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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #40 on: April 05, 2012, 12:41:45 AM »
C'mon, Definitly aint worth having the cholent taste like plastic in order to save some elbow grease. An easy way to clean it, is to bubble it up with water for an hour, and all the stuff stuck to the side will come off.
Agree :)

I actually dont have to hard of a problem cleaning it after shabbos, letting it soak in soapy water works fine for me ... But I have heard, (and have done it) that - put the whole chulent pot in the fridge for a few hours, then everything will come out with ease

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Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #41 on: April 05, 2012, 05:39:51 PM »
We don't like to use plastic because of the toxins in the plastic.

Any ideas of cockpits that don't stick ?
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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #42 on: April 05, 2012, 05:45:55 PM »
Any ideas of cockpits that don't stick ?
I find 777s are better than 737s.
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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2012, 06:12:06 PM »
@helpme do you know what chulent is? ;)
Is it like Dinty Moore?  :)
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Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2012, 09:35:32 PM »
I find 777s are better than 737s.
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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #45 on: May 02, 2012, 03:11:30 PM »
My wife sprays the crockpot with Pam or something like that before she adds anything and the cholent almost always comes right off

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #46 on: May 02, 2012, 03:14:15 PM »
My wife sprays the crockpot with Pam or something like that before she adds anything and the cholent almost always comes right off
why not use a bag for 99.9% results

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #47 on: May 02, 2012, 03:14:47 PM »
My wife sprays the crockpot with Pam or something like that before she adds anything and the cholent almost always comes right off
How about one of these?

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #49 on: May 02, 2012, 03:17:40 PM »
How about one of these?



It's a lot cheaper to just spray it and no chance of the plastic taste

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #50 on: May 02, 2012, 03:18:27 PM »
never tasted plasic

Its also healthier

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #51 on: May 02, 2012, 03:19:27 PM »
never tasted plasic

Its also healthier
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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #52 on: May 03, 2012, 01:30:42 AM »
I know my pot. It is the same size top and bottom.
Try measuring it accurately i can assure you there is a slight angle, if there wouldn't be your insert would have a very difficult time getting in and out (unless the insert is significantly smaller in which case you have the gap anyways)

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #53 on: May 03, 2012, 01:34:31 AM »
the balls help for hatmana (insulating)- but not for chazara (returning the pot after taking from it on shabbos)- a good thick lining with thick aluminum foil will take care of both. There is also shehiya issues- if it was not fully cooked before shabbos that you would also need the complete lining. (there are poskim that allow just the balls but R'SZA and others do not like it.
At the very end of R' shlomo zalman's life he tasked a few chosheve yungeleit to do some research on this issue, his intention was to matur it completely (he made this known to these people) unfortunately when they finished and came to discuss it he was niftar moments earlier, so we are left with his more chamur psak which he never really had an intention of keeping (this story does not have any halachic ramifications, but it is interesting)

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #54 on: April 06, 2014, 10:06:54 AM »
I need a good crock pot for chulent. I bought a new one and even on a low setting it burns. Any suggestions?

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #55 on: April 06, 2014, 10:08:36 AM »
I need a good crock pot for chulent. I bought a new one and even on a low setting it burns. Any suggestions?
which one do you have?

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #56 on: April 06, 2014, 10:12:50 AM »

I need a good crock pot for chulent. I bought a new one and even on a low setting it burns. Any suggestions?
Personally, I find that the insert crock pots burn less.  I got mine from costco and my chulent never burns.

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #57 on: April 06, 2014, 10:19:31 AM »
Not sure if this was mentioned, but we use parchment paper to line the pot. No major cleaning and no melted plastic in the cholent. Its cheap also!

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #58 on: April 06, 2014, 10:22:10 AM »
I use the chulent bags and have no problem with plastic melting in my chulent. I actually think that the bags can help with the burning also as you are supposed to put a cup of water in between the bag and the crock pot.

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Re: Best Crockpot for Cholent!
« Reply #59 on: April 06, 2014, 10:29:54 AM »
I use the chulent bags and have no problem with plastic melting in my chulent. I actually think that the bags can help with the burning also as you are supposed to put a cup of water in between the bag and the crock pot.
If the water is not clear after shabbos, it means that chemical plastics are seeping into your cholent. Even if the bag is not totally melted.