# Crockpot (slow cooker) and safety **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556 "2003-03-31T21:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556/21 "2003-04-06T02:24:20Z")
> **[Crock Pot / Slow Cooker Recipes From CDKitchen.com](https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/cooking-method/crockpot/)** > > Crock pot (slow cooker) recipes including entrees, soups and stews, beverages and even desserts! Slow cook your way to a delicious meal. From a slow cooker site. One way to test your brand new machine is: * * * Fill crockpot with 2 quarts of water. Heat on low for 8 hours or desired cooking time. Quickly check the water temperature with an accurate thermometer ## The temperature of the water should be 185F. Higher temps may mean that foods will get overdone. Lower temps may mean that foods might not cook safely. Somehow that 185F sounds reassuring. It’s sufficiently high to kill bacteria (the back of my pea-brain recalls 180F necessary in a turkey breast) and it’s held for a long time meaning the internal temperature is consistent throughout. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556/22 "2003-04-27T23:11:24Z")
BUMPING THIS OL’ THREAD TO SAY… **Me have slow cooker! Crayons make pot roast!** Thanks to all the Dopers who addressed my fears of burning the house down. Eats\_Cryaons eats pot roast! Mmm… pot roast! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556/23 "2003-04-28T00:15:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*Eats\_Cryaons eats pot roast! Mmm… pot roast! \*\* heh. You got so excited you misspelled YOUR OWN NAME. [sub](p.s. I hope you made rice. and biscuits. and that Sniffs\_Markers enjoyed it too.)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556/24 "2003-04-28T03:18:06Z")
Welcome to the beautiful world of slow cookers. I made chili in mine yesterday. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556/25 "2003-04-28T03:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*SOLD! I told my SO that I’d have to get good positive feedback from knowledgeable Dopers first. > > Sniffs\_Markers will be very happy to hear that crockpot/slow-cooker is officially a non-scary appliance. \*\* I saw the same “hot plate left on=raging inferno” scare flick and was similarly traumatized. I always put my crockpot in the (dry) sink (and make sure the faucet is pointing in the other sink in case of leaks). That way, if the crock pot DOES ignite, there’s nothing for it to burn. Stupid and paranoid, true, but at least I don’t have to worry when I’m gone. Fenris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crockpot-slow-cooker-and-safety/165556.md?page=1)