it also prevents the food from losing too much water and becoming toast.
from stews, pot roasts, tender mouth-watering chicken dishes, anything and everything you can imagine can be placed in this cooker in the morning and when you get home tired from a long day at
i put 4 quarts of water in the cooker.
prior to using it for the first time, i checked the temps of both the high and low settings with plain water and an instant thermometer, and both were within the correct ranges.
not a problem with most things but recently i had some beef tips in it with a gravy sauce and it sort of watered it down.
we did have the inner pot crack about two years ago, but i think that was from putting cold water on it while it was too hot.
just make sure you are home with it the first time you cook, and you'll get a good idea quickly of how much water and what not you would need in the future.
i did a water test for tempature and used this exact modle and also tested my older modle with the turn knob for off, low, high.
one thing to remember with slow cookers is that you should not add water to anything you are cooking, or at list not a lot, less than 1/2 cup if needed.
it's great for making stock (overnight -- throw in bones and water; when i wake up add aromatics and let it go for another 2 hours), beans (cold water + low heat; 4 - 6 hours later they're done), and
being my first sc i didn't now how to used it and the first time i put to much water on it and it didn't come out right.
in fact i cut the liquid (water or stock) by half of what the recipes call for when i use this cooker.
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for bigger spills you can hand wash it in cold water and mild detergent.
i turn it on high, measure the water carefully for the rice, and a few hours later, it is perfect (that is for brown rice which takes longer than white).
it can get a little burnt, but the food cleans off easily with soap and water.
we have thus far had the veal shanks and seafood stew from the cuisinart cookbook, crustless quiche (in a casserole dish set in the slow cooker insert in a water bath) and a chicken dish from one of
i'll work around that by adding more water so as not to dry things out.
now, the first time i cooked rice in this slow cooker, i followed a slow-cooker recipe and instead of adding 1 cup of water to a cup of rice, i added 2 and cooked it on a low setting as suggested for
the pot and lid go into the dishwasher, although i ususally just give a quick wash with hot soapy water and wipe off the base.
this type of cooker loses moisture like an average pot on the stove, so most slow cooker recipes will lose more steam/water in this type of pot.
the lowest setting on this cooker boiled water within 30 minutes, which is not what you should look for in a slow cooker.
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