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the appliance that lets you abandon dinner all day and return a hero.
means A crockpot is a slow cooker — an electric pot with a stoneware insert that gently cooks food over many hours at low heat.
from "Crock-Pot" began as a brand name, trademarked by the Rival company when they launched their slow cooker in the early 1970s. The first half is the old word "crock," an earthen pot that traces back through Old English "crocc" and has Germanic cousins — the same humble clay vessel that's held food for centuries. Like "escalator" and "zipper" before it, the brand slipped its trademark leash and became the everyday word for any slow cooker.
- slow legend
- Patented in 1940 to slow-cook bean cholent for Sabbath.
- name origin
- Crock-Pot is a brand; slow cooker is generic.
- low and slow
- Holds food around 200°F for hours safely.
- feminist tool
- 1970s sales boomed as women entered the workforce.
- fire-shy
- Far safer unattended than a stovetop simmer.
rival crock-pot lawsuit — hamilton beach sued crock-pot's parent company in 2021 over slow cooker patent infringement
crock-pot model 3160 — recalled in 2018 for fire hazard, affecting thousands of units sold since 2009