Someone please explaine how a crock pot works...

[Secuono]

I've made duck, fat drowned the whole mix, nasty! :x
We made beef and potatoes, better, but meat wasn't fully cooked. Or at least, I tasted blood and that was a no-no for me.

How the heck do you properly cook with that thing???
:?:

 

[ladysown]

time time and more time.

not sure how your crockpot works but mine has three temp settings.
keep warm (which keeps things warm without cooking)
slow
fast.

I MUCH prefer to cook slowly. as in leave it in ALL day long. come home to the smell of dinner cooking.

Our current favourite way of making rabbit is to place a whole rabbit in the crockpot. drop in onions and bay leaf. Season it with no salt seasoning from costoc. then dump in a can of cream of mushroom soup. Put it on low and then walk away.

Hubby (who doesn't like rabbit) will come home and go mmmmm... that smells good. And Will nab a piece here and there. But you need to give it time.

I did up a pork roast the other day. That's a fatty cut. What I find works best is cook it slow and then lift it out to rest. Don't let it set in the crock pot to finish. Bring it out on a plate or cutting board and let it set there.

never did duck so I don't know what you'd do there, but I've done up beef roasts with potatoes, carrots and onion all set about it. Just leave it there for the whole day. It's not a quick job. It's put it in and forget about it job. in my opinion the longer the better.

 

[3mina]

Duck would not be my first choice for a crock pot unless I had a rack to put in on to keep it out of the fat

 

[toastedoat37]

If your trying to learn how to cook,,,,,,,you tube is great

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Duck is not really a crock pot meat. Wa-a-y too fatty. Duck does well roasted in the oven, in a roasting pan with a rack, so all the fat drips down into the pan.

We always start our crock pot meals in the morning, and cook on low all day. Google "Crock pot recipes" and adapt any chicken recipe for rabbit. I'm not one to follow recipes, but I like to look at them for ideas.

 

[toastedoat37]

crock pots cause my dogs to much stress,,,it drives them kinda nuts to be smelling food cooking for that long without being able too eat some of it.

 

[Miss M]

crock pots cause my dogs to much stress,,,it drives them kinda nuts to be smelling food cooking for that long without being able too eat some of it.

:lol:

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Fatty meats don't do well in crock pots...the idea of a crock pot is to keep the food in a moist environment and to cook it slowly to keep it flavorful and tender. All my really stringy, tough cuts of venison go in a crock pot...and old rabbits and mutton do GREAT in a crock pot.

 

[Secuono]

Duck would not be my first choice for a crock pot unless I had a rack to put in on to keep it out of the fat

That was my thought as to what went wrong. But I can't find any made for crock pots.<br /><br />__________ Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:17 am __________<br /><br />The meat bits was beef, 1in cubes. Fiance tossed them in, broth, potatoes and maybe something else. He set it for 6hrs, not sure if on low or high heat.
We also have three settings and hours of 2,4,6 or 8.
That one would of worked if it hadn't been the blood taste to it. It just soaked right into everything and I couldn't eat it.

There surely wasn't visible fat on the duck, much less than at the store for sure. It was one of our own pastured duckies.

I just can't be doing the trial and error thing, we don't have $ to be wasting food like this. We scooped out some for the dogs and rest went back to the birds.

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Ducks are fatty, not just in surface blobs but strewn throughout the meat. It is a greasier meat to begin with.

Try a really tough old rabbit in the crock, it'll be amazing. Or a hunk of stringy, tough mutton.

I never put birds in the crock pot except pheasants and quail. Those little suckers are usually pretty dry and tough. Duck and chicken are not ideal for the crock.

 

[Secuono]

We got the pot to cook dinner when we aren't home, but y'all are saying it's worthless for anything but old meat. Why have a pot then?

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Not just old meat, but tough meat. Get a cheap, tough cut of beef maybe, that works well...I love venison in a crock because it gets sooooooooooooo tender. Plus...if you like stew or chili, the crock pot is the only way I'll cook it these days.

 

[trinityoaks]

Oh, there are SOOOO many things you can do in a crock pot. I do ALL my beef roasts in the crock pot. Take a look at the "Fix It and Forget It" series of cookbooks. LOTS of recipes for all sorts of wonderful things you can make in the crockpot. That is one of my most used kitchen appliances. In fact, I have two of them! (Long story.)

 

[Secuono]

Does anyone know where to buy a rack for the pot?<br /><br />__________ Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:01 pm __________<br /><br />Here's the one we have.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Crock-Pot-Slo ... t/17770997

 

[Southbound_SF]

I found some results by googling "crock pot rack" or "slow cooker rack", but to get one that fits you'll want to search with your specific model information.

I second (third?) the recommendation for stews & chili. Also apple butter! You hardly have to stir it at all, and you can leave it to cook while you sleep. Just prop the lid up a bit with some wooden spoons to let the steam escape.

That brings up one of the other advantages. Sure, you can cook things that need hours in the oven or on the stovetop, but then you have to be there the whole time, not actively cooking necessarily, but nearby just in case. With a crock pot you can dump things in it and then leave the house without worrying about it burning down.

SB

 

[Secuono]

With a crock pot you can dump things in it and then leave the house without worrying about it burning down.

SB

Haha, oh yea, last thing I need is this really old, dry house to make friends with a flame or spark!

It's called "Crockpot" really hard to find any proper racks with that as the brand!

 

[trinityoaks]

Does anyone know where to buy a rack for the pot?

Have you looked at canning racks? You probably won't find one the exact shape and size of your crockpot (mine are the same size as yours), but I would think you could find one that would do the job.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

You can also make a "rack" with large chunks of vegetables. Anything that raises the meat up to allow the fat to drain off of the meat will do.

 

[Secuono]

You can also make a "rack" with large chunks of vegetables. Anything that raises the meat up to allow the fat to drain off of the meat will do.

Not really, the fat from the duck soaked into the potatoes and made it a nasty mess. I need the meat to be raised on metal, then add everything on top of the meat.

 

[skysthelimit]

I use a small wire cookie cooling rack, like the ones that are in toaster ovens. You can use a pair of wire cutters to make it small enough to fit inside.