>Hi,
>
>I searched on the web and on Google and couldn't find an answer.
>
>Yesterday I tried (for the first time) to make soup in my slow cooker...
>it was a disaster.
>
>I must have filled it too full and cooked it too long... long story
>short it bubbled over and unbeknownst to me went between the crock and
>the heating unit (the outer metal "case" I guess you could say).
>
>Now the inside of the metal part has burnt-on stuff in it... and I don't
>know how to clean it since I can't immerse it in water... and I'm afraid
>to try using Brillo on it.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>It's a Hamilton Beach Meal Maker Slow Cooker if that's important.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help you can give!!

I did the same thing. I used my steemer to get rid of the burned on food.
Worked very well, however I had to clean it 2X.

~Kat