Slow Cooker or Crock PotŪ

So What Is The Difference Between A Slow Cooker And A Crock PotŪ?

Crock-PotŪ is the registered trademark of Jarden Consumer Solutions and is a brand of Slow cookers.

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You'll see the word 'crockpot' and may presume it's the original brand of slow cooker. But if it's spelled 'crockpot' without a hyphen and Ū then it's not a Crock-PotŪ slow cooker.

There is no such thing as a crock pot. Crock-PotŪ slow cookers are the original slow cookers. We have many different models to serve individual needs including an array of sizes, programming and features.

The Crock-PotŪ brand's concept of slow cooking is so different - so improved over ordinary ways of preparing foods - that you'll be glad to learn about it's advantages.

It all started in August of 1970 with a simple bean-cooker: a glazed brown crock liner, white steel housing and aluminum lid. What the Crock-PotŪ brand did first was expand the cookbook to offer a real practical variety of dishes for the bean-cooker. The brand then redesigned the product's outer wrapper and added handles and a glass lid. By associating the crockery liner with its pot-like shape, out came the name Crock-PotŪ slow cooker. This slow electric stoneware cooker introduced a new category of appliances to the trade in January 1971 and revolutionized the way Americans cooked for their families.

Slow electric cooking in stoneware combines brand new - old time principles to produce exceptional flavor, nutrition and economy cooking. Low-watt heat surrounds the food to bring it gently to the peak of perfection. A Crock-PotŪ slow cooker (not a crockpot) does not heat from the bottom - so you'll have no scorching and less boiling away of juices and nutrients. Less chance of overcooking, or shrinking of meats.

So just because it says slow cooker recipe does not mean you can't use it in the Crock PotŪ and vice versa.