Is this pot large enough to roast or cook a whole chicken?
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absolutely; it'll start off standing up, then end up laying down because its so tender. I believe it'll do a 4# chicken w/o a problem, even more so if cut up.
1625315
A big 5 pound roaster? Probably not. I just checked a whole fryer, about 3 pounds, and it fits. You might want to use some sort of rack to raise it above the curved bottom of the pot.
1625316
I cook 5-8lb chickens and yes it would fit it, but this machine is more of a pressure cooker style slow cooker. For the price you might be better off getting the ninja cooker. http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/Ninja-3-in-1-Cooking-System/21092317?type=search
593296
Yes, there is no problem fitting a whole chicken in the dutch oven. Cooks it all evenly too
1784175
NO. But you can cook a large roast or whole chicken with excellent results. I just did this last Christmas. Took about 4.5 hrs for a large roasting hen.
1321572
By 'whole' I'll assume you mean uncut? Some times one will cut a 'whole chicken' into parts before cooking. This pressure cooker needs 16 oz of a liquid inside for it to seal, or it won't operate. A built-in fail safe, before it will operate to cook. Back to your question: A 3 to 4 lb. chicken will take about 20 minutes. Cooking a whole chicken won't be very pretty cooked in pressure cooker unless it's cooked in a sauce/liquid of choice or water/stock but browned first.
1825337
You may possibly be able to fit a small chicken into the pan. The inside pan (from the bottom to the lower edge of the lip) measures 3" high and is 8 3/4" wide. The lid is domed, so you could probably physically fit a small chicken into it, BUT I doubt that you'll turn out with ROASTED chicken. I put a whole package of boneless skinless chicken breasts into mine, cover it and put it into my solar oven. It comes out nicely STEWED with lots of broth. Even if you left it uncovered in a conventional oven, I would expect it to wind up sitting in liquid. (The whole chicken will probably have more juice come out of it than just the breasts I use because the whole chicken has the skin and all the fat content.) If you really want a ROASTED chicken, I'd suggest using a larger pan.
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I am roasting a 7.5 chicken on the vertical roaster as I write this. I am not sure the roaster would work with a bird much larger due to both the cavity size of the bird and the weight of the breasts causing an imbalance. I placed my chicken on the vertical roaster and put the vertical roaster in the bottom of another roasting pan and covered it with a foil tent in order to keep my oven clean. (I will remove the foil later to brown the bird.) I removed all but one oven rack and placed that rack on the next-to-lowest rack setting. From the bottom of the oven to the top of the foil tent is 16 inches. There is still plenty of room for air circulation above and below the chicken. Hope this helps. I am roasting a 7.5 chicken on the vertical roaster as I write this. I am not sure the roaster would work with a bird much larger due to both the cavity size of the bird and the weight of the breasts causing an imbalance. I placed my chicken on the vertical roaster and put the vertical roaster in the bottom of another roasting pan and covered it with a foil tent in order to keep my oven clean. (I will remove the foil later to brown the bird.) I removed all but one oven rack and placed that rack on the next-to-lowest rack setting. From the bottom of the oven to the top of the foil tent is 16... » Read More I am roasting a 7.5 chicken on the vertical roaster as I write this. I am not sure the roaster would work with a bird much larger due to both the cavity size of the bird and the weight of the breasts causing an imbalance. I placed my chicken on the vertical roaster and put the vertical roaster in the bottom of another roasting pan and covered it with a foil tent in order to keep my oven clean. (I will remove the foil later to brown the bird.) I removed all but one oven rack and placed that rack on the next-to-lowest rack setting. From the bottom of the oven to the top of the foil tent is 16 inches. There is still plenty of room for air circulation above and below the chicken. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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No! Okay, maybe a very small, store bought chicken. I bought this to cook home processed chickens after reading only the answer about the turkey. But I can't even fit the legs in without separating thigh and drumstick. Not even close to fitting the chicken whole.
589195
It doesn't matter what size of meal you cook - this is a nice size slow cooker, which allows you to cook a lot of different size meals. You will love the probe when you cook a whole chicken - it takes the guesswork out of when it is safely cooked.
41360
I would say it's long enough for pork and testing a whole chicken, if you test the breast. I will say the full size thermometer us probably the better all around option though if you don't care about the size
216034
The book doesn't have dimensions in it. It will cook an 8 lb pork roast 7lb whole chicken or 3 racks of baby back ribs.among other things. Sorry not much help.
1786022
While you cannot fit a whole chicken in there, you can put in chicken parts and your veggies and make a lovely soup for two.I find this pot very handy and have made soup this way.
1820096
no it is not, it is just big enough to cook a small chicken, few burgers, few pork chops and that is about it.as it is very small.. I hope this helps ;-)
410046
No it isn't big enough to do a whole chicken. You could steam a cut up chicken but I have not tried it for meat. I use a slow cooker for that.
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Yes, you can do a whole chicken. You can do a whole slab of ribs (cut in half). As for pork roast just yesterday I did the smoking of a piece of fresh rear leg (2.9 kilos), completing the slow cooking process in a gas owen.
189882
I really don't believe that it's big enough for a turkey that big. I've baked a whole chicken at about 3lb. and that was just right for this size pan.
2119831
Yes it is but it is really big so it might not fit. Also, once something is cooked in it you might need to soak it a bit and clean by hand. Love this roaster!
1186977
I'm vegan so I haven't attempted this but I would guess a small chicken or two Cornish hens might fit if that's ask you out in. Since the pot is round it would be an awkward fit for a whole chicken but cut pieces would fit nicely. There's a small recipe book with about 10 things in it. Nothing to shout about. A basic slow cooker recipe will do.