a slow cooker's cord.

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