Ubiquitous > wrote:

>I never heard of setting a crockpot on "high" to cook meat dishes (kudos
>for her remembering "Me washie handsie!") and the cooking time she gave
>(five hours) sounded wrong.

High and Low reach the same final temp, only the time it takes to
reach it changes.

5 hours would work if the meat started cold.

In article >,
Clara Bell > wrote:

> Ubiquitous > wrote:
>
> >I never heard of setting a crockpot on "high" to cook meat dishes (kudos
> >for her remembering "Me washie handsie!") and the cooking time she gave
> >(five hours) sounded wrong.
>
> High and Low reach the same final temp, only the time it takes to
> reach it changes.

Uh, no. LOW never reaches as high a temperature as HIGH does, at least
on ours. I've checked with a meat thermometer probe from the BBQ.

--
Uncle Jack: "Will, you're invisible!"
Will: "Invisible? I can't be! I can touch myself!"
--actual dialog from third season LAND OF THE LOST

Anim8rFSK > wrote:

>In article >,
> Clara Bell > wrote:
>
>> Ubiquitous > wrote:
>>
>> >I never heard of setting a crockpot on "high" to cook meat dishes (kudos
>> >for her remembering "Me washie handsie!") and the cooking time she gave
>> >(five hours) sounded wrong.
>>
>> High and Low reach the same final temp, only the time it takes to
>> reach it changes.
>
>Uh, no. LOW never reaches as high a temperature as HIGH does, at least
>on ours. I've checked with a meat thermometer probe from the BBQ.

You're right. It's been ages since I read about cooking temps and I
really thought I'd read that somewhere. It didn't seem to make much
sense to me at the time.

In article >,
Clara Bell > wrote:

> Anim8rFSK > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Clara Bell > wrote:
> >
> >> Ubiquitous > wrote:
> >>
> >> >I never heard of setting a crockpot on "high" to cook meat dishes (kudos
> >> >for her remembering "Me washie handsie!") and the cooking time she gave
> >> >(five hours) sounded wrong.
> >>
> >> High and Low reach the same final temp, only the time it takes to
> >> reach it changes.
> >
> >Uh, no. LOW never reaches as high a temperature as HIGH does, at least
> >on ours. I've checked with a meat thermometer probe from the BBQ.
>
> You're right. It's been ages since I read about cooking temps and I
> really thought I'd read that somewhere. It didn't seem to make much
> sense to me at the time.



--
Uncle Jack: "Will, you're invisible!"
Will: "Invisible? I can't be! I can touch myself!"
--actual dialog from third season LAND OF THE LOST

wrote:
> Clara Bell > wrote:
>> Anim8rFSK > wrote:
>> > Clara Bell > wrote:
>> >> Ubiquitous > wrote:

>> >> >I never heard of setting a crockpot on "high" to cook meat dishes
>> >> >(kudos for her remembering "Me washie handsie!") and the cooking
>> >> >time she gave (five hours) sounded wrong.
>> >>
>> >> High and Low reach the same final temp, only the time it takes to
>> >> reach it changes.
>> >
>> >Uh, no. LOW never reaches as high a temperature as HIGH does, at
>> >least on ours. I've checked with a meat thermometer probe from
>> >the BBQ.
>>
>> You're right. It's been ages since I read about cooking temps and I
>> really thought I'd read that somewhere. It didn't seem to make much
>> sense to me at the time.
>
>

I am glad to hear my initial suspicions were confirmed.


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