Re: slow cooker for broth?

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>has anyone every tried this? if so, how did it turn out and what brand

>slow cooker do you like? the reason i am looking into this is because

>i feel nervous leaving broth simmering on gas stove overnight. thoughts?

>thanks!

I have, but I haven't found a slow cooker that has a low enough setting for

stock.

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lisa_mc_connell wrote:

>hi all,

>has anyone every tried this? if so, how did it turn out and what brand

>slow cooker do you like? the reason i am looking into this is because

>i feel nervous leaving broth simmering on gas stove overnight. thoughts?

>thanks!

>lisa

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I've got a 6.5 qt Rival slow cooker. It has three settings, high, low,

and warm and I make soup broth in this all the time. Works

swimmingly....it's the first slow cooker that even approaches the

capacity that I need....LOL! I tried using the " simmer " burner

(significantly smaller flame than the other burners) on my stove to make

broth, but even on very low, it wasn't low enough.

--s

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> >has anyone every tried this? if so, how did it turn out and what brand

> >slow cooker do you like? the reason i am looking into this is because

> >i feel nervous leaving broth simmering on gas stove overnight.

thoughts?

> >thanks!

>

> I have, but I haven't found a slow cooker that has a low enough

setting for

> stock.

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One of the chapterleaders just posted that she uses a Rival 6.5 quart

crockpot with excellent results--she's a chef, too.

B.

[Guest guest]

> hi all,

> has anyone every tried this? if so, how did it turn out and what brand

> slow cooker do you like? the reason i am looking into this is because

> i feel nervous leaving broth simmering on gas stove overnight. thoughts?

> thanks!

> lisa

I don't leave mine on the stove overnight, I transfer it to a cooler

to insulate it overnight(make sure it has a trivet underneath and it

won't touch any plastic, and that the lid of the stockpot is on) . I

continue to simmer when I wake up and it has worked great for beef stock.

[Guest guest]

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>One of the chapterleaders just posted that she uses a Rival 6.5 quart

>crockpot with excellent results--she's a chef, too.

I'm kind of Texan when it comes to cooking, though -- more and bigger are

better. I can't see making stock in a 6.5-quart crock when I can use my

16-quart Le Creuset pot, and if I could fit a 32-quart or 64-quart pot on

my stove, I'm sure that's what I'd be using. But I like to make large

batches of things because I'm lazy.

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I use a crock pot all the time,<will check the kind - I got this one

at the thrift shop, but had one just like it as a wedding gift 30

years ago> but I've also used my old fashioned gas stove. I just

move the castiron circle from the spot over the woodburning part on

the the burner and put the flame to lowest. The castiron difuses the

heat so I don't get a " hotspot " and keeps it covered in a way that

prevents the cat's tail from getting anywhere close to it while I

sleep. Of course I don't KNOW that the cats get on the stove and they

would never do that while I'm up, but...

Connie H.

> hi all,

> has anyone every tried this? if so, how did it turn out and what

brand

> slow cooker do you like? the reason i am looking into this is because

> i feel nervous leaving broth simmering on gas stove overnight.

thoughts?

> thanks!

> lisa

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hey all,

thanks for the great ideas! i'm going to give the Rival a try! i do

hate to give up cooking in the large creuset that i have, but i just

don't sleep well when i leave it on all night long. i'll report back!

thanks,

lisa

> hi all,

> has anyone every tried this? if so, how did it turn out and what brand

> slow cooker do you like? the reason i am looking into this is because

> i feel nervous leaving broth simmering on gas stove overnight. thoughts?

> thanks!

> lisa