This one kitchen appliance will lower your electricity bill

Electricity prices increased at the start of July. Next year, they’ll increase again. The rising cost of living is stifling many South Africans.

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To reduce your spending, get creative in the kitchen.

You can become smart about your grocery spending. But using an electricity-saving kitchen appliance is a more permanent money-saving measure.

Pressure Cookers are an electricity-saving kitchen appliance

Consider replacing your stove-top cooking with pressure cooking.

Pressure cookers typically hold the equivalent of a 24cm pot.

However, unlike a stove that uses at least 2 000 watts, pressure cookers only use half that amount, 1 000 watts.

They also cook meals quicker.

So you get double the money-saving power.

You can cook meat to tender in 70% of the time.

So those beef and lamb stews will be ready in 30 minutes rather than the 3 hours it usually takes for tender meat.

Save Money by Cooking all your meals from scratch

You’ve heard it before: if you want to save money, cook every meal from scratch.

But what happens when you come home and you only have energy to use the television remote?

That’s when you turn to the pressure cooker.

Add your ingredients, push a button, wait for the jingle when your food is done and eat.

The pressure cooker will become central to your grocery list.

You’ll be able to buy all the ingredients to cook from scratch.

Multi Cookers and Slow Cookers are also Useful

The only downside is that pressure cookers come with a R1 300 price tag.

As winter ends, the appliance will go on promotion.

But when you don’t have money for a pressure cooker, turn to a more affordable appliance like a multi cooker or slow cooker.

Multi cookers work similarly to pressure cookers.

They allow you to cook multiple types of food quickly. However, they’re not as quick as pressure cookers.

They make up for that time with lower wattage. A multicooker is usually 500 watts.

The cheapest energy-saving appliance is the slow cooker.

Slow cookers use about 200 watts. They are best for stews and casseroles and not much else. They cook meat low and slow, usually four to eight hours. But they use roughly 90% less electricity than a stove-top.

ApplianceWattageEnergy Saving CapacityPressure Cooker1 000 watts70%Multi Cooker500 – 800 watts80%Slow Cooker200 – 300 watts90%

How Much Money Will You Save?

According to Standard Bank’s LookSee, a 3000-watt stove-top uses R7.50 per hour. If you’re cooking about 90 minutes a day, that’s R78.75 a week.

That’s R348.75 a month. If you use a pressure cooker, you’ll save about R244 a month.

If you use a slow cooker, you can save R313.87 a month.

Your money-saving ability increases because you can buy more affordable cuts of meat.

You can buy cuts that take longer to tenderise, but have them cook in 40 minutes with a pressure cooker.

Depending on how much meat you eat every month, you could save an extra few hundred.

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