Anyone experienced a difference using 220V vs 110v crock pots?!
Anyone experienced a difference using 220V vs 110v crock pots?
I just picked one up in Germany and even though it says cook meat on low for 6 hours, any roast I cook is done in about 3 hours (even on low) and really dry. Can I fix this by increasing or decreasing the volume of liquid? And everyone I have talked to here in Europe says their crock pots do the same thing. Thanks
Answers:
It's not the voltage drawn on that defines the output of your crockpot, but its output rating, expressed in Watts. Comparing three I have here, one is rated 55W, one 105W and one 135W. Disregarding the 55W which is half the volume capacity of the next one up, and thus in effect proportionally identical to it, the 105W and 135W ones, of similar size, will perform quite differently, the 135W cooking appreciably (approx. 30%) faster than the 105W one. When you know your German appliance's rating in Watts, and compare it with your previous one's rating, you will be able to work out the ratio between the two, and then adjust your cooking times accordingly, without meaningfully having to change your recipes' compositions at all.
Hope this helps.
There would be more difference between brands than between 110VAC and 220VAC models of the same crockpot.
If you run a 110VAC crockpot on 220VAC, it would run considerably hotter than intended, and may burn out rather quickly.
Yes, adding water should help. So would putting the lid on at an angle, so that steam can escape.