Thank you for the response. I was concerned whether the enamel could handle the heat, so chickened out. Baked the dish in a faithful pot which fit into my crock-pot insert. Once I got to the "Boxing Day" party, filled the space around the pot with water, using it as a steamer and was able to keep the dish warm. The dish was a hit and I received many compliments.

Want to try a baked bean dish and would like to use my insert as a baking dish, then transport and keep it warm., can this be done?

It could be worse...........I feel asleep on the couch while baking a beautiful braided sesame bread ring once, and woke up three hours later. It would've made a nice spare tire for the tractor.......took my chickens two weeks to peck through that mother! I was so mad, I threw out the baking pan!

Sorry you had to go through this exercise., I've done the same thing myself and know what you've gone through. Don't give up, there's always next time and it'll be even better. I have never been able to accurately duplicate a food-disaster (thank goodness!).