Most of the manufacturers include a statement on the packaging that they are safe for conventional and microwave ovens, as well as the refrigerator and dishwasher. However, the safest thing to do is to check with the manufacturer of your particular model.
No, one should not put any baking dish inside any slow cooker when heated.
You can replace the crock pot beef stew by remaking the dish. The Crock Pot website has replacement parts for their crock pots. Go to the site put in the serial number and find the product you need and place an order.
Yes.
No it won't crack the pot
Depends on what you put in the crock pot. 6 quarts of soup, chili or stew will feed 12 people.
Should a pot float when cooking in a crock pot
Yes, but not to fry. What do you mean by grease? Are you talking of the kind of grease used in axles? Or the kind on bicycle chains? Then no, you can't. If you mean grease as in "oil" or "fat" then yes you can. Butter, olive oil, canola oil, vegetable oil, margarine, etc will all work fine in a crock pot. But remember, unless you have the special kind of crock pots where the crock can be put on a stove top, the crock pot will not brown any meat or vegetables put into the pot. It will merely cook them slowly over a long period of time. It is best to brown meat or vegetables in a saute pan, then put them in a crock pot. That is where you would want to use the fat or oil. If you just put regular oil into a crock pot, the food will be very greasy if you put in too much. It will not evaporate away as will water or broth.
no, if you put it in a crock pot and leave it, it will get very squishy and fall apart. the way i warm it is to put it in a pot on the stove over medium-low heat and stir occasionally until warm.
Chicken Broth
Depending on how wet. What I would do is what I did with my iPod. Place it in a sock or bag of rice then put that into a crock pot. DON'T TURN ON THE CROCK POT.
Yes, it will flavor the rest of the food very nicely
PUT special stuff in it.
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