The Benefits Of Cooking Low And Slow Slow cookers are called slow cookers for a good reason – the appliance is intended to cook food slowly and gently over a long period, up to five times longer to cook a meal than it would on a stovetop. The low setting allows the slow cooker to do just that.
Can you speed up cooking in a slow cooker?
Placing aluminum foil over the content of the slow cooker or placing it over the top of the crock with the cover placed on top of the foil will speed up the cooking process.
Why does a slow cooker take so long?
Believe it or not, your slow cooker doesn’t cook evenly all the way through. The heat element is at the bottom, so foods placed there will heat up first and cook a lot faster. This is where you want to put foods that need longer cooking times.
