Quote Originally Posted by drinkmilk15
Tried again yesterday with some good but a little old weed on high and used a remote probe thermometer to constantly monitor the temp and make sure it didn't go above 285. this worked perfectly and i took them this morning and have been stoned all day.

Now i'm confident to try it with some good fresh strong bud and really see the potential.

thanks guys. :thumbsup: :smokin:
Hi Drinkmilk - Glad to hear you cracked it, nice job and keep up the good work :thumbsup:

tjcioffe - I'm in agreement with MVP and Weedhound, although your question has given me something to think about.
I tend to switch between two crock pots depending on what I'm making and have been fortunate not to come across any difference between the two in terms of results. I don't however, have a separate thermometer to accurately test the temperatures of each (something I think I'll now have to get hold of).

One of the reasons for originally advising the use of the 'low heat' setting was to avoid confusing people who may have read about cooking weed with a 'high heat' in other threads and be tempted to 'overcook' their weed by other methods and potentially reduce their available THC content.

The fact is, as far as using 'crock pots' goes there should only be a marginal difference between 'low' and 'high' settings (roughly about 10 to 20 degrees centigrade), so if in doubt - I would go with 'high' setting.
N.B. Typically, the heating element heats the contents to a steady temperature in the 175â??200°F (80â??95°C) range - 'low' is generally 80 to 90, and 'high' is about 90 to 100°C.

A couple of technical points that might be worth considering are:

1.) Could the container your using for the oil be resistant (ish) to heat and slowing down the time it takes for the oil to reach optimum temperature i.e around 90/100 degrees?

2.) Also, normally, in a crock pot liquid (H2O) is present which helps to evenly distribute the heat, it may be that some crock pots have 'hot' or 'cold' spots depending on where the heating element is placed which may also slow down the oil reaching the correct temperature.

3.) The lack of a liquid with a 100 degrees C boiling point being present (i.e. water) also means that it is possible that some crock pots may run quite 'hot' (I'd be curious to know what the highest temperatures are that people have recorded).

p.s. As mentioned earlier in the thread, an oven is Ok too if your not confident about your Crock pot's performance.

Hope this (rather long and dull) explanation helps some

Cheers
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