Sneaking A Look In The Slow Cooker

You are making dinner in the crock pot and it smells sooooo yummy. Every now and then you stop by the pot, open the lid and take a sniff.

The crock pot is a lot like a little oven. When you lift the lid a lot of precious heat disappears. It is estimated that the crock pot will loose about 20 degrees of heat if the lid is left off for 2 minutes.

Try not to lift the lid until you absolutely have to. When you do have to lift the lid to add ingredients, have them prepared and ready to go so that you don't loose as much heat.