Reddit reviews Wonderbag Portable Slow Cooker, Blue Batik

do you know about the wonderbag?

Never heard of it until now. Here's a link for other interested parties.. There are a ton of first-hand reviews on Amazon, too.

I wonder if something like this Wonderbag might work for you. You don't have to worry about turning it off, because it is not really on. You heat up your food first, and it insulates it and allows it to continue cooking for up to 12 hours (according to the description and reviews). I don't know why you couldn't use it with your existing cookware (not the crocks, I mean, but other pots and pans). Storage would be easy because it's just a bag.

Totally. Enjoy. btw, if it does make you nervous (although thousands do it) you could use a wonderbag instead.

If nothing else, get a slow cooker, even if it's not allowed. Most of them are easy to conceal and they don't get hot enough to start a fire. Plus, I think your RAs are required to inform you ahead of time if they are doing a checkup on your dorm. If you butter them up enough they may even let you have one, but this largely depends on your RA. My RA would let me have a slow cooker in my dorm as long as I share a bit of what I cooked... I did a bunch of bulk cooking so this was a non-issue for me.

If you don't want to put up with that, but there's a kitchen in your dorm somewhere, you can buy a large pot and use this in your room.