Andy wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Sun 04 Sep 2005 05:01:05a, Andy wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> I finally bought a slow cooker. It's a 7-qt cooker, the All-Clad
>>> sold at Williams-Sonoma.
>>
>> As slow cookers go, you could probably have done just as well with a
>> Rival for a whole bunch less.
>
> I know. I went to Target and saw some Rivals and others but the
> housings were cheap-o plastics and flimsy. As hot as my cooker got, I
> pictured them melting.
>
>
>
>>> In the instructions it says do not slow cook a whole chicken because
>>> the temperature doesn't get hot enough. The unit is rated at 330W
>>> but nowhere does it mention what the HI and LOW temps really are.
>>> Is this typical, not cooking whole chickens?
>>
>> Oh, pshaw! Most slow cookers are rated low in wattage and most folks
>> cook whole chickens in them. Someone probably knows, but I've never
>> actually seen temps listed for the HI and LOW settings. I suspect
>> that the LOW setting maintains just around simmering.
>
> I'll try a small chicken and get some temp readings at some point. I
> don't know how it'll look when finished. My oven roasted birds always
> look great!
>
Do NOT expect a slow-cooked chicken to resemble anything like an oven
roasted bird.

Jill