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Default Using a Induction hot plate as a slow cooker

On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 1:50:16 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 5:06:44 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2017-01-06 7:21 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 12:31:49 PM UTC-10,
> > > wrote:
> > >> On Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 1:03:10 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
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> > >> What temps do you set your induction cooktop to slow cook? What
> > >> temp should I use when the recipe says to slow cook on High? or
> > >> Low? Thanks
> > >
> > > That depends on the wattage of the unit and the control settings. My
> > > Samsung range will do a nice boil on a pot of stew at 5 on the big
> > > element.

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> > You boil stews? That makes the meat tough.
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> > I like to do most of my frying between 7 and 10. I can do a
> > > very slow simmer at about 3. You could probably keep something warm
> > > on 2. I don't go much lower than that. The lowest setting would be .5
> > > but I've never had occasion to use it. Oddly enough, the range calls
> > > that "simmer."
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> I made a pretty good stew a couple of days ago. The large chunks of chuck
> was fried in oil and braised. I set the range to 3 and took a nap for around
> 3 hours. I had the stew with some stinky pickled radish. I ate the cold
> radish first. It was good eats alright.
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> Looks good) I made a beef stew in my 'slow cooker' last week and I put it
> on 93c (medium) 4-6 hours.
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Slow cooking is just wonderful. It's more efficient, easier, and tastier. I got the urge to cook up some pork belly. Hoo boy!