On Jun 20, 7:54 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> > We're having neighborhood pot luck next weekend--every family brings a
> > dish to share. I would like to bring a mac and cheese casserole.
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> > My thought is to use a good recipe, but instead of baking it in the
> > oven, using the crock pot for the baking step. It's an open house with
> > about 75 people coming and plenty of other choices, I figure this will
> > need to feed 20-30 people. I can bring it to the community room in the
> > crock pot a few hours ahead and let it rip. Crock pot is 6 quarts.
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> > Anyone ever do Macaroni and Cheese casserole in the crock pot? Any
> > tried and true recipes?
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> > I am looking for a cheesy, gooey high-fat, high carb mac and cheese!
> > Down home southern style mac and cheese. The kind of mac and cheese
> > that makes grown men miss their mommies and makes women ask for the
> > recipe.
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> > Anyone have a recipe that they have used and gotten rave reviews for?
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> > Thanks in advance.
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> I'd make it at home, and see if anyone's got a chafing dish with a water
> bath under the food tray, so it works like a double boiler. The crock pot
> will require an electrical outlet, which means it's taking up counter space,
> something there may not be a lot of. The chafing dish can go on any table.
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> Check the phone book for party rental places. I'm renting a chafing dish
> (big rectangular one) for $15 per night.

That's not what I asked.

There's plenty of "counter space" and outlets. It's an indoor/outdoor
community room in the center of our complex. Outdoor (Patio) near the
pool with picnic tables, lounge chairs, etc...indoor is a wide open
space where the buffet--big banquet tables--will be set up. It's a
pavillion, really. Sliding doors will be open, to give the feelign of
the entire thing being outside, even though where the food is will be
inside. Electrical outlets in the floor every 6 feet. This room was
actually designed for a buffet full of crockpots. It's not a problem.
People do it every time there's a function: bring their crockpots down
early, filled with beans, meatballs, whatever...let them heat up or
cook in the same place they will be consumed. Easier and safer than
attempting to transport big pans of hot food. This is how it's done
here.

Do you have a recipe?

Thanks