Leaving crock pot on (ingredients, cookers, crockpot, stove)
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Do any of you use a crock pot to cook while your at work? I mean putting ingredients in before work, turning it on then eating it when you get home 9 hours later? Or is that to much of a fire hazard?
Do any of you use a crock pot to cook while your at work? I mean putting ingredients in before work, turning it on then eating it when you get home 9 hours later? Or is that to much of a fire hazard?
I don't personally use a crockpot but many of my friends do. I hear all the stories of them walking into their homes after work to the wonderful aroma of food cooking!
Slow cookers are built to be left on at a low, consistent temperature for hours at a time. There are limits, of course, but the entire point is to be able to cook something without having to be there to attend to it. Assuredly the length of a work day.
There are also slow cookers that have timers, that are useful for those who do smaller recipes that need less cooking time, or for those recipes that only need a few hours. There are also outlet adapters that will do the same timer effect.
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I'm the biggest worry-wart (did I leave the stove on? did I lock the front door? did I even CLOSE the front door???) and, although I work from home, I have put stuff in the crock pot and then gone out to run errands.
The whole modern intent of the crock pot is that you can start dinner before you even leave for work and it's ready for you when you get home. I wouldn't worry about it for a second.
Do any of you use a crock pot to cook while your at work? I mean putting ingredients in before work, turning it on then eating it when you get home 9 hours later? Or is that to much of a fire hazard?
That's one of the main selling points of them for many people. My mother in law and others do that all the time. It does smell good when you come home. I never do that, though. I'll go out for an hour maybe but would be nervous about all day even though I've accompanied others who are used to it. I also don't leave with the washer or dryer running so consider the source.
I've done it in the past, but I would worry that for some reason I would not make it on time. I was not worried so much about fire as a ruined dinner. I bought this timer deal you can plug the crockpot into and it will turn if off after a certain # of hours.
Do any of you use a crock pot to cook while your at work? I mean putting ingredients in before work
Isn't that what crock pots are for???
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