It's not recommended. Yes, folks have had okay results with it, but you do take a bit of a health risk if you do so. Meat has to be above or below a set range of temperature to avoid growing some pretty ugly bacteria, and cooking a frozen roast with some mass to it, unless it's sliced thin, leaves the interior of the roast within that risky window for too long, at least according to the experts.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Nancy Martin > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:19 PM > To: [email protected]; Donald > Subject: Re: [CnD] question about cooking meat in the crockpot > > Hello, > I'd guess there was much debate about whether frozen meat will cook > properly in a slow cooker. I've always thought meat must first be > thawed. I'm not wanting to start trouble, I just want to learn > something. So, I realize frozen meat needs more time to cook, but can I > cook frozen meat in the crockpot? > thanks, > Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald" <[email protected]> > To: "cooking dark" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:27 PM > Subject: [CnD] cooking in crock question > > > > Hello, > > I am going to put a 2 kg size frozen beef roast in my crock pot. > > I simply need to know how long to cook it on low or high temperature. > > I do not want to open the can of worms of whether frozen or thawed > for > > the beef roast. > > Thanks. > > Donald :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
