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Since we're talking about crock pots
I have a stupid question.
If you start it in the morning, doesn't stuff get burned or dry by the time you get home from work? It seems like all the crock pot recipes I've ever seen say to cook it for somewhere between 4 and 6 hours, but we're generally gone for at least 9 during the week. Do you just cook it on low and it turns out fine? (Can you tell I've only used mine a few times?)
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Re: Since we're talking about crock pots
I just got a new crock for Christmas, and it has a timer - you can tell it to turn on at a specific time, or in 4 hours, or whatever. And when it's done cooking it goes to warm.
But take my info for what it's worth - I can turn pretty much anything into shoe leather in a crock. My old one was so weird, a recipe would say to cook for 8 hours, but my dinner would be dry and gross by 4 hours. I'm hoping the new one is better!
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I think it depends a lot on the type of food you're cooking.
I almost exclusively use dark meat chicken (thighs) because I did find the breast to get kinda funky and sorta dry.
I think higher fat foods work better for longer cooking times.
However... I've never had anything actually burn. The low setting is pretty darned low!
Another option if you're just not comfortable is to buy one of those timers you put at the outlet. People use them to have lights and such come on when they're home? Works fine to turn on a crock pot too as long as it's the older kind with a dial you can pre-set to where you want it so that it turns on automatically when the power comes on.
Most modern crock pots have timer functions so even if you can't control when you start it you can set the timer for when it will stop and then most go to a "warm" setting so it's ready when you get home.
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I can put mine on the lowest setting "8 hrs" and most things would be totally fine as long as I have enough liquid -- I usually add extra if I know I'll be gone for longer than the recipe states. It switches to warm automatically also.
Also, like Howley, I will do chicken thighs in them more than breasts. (Though the salsa chicken done with breasts is still fine)
Sounds like maybe you need to get a couple of recipes you can start on a Saturday morning and get a feel for how yours works.
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I've never had anything burn in mine. And I usually turn it on around 6:30, before I leave for work, and it runs till we get home - 5:30-6:00. The only thing that's "burned" is any sauce on the sides of the crockpot. But not the food.
I normally only do roasts in it. In fact, I'm doing a pork roast one day this week.
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