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Default Using a Induction hot plate as a slow cooker

On Feb 16, 5:42*pm, wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:27:10 -0800 (PST), horusprim
>
> > wrote:
> >I am thinking on a buying a induction hot plate from Amazon.com
> >(http://www.amazon.com/Max-Burton-600...-Induction/dp/
> >B000MVN1M6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top).

>
> >I wanted know if there was any reason I could not use it as a
> >makeshift heat in a slow cooker application? In other words, place a
> >cast iron dutch oven, with the slow cooking food, on the induction hot
> >plate. Next, leave and go to work. Then come back to a hot meal.

>
> I do this all the time, for chili and other items, with the very same
> Burton hob and either a 7-qt. Le Creuset or a 6-qt. Calphalon
> non-stick pot. Works fine.
>
> -- Larry


Thanks for your review.

Can you comment on the temperature settings? Can you set it to cook at
a specific temperature; like a regular, electric hot plate?