re: Gone.

Quoting October2011:" o it'll be fine then! I now make my chili on the stovetop cause its faster..but my dad makes amazing chili and ALWAYS puts the raw meat in, thats the only way i've ever read a recipe for it as well. "

Oh that's good to hear. All the recipes I looked at online said to brown the meat first so I was freaking out a little bit lol. Thanks!

the point of a slow cooker is to slowly COOK things..lol. If oyu had to cook it first, what the heck would be the point. lol Most recipes wiht meat call for it to cook 6-8 hours...if you put cooked beef in there that long you'd be eating leather.

Quoting October2011:" the point of a slow cooker is to slowly COOK things..lol. If oyu had to cook it first, what the heck ... [snip!] ... lol Most recipes wiht meat call for it to cook 6-8 hours...if you put cooked beef in there that long you'd be eating leather."

Lol I'm a newb sorry. I just got this slow cooker for Christmas because there were a ton of things I wanted to try.

Quoting October2011:" the point of a slow cooker is to slowly COOK things..lol. If oyu had to cook it first, what the heck ... [snip!] ... lol Most recipes wiht meat call for it to cook 6-8 hours...if you put cooked beef in there that long you'd be eating leather."

Nope. It gets so unbelievably tender. It practically melts in your mouth.

I jus stuck rock hard frozen chicken in the slow cooker this morning.. We cook frozen beef roasts too.. I LOVE my slow cooker.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mr's&Family*:</b>" I cook the hamburger first, drain the grease, then put it in the crackpot with the rest of the chili ingredients."</blockquote>


I wanna cook in a crackpot  

Quoting Crystal Marie S.:" Nope. It gets so unbelievably tender. It practically melts in your mouth."

I almost puked the one time i ate ground beef from a crock pot it was so soft. yuck. never again. it was chili too.

Thanks for everyone's help! Just got done eating it and it was delicious! Next time I'm going to make it a little more spicier.