Aldi was offering a Halogen cooker today (up to 17 ltr capacity) @ £30 with 3 year warranty ... so I bought one! (I would have preferred a hinged heating lid, but heh.)
Test run was oven chips: will need some tinkering, but already better result than normal oven attempts.
2nd test was onion bhajis: even-stephens I reckon in this case.
Bit of a learning curve ahead!
Am disappointed to find, having now read user guide, that the cooker's glass bowl is, apparently, not dishwasher proof: what?! in this day and age!
Oh well, I'm not going to take it back just because, but any other TAS members loitering around Aldi's kitchen appliance offerings right now may wish to note this limitation on cleaning options for the halogen cooker.