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Originally Posted by Fugee

First question -- are you cooking things on high or low? If you're cooking on high, then switch to low.

I don't understand the concept of pork being overcooked -- the point of making meat like pork in the crockpot is for it to basically break down to melt in your mouth tenderness.

I know there are recipes for meatloaf in the crockpot but it doesn't take that long to cook it in the oven so I'm not planning to use my crockpot for that.

Here are some cooking tips from Rival -- look at the list of cooking times for various weights and types of meat. http://www.crock-pot.com/Hints.aspx?id=ct&fgid=44

Better yet, their recipe section has the ability to specify the quart size of your crock pot: http://www.crock-pot.com/Recipes.aspx

I don't think that pork recipe was supposed to be quite as done as it turned out. Based on, among other things, the picture in the cookbook that had it remaining a sliceable piece of pork. Anyway, thanks for the Rival links. I'll check them out. In answer to your question, we're only using the low setting. I think once I figure out this cooking time thing, I'll really like it. Next up is probably a sirloin chili. Possibly this Sunday.