"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message ...

I keep wondering if a crockpot might be useful. But I've found various
things on the web that are discouraging me. I'd like information from
people doing something like what I want to do, with recent cookers, to
see if it's practical.

Spending time in the morning to prepare stuff is right out, I'm up,
through the shower, and out the door, and getting up earlier is no
something I'm willing to do. However, refrigerating the loaded
container overnight, or perhaps the prepared food separately and loading
it into the container in the morning, are possible.

So the next question is, how long can things cook in the crockpot? If
I'm out the door by eight in the morning and not back until 7 at night,
will it be burned / overcooked? (There might, sometimes, be a
possibility of having somebody else take the loaded container from the
refrigerator and start the crockpot in the middle of the day, but that's
my least-favorite choice, way too many things to go wrong.)




I have a Slow Cooker, but seldom use it these days as I am widowed and all
the kids and grandkids live interstate, so basically not very practicle for
me....

My oldest daughter uses one quite a lot during the Winter months, having a
household of at least 6.....She loves it...

I was always undecided whether or not to cook whole chickens and other vegs
etc. in it and leaving for 7-10 hours.....The lower temperature would in my
opinion be too unsafe for the chicken as it would spoil in lower
temperatures in my opinion....

Barry Oz