Our goal is to do our very best to give clear instructions for our recipes. However, without being in the kitchen with you we just don't know what might have gone wrong. One of the most common reasons for a recipe not coming out correctly are: Different slow cooker brands cook at different temperature. Older crock-pots tend to cook lower and slower than newer models. And some brands just run hotter or colder when they cook. Substituting ingredients or not following the recipe correctly. Not cooking the proper time and temperature setting as instructed in the recipe. Water content of food. Sometimes the water content in certain meats and vegetables can really vary and this may cause a recipe to turn out watery or dryer than it should.