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Lauren
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For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I have a question - is there any particular place you put the crockpot, away from certain things in your kitchen? Do you put anything underneath it?
I have never left it while not at home and I am getting a new one and I would like to start doing this but I am scared!
Has anyone ever had any problems while leaving it at home?
Thanks in advance!
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HollaGirl
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I leave mine right on top of the dryer, while I have a load drying.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:21 AM |
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Lisa
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I leave my glass cutting board underneath...in case it ever gets too hot....
I used my crockpot on sat....while I was home...and I kept checking to...the outside never got hot. That is a good thing since now I dont have to worry about leaving it on all day when Im not home!
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:21 AM |
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Lauren
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I think I will do a trial run with the new one on Sunday and if all goes well, I will venture to use it while at work - of course, I will be calling my house every 10 minutes to make sure the answering machine picks up (does anyone do that?!)
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:22 AM |
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JennZ
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
nope just leave it on the counter. It should be fine, I always leave it on low jsut incase anything starts to bubble to much.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:22 AM |
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MrsBlueSash
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
No problems here. No particular place, like on the dryer-haha. Just in the kitchen on the counter.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:22 AM |
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leighla
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Lauren
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I leave it on the kitchen counter and move everything away.
I usually place it on a couple of trivets (those things that help protect your kitchen table from the heat, etc.)
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:23 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Posted by HollaGirl
I leave mine right on top of the dryer, while I have a load drying.
I just spewed!!
Okay----that was f-in funny
To answer the original question - I leave it on the countertop.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:39 AM |
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monkeybride
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I just leave it on the kitchen counter. My counters are pretty clear so there isn't anything directly next to it but I never actually thought about it.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:43 AM |
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
On the kitchen counter away from anything else.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:43 AM |
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azoodie
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I left it on yesteday and I was worrying about it all day. I'm not worried about anything on the counter on fire, just something going on with the outlet, but I suppose that can happen with anything plugged in huh?
I put it on top of a cutting board and moved every thing away from it
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:45 AM |
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Chica
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I do the kitchen counter thing too. I just make sure to move it away from the wall and that the dangling wire is not too close to the crockpot.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:45 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Out of curiousity, what difference would it make if the thing went on fire...no amount of trivets or cutting boards is going to make a difference at that point
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:45 AM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I just leave it out on the counter.
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:49 AM |
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computergirl
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I leave it on my stovetop usually.
You know, I've been reading these crockpot threads and now I'm developing this new paranoia about it. I use the crockpot a LOT, and I've been doing this for 5 years without ever thinking about it. Now I'm going to be second-guessing myself every time I leave the house with the damn thing on!
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:52 AM |
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Shroggie
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Do you guys leave it on while at work? for like 8 hrs?
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:53 AM |
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Lisa
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Posted by Gertyrae
Out of curiousity, what difference would it make if the thing went on fire...no amount of trivets or cutting boards is going to make a difference at that point
I dont put it on the glass cutting board to prevent a fire...I do it incase the outside gets hot...I dont want the bottom to burn my countertop...
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| Posted 11/1/06 11:54 AM |
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HollaGirl
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Posted by computergirl
I leave it on my stovetop usually.
You know, I've been reading these crockpot threads and now I'm developing this new paranoia about it. I use the crockpot a LOT, and I've been doing this for 5 years without ever thinking about it. Now I'm going to be second-guessing myself every time I leave the house with the damn thing on!
I hope you do not have a gas stove 
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computergirl
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I hope you do not have a gas stove
I'm going to plead the fifth
Sincerely,
Looking for New Crockpot Location 
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| Posted 11/1/06 12:05 PM |
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ml110
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
i just leave mine on the counter on top of a glass cutting board all day while i'm at work... i really think its ok. i think they cook at such a low heat thats its not a problem...
IMO, thats the whole point of owning a crockpot. so that when you come home from a looong work day, you're house smells great and dinner is already cooked 
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HollaGirl
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Posted by computergirl
I hope you do not have a gas stove
I'm going to plead the fifth
Sincerely,
Looking for New Crockpot Location
 
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babymakes3
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I leave mine on the countertop. I do double-check that nothing is near it.
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MrsBlueSash
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Posted by Shroggie
Do you guys leave it on while at work? for like 8 hrs?
Yes, absolutely. In fact for more like 10hrs. I just program in the time. My old one I just turned on low and left it.
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| Posted 11/1/06 1:25 PM |
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McSullivan
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
I leave it on the glass cutting board on the counter. I don't worry about it.
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cj7305
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Re: For those of you who leave their crockpots on while not home....
Posted by ml110
i just leave mine on the counter on top of a glass cutting board all day while i'm at work... i really think its ok. i think they cook at such a low heat thats its not a problem...
IMO, thats the whole point of owning a crockpot. so that when you come home from a looong work day, you're house smells great and dinner is already cooked
I do the same and I agree.
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