OK, I'm assuming for the pulled pork, you used a pork shoulder. No for the porchetta, you say you're using a loin. Totally different cuts that you serve at different temps. Pork shoulder at 190-200 degrees and the loin in the 150-160 range. I'd would guess on low it's going to take in the 4-6 hour range. Loins tend to very lead--except on the outside. I'd check the temp after 4.
Not really... you can pretty much stuff it full right up to the top.
Sure, if you tried hard enough!
I usually do mine on a smoker all day to a temp. of about 180-190 or until it flakes apart easily with a fork.
Some great recipes to use for a crock pot include pulled pork and stew. Both of those turn out delicious in slow cooker.
You can go to the website food.com and search pulled pork. There is a recipe on there especially for crock pot use. It requires 18 hrs and 30 minutes which gives you plenty of time in the day to get your activities done before dinner.
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I would only trust any meat left in a crock pot on a 70degree kitchen for a few hours.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-pulled-pork/ offers simple recipe of the crock pot pulled pork. Just take notice that it will take couple of hours to cook the pork! Once it's done, you can top it with your favourite barbecue sauce and serve it with hamburger buns.
Cook the pork shoulder until it is extremely tender; usually around three hours in a low oven (300F,) or several more hours in a very low barbeque. Then shred the meat with two forks. There are many tens of thousands of pulled-pork recipes on the internet, I suggest using your favorite search engine to find one that you like.
69 minutes at 420 *F.
About 3-4 hrs on high and 1-2hrs on low.or low for 8 hrs.
Cook it all day; crock pots don't really overcook anything.
All recipes is a good site to find many crock pot recipes. Some of the recipes are pepper steak, chicken, barbecue ribs, chicken barbecue, pot roast, pork roast with sauerkraut and beef for sandwiches.
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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.