What exactly do you put on here to warm? The pot the food is cooked in or the dish which it's being served in?
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Transfer food from pot to dish it is served in. This warmer keeps food warm but does not continue to cook it. A wonderful asset for keeping food warm and tasty.
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Any oven save dish, that has cooked food in it, you want to keep warm. Great for Holidays. Gets very hot.
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I put the serving dishes on it, but you can put the pot too. If it were just the pot, I'd just keep bubbling on the stove, but the serving dishes can't be left on burners that are on...so that is when you'd use this warming plate. I wish I'd gotten the restaurant kind of warmer, though. A little more money but much more useful for entertaining..
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I put both pots in which I have cooked (e.g. for soups or stews), and serving dishes for vegetables and meats etc. I find it very useful, as virtually all the surface of the appliance is at the same temperature - no cold spots.
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We put the broil king on the buffet table and then put the dishes of food on top to keep them warm during the event.
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You can rinse it or not. Serve cold or hot. I typically treat it like spaghetti and have it with red sauce.
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I have the same question, can you actually cook meals and boil water, or doesnt it get hot enough, except to keep already cooked food warm?
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A light coat. A quick trip in the oven and afterword several hour long trips with a bit if lard or oil and it is a fantastic piece of cookware
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I would not place anything directly on the platter. When I use I place items in a container that can be heated. It warms but I wouldn't count on it to cook items.
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Good question, when I bought this I was under the assumption that you can cook the rice and warm your food at the same time, but that is not the case. Your food has to be warmed separately and then you can put it on the already cooked rice in warming setting. If you leave the food container in the same compartment as the rice before steaming, there will be no room for the steam to escape all the rice is cooking and probably will cause some type of malfunction
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I assume you place it in the freezer. I've only heated it, in the microwave.
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You use the ring in place of the iron grating that usually holds the pots and pans. Helps distribute the heat more evenly.
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Mostly we defrost and serve cold which is delicious. We have warmed it before, but you have to be careful because it can get dried out. Leftovers are better when not heated.
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It is cooking if the pot is hot. It is slow cooking so for chicken you need to start at least 5 hours before I like to cook the first 2 hrs on high and then on low for the next 4-6 hrs
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When we do road trips we usually prepare our meal for lunch and after travelling for two hours or less you can actually start getting the aroma from the crock pot and by lunch it is very well ready to serve. Our meals usually consist of boneless meat especially chicken with oyster and chilli sauce with some veggies such as carrots, onion and garlic. One more thing that we do is cover the mouth of the pot with tin foil and then securing with the lid. Hope I have answered your questions and given you some tips.
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two cooking vessels. one inside the other. can use indirect heat with bottom filled with water second on top to help keep item warm or keep top item from direct heat.
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Only for keeping food hot after being cooked - put HOT water in dish to warm it up, then put cooked, hot food into it. I use it to take casseroles, veg., meat and gravy, etc. to church functions, shut-ins, people who have had surgery, etc. Very good to have. keeps food very hot for a couple hours; warm for 3-4 hours.
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It's supposed to be closed, so don't mess with it. The idea is to cook at a low temperature and allow a small amount of steam inside the tagine to tenderize the meat, beans, etc.
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Covered on high for 3 min. Stir and cook on high for an additional 3 min. From me: have a deep bowl. Mine overflowed in the microwave.
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the pot where the food goes looks ceramic - which then sits in the heating element part which appears to be aluminum (a magnet sticks to it, whereas stainless steel is not magnetic). you can lift out the ceramic pot. hope that makes sense.
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The pan is ready to go, First heat it up plenty hot around 300 degrees, Then let cool down & wash in mild dish soap, I like to reheat to dry , It's ready to cook or you can just lightly coat with oil & put away for next time, I use Olive oil. Enjoy !