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With These Charts, You Can Cook Anything in a Slow Cooker

From helping you figure out how long to cook a pork roast to letting you know when to switch between "High" and "Low," these cheat sheets answer all your slow-cooker questions.
Illustration: Lisa Greene
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3. How Do I Layer the Ingredients?
Here's one instance where a tiny bit of fussiness actually pays off. Foods that are at the very bottom of your slow cooker will be closest to the heating element; while those on top will be farther away, so putting the ingredients into the pot in the right order will affect how they cook.

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Published 11/30/2016
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