HOME > Chowhound > Cookware >   How to cook 4 qt of food in a 6
qt slow cooker    • 3  I'm about to purchase the 365 slow cooker
cookbook but I've noticed that the author makes a lot of the
recipes using a 4 qt crockpot. Her website gives instructions on
how to use make the 6 quart into a 4quart but the instructions
were too complicated for me to figure out. Has anybody done this
and can help me figure out how to do it?    1. Click to Upload a
photo (10 MB limit)   1. I'm not sure what the problem is. Throw
it all into the six quart, and turn it on. :)      1 Reply
1. re: jaykayen        Agreed. No need to fuss if is at least
half full. Less than half, and, you may need to adjust cook
time. Only difference I see in temps is the amuont of time it
seems to take to warm up.      2. I cook everything in our 6-qt
slow cooker. If it's less than half full, it sometimes just
cooks in less time. I think the "method" for converting smaller
recipes is to just place a smaller bowl or pan within your slow
cooker, but