W wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> > On 2/5/2016 10:27 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > I have no clue about degrees of a Crock-Pot. Mine only has
> > > settings of high and low and one has a keep warm setting.
> > > Generally if you are going to do the veggies in the same pot, you
> > > would put those on the bottom, then the roast. You want some
> > > broth but not a lot. You don't want to stew the meat. Put on
> > > high for an hour and then on low for probably another 6-8 hours.
> > >
> > > However... Your post is confusing. Did you use a Crock-Pot or a
> > > cast iron pot on the stove? They are not the same thing and they
> > > don't work the same way.
>
> My apologies. I cooked the rump in a cast iron dutch oven.
>
> Several sources online suggested "low" on a crock pot is around 200
> degrees F in an oven using dutch oven and "high" is around 300F.

This is a classic case where across the pond doesnt mean the same. I
suspect you used a American crockpot recipe on a european 'in the oven'
device. Thats whre it went all wrong.



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