How to Convert Slow Cooker Times to Oven
Have you pulled out a favorite recipe and wanted to fix in your slow cooker? Do you have a crock pot recipe that you want to convert to bake in the oven?
This chart will help you determine how to adjust the cooking and baking times.
One thing to remember is that every slow cooker and crock pot may have a different temperature setting. However, the difference should be a minor one. If you have the owner’s manual, check the temperatures for low and high settings. Generally low is about 200 degrees Fahrenheit and High is 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Given this information, the simplest conversion is to set the oven at the same temperature as your slow cooker and bake the dish for the same amount of time called for in the recipe. If you want to shorten baking time by using a higher temperature in the oven, you’ll have to do a little bit of math.
Don’t worry, the math is simple division. For low setting, divide the time by 4 and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit. For high setting, divide the time by 2 and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
If you are converting an oven recipe to crock pot, multiply the baking time by 2 or 4 depending on the heat setting you want to use. Use the chart above to reverse the conversion from right to left.
I had to use this thought process when I made Irish Parliament Bean Soup and had enough soup to fill two large crock pots!
What recipe have you converted successfully?
Noel
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