Something's wrong with my crockpot: I put a 3-pound brisket of corned beef in it at 7:00am this morning, cooked it on low for 10 hours as the cookbook said, and had to turn it up to high for the last hour, then microwave it for 10 minutes to get it even close to done. Fork tender, hah.
I need to use it more frequently to determine whether its element just doesn't heat as well as it should or whether I need to adjust cooking times/temps when I use it.
Posted by Linkmeister at March 18, 2007 07:47 PM | TrackBackDid you add some kind of liquid in there with it? I made that mistake my first time out and had disasterous results. How old is the thing? Might be time for a new one if 10 hours on low didn't do it.
Posted by: Faith at March 19, 2007 08:35 AMBarely covered the brisket with water, as instructed by the "Crockery Cookery" book.
It's old. Very old. 20 years old. I have two; this one's oval and all metal, while the other is round and ceramic. Given the shape of the brisket I chose the oval one.
Posted by: Linkmeister at March 19, 2007 08:47 AMSounds like it's time to spring for a new one! Or just
go to Outback and get greenbeans! ;)