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isw

In article >,
wrote:

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> > >
> > > If the time to heat the contents does not depend on the crock,
> > > then preheating the crock would have no effect, and thus Isaac's
> > > original question was pointless.
> > >
> > > QED
> >
> > Go back into the thread and read that part about putting a crock *full
> > of liquid* in the microwave, to heat up the *contents*.
> >
> > Isaac
>
> Nice back-pedaling.

From my original post on the subject:

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From: isw >
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: Slow cooker rant and question
Organization: witzend
User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:29:56 -0800
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I have an older slow cooker by All Clad. It takes a very long time to
reach a stable temperature (hours), especially when it contains a large
amount of liquid. Since some cooking processes don't begin until the
temperature is above 160 or 170 F, there are times you might want to get
there as quickly as possible.

Looking for ways to speed up the heating process, I sent an email to All
Clad asking if I could stick the crock (with liquid) in the microwave,
to heat things up faster.

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Backpedal away.

Isaac