>I bought my first crock pot this weekend. The instruction manual
>claims that "it's virtually impossible to overcook anything" in the
>crock pot. I'm a little dubious. I'd like to try a recipe while at
>work tomorrow (for pork chops) and it calls for cooking on low 6-8
>hours. However, with my hours, I'll be gone more like 10 1/2 to 11
>hours. Will it overcook, or is the 6-8 hours the minimum time it
>takes to be fully cooked and it's fine if you cook it longer?

The trick to crock pots is to make sure you have enough liquid in there. It is
nearly impossible to overcook anything in there, since the food in the crock
pot essentially simmers at a low temperature. and you can simmer food
indefinitely.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".