Depending on your altitude.
At sea level and up to about 4,000 ft about an hour before dinner time.
4000 - 7000 ft about an hour and a half before dinner.
8,000 and up . . . plan on 2 hours.
I would place the meat on top of root vegetables. Add any remaining ingredients such as onions, mushrooms or garlic on top of the meat. Add seasonings, and then (to prevent drying-out) pour on at least 4 inches of liquid stock, water, broth, gravy, depending on your choice. You could add a stock-cube if using plain water.
Usually during the last hour of cooking so they don't become too mushy.
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Let it finish cooking. A decent sized chunk of meat in a crock pot should cook for 8 or 9 hours.
I would only trust any meat left in a crock pot on a 70degree kitchen for a few hours.
First and foremost one would need a beef brisket and a crock pot for a beef brisket crock pot recipe. Some other ingredients one might find in a crock pot beef brisket recipe are garlic, onions, carrots, mushrooms, turnips or parsnips.
Some quick crock pot recipes include: pot roast with meat and vegetables, barbecue shredded beef or park, and also you can make soups like chicken and dumplings.
crockpot
The term for a slow cooker is spelled "crock pot" but may appear as crockpot depending on brand. The spelling Crock-Pot is a trademark name.
First stop would be the manufacturers.
Yes you can spare ribs in the crock pot
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Yes, but not to fry. What do you mean by grease? Are you talking of the kind of grease used in axles? Or the kind on bicycle chains? Then no, you can't. If you mean grease as in "oil" or "fat" then yes you can. Butter, olive oil, canola oil, vegetable oil, margarine, etc will all work fine in a crock pot. But remember, unless you have the special kind of crock pots where the crock can be put on a stove top, the crock pot will not brown any meat or vegetables put into the pot. It will merely cook them slowly over a long period of time. It is best to brown meat or vegetables in a saute pan, then put them in a crock pot. That is where you would want to use the fat or oil. If you just put regular oil into a crock pot, the food will be very greasy if you put in too much. It will not evaporate away as will water or broth.
If you want it to be moist inside you do - browning sears the outside and keeps the flavor and juice inside of the meat.
Yes you can cook just about anything in a crock pot