The recipe that I have says to cook for an hour @ 350F. I want to put the loaf into the oven before I leave for work and have it cook until I get home 5 hours later. I don't have a slow cooker (crockpot).
2007-03-31 01:31:34 · 9 answers · asked by noxsophia 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
you cant use your oven as a slow cooker, the meatloaf would dry out and burn, and perhaps even catch the oven on fire, if you leave it for 5 hours,,,,, if you turned it low enough for that not to happen,,,,, say warm or 100 degrees, the meat in the middle would not be cooking, just getting warm and building bacteria
you can pop it in the oven at 400 for 45 minutes,,,, or else make mini meatloaves, just shape out several small loaves,,,,, and cook for 30 minutes at 350
slow cookers are not expensive, around 20 or 30 dollars ,,,,, they are great and you can get the oval ones which hold a roast or meatloaf,,,,,,,,, for the future,
so try the minimeatloaves, they are cute and fun,,,,,,,
2007-03-31 01:36:44 · answer #1 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you not have an automatic oven that you can set to turn on at a time to have the loaf cooked by the time you get home?
2007-03-31 08:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will dry it out completely if you roast it for five hours. The reason it works in a slow-cooker is that you have a small confined space and the steam falls back down into the pot and keeps it moist. In an oven, even if you cover the pan with foil, too much of the steam would release, leaving you with a very dry piece of meat.
2007-03-31 01:35:42 · answer #3 · answered by neniaf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Although I would never leave my oven on when I'm out of the house you could try cooking it at 200f which I beleive is the lowest temp to cook meat, but don't quote me on that. When ever I cook a pork roast or roast beef thats the temp I use to get the meat tender.
2007-03-31 03:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by Daryl C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not a good idea.
First there is a minimum at which you should cook meat that is going to be fully cooked.
Second you should NEVER leave your oven on and leave the house.
Get a slow cooker
2007-03-31 01:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by Tom ツ 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm a UPS driver. So I usually just bring the loaf with me and leave it on the dashboard of the truck. You know, once I almost delivered it by accident.
2007-03-31 01:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by bubbasmith 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't know try it on say 100cwith aluminium foil over it and cant burn at that temperature and put it in a bains- marie
2007-03-31 01:38:01 · answer #7 · answered by Bertie D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
haha....noooooo....don't do that....go buy a crockpot...they are cheap
2007-03-31 01:41:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe you should ask your mother, they always know best, I think
2007-03-31 01:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋