I have heard it's not good to reheat food in a crock pot, even food you made in the crock pot, why is that?

Sandy Giggles2009-07-24T19:33:28Z

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even on high, most crock pots will reheat to slowly and you risk bacteria growing. If the left overs are frozen, it is okay to thaw & reheat in the crock.

Anonymous2009-07-24T18:35:18Z

It is because crock pots are meant to slowly and gently cook. So the crock pot won't heat left overs enough to get to a food safe temperature and if it did it would take a ridiculously long time. It's much more practical to use the oven or microwave.

Anonymous2009-07-24T18:26:37Z

Crock pots are for cooking, not reheating. Will dry out your leftovers and they'll probably stick.

longliveabcdefg2009-07-24T18:22:26Z

Because it takes too long

SmallTownGirl2009-07-24T18:23:54Z

that is not true, you can do that