Slow Cooker History
A slow cooker is a countertop electrical cooking appilance which maintains
a relatively low temperature compared to other cooking methods like baking,
boiling or frying for many hours in order to allow uncooked food to get
cooked. The convenience of loading the slow cooker with ingredients and
turning it on in the morning and leaving it throughout the day while at
work then in the evening coming back from work with the food ready to
eat for dinner is the main reason for its popularity in history of the
slow cooker.
In The Beginning - Iron Pots
If you talk about the history of slow cooker and their evolution then they
were used by people in earlier times but were made of a different metal,
which was iron. They were known as iron pots at that time. A person used
to hang the iron pot over fire for many hours in order to get the food
cooked and was used as a slow cooker only. The food was simmered in it
with the useful ingredients and was even buried under coals to get the
dish cooked. There were many people at that time that used this method
of cooking as it was considered as a cost efficient method also. At that
also people used to know the advantages of slow cooking. Many people used
this method because it does not contain any gases or other problems related
to normal processes of cooking food.
First Productions – Slow Cookers
Naxon Utilities of Chicago produced an all-purpose slow cooker, Naxon Beanery.
It was designed to provide cooks with an appliance that allows them to cook
tough and untended foods at a low heat. The beanery was a ceramic pot that
got fitted in a metal pan that had heating elements around the pan.
In the 1970, the Rival Company bought out the Naxon Company. Rival
reintroduced the Beanery under a different name, Crock-Pot. The band
is now owned by Sunbeam products but Rival is still producing their
own slow cookers. Brands include:
The slow cooker history is fascinating seeing how they evolved from
simple iron pots to programmable ceramic pots. These days, people have
started using ceramic pots that are removable, making the cleaning
process easier than the other models. In the past, the pots had to
be carefully cleaned because of the cord but the new ceramic
slow cookers are dishwasher
safe so that the cleaning process is much easier. Some of the newer
slow cookers have additional features of setting up different temperatures
for different dishes. They come with the features and buttons of high,
warm, and low. Now-a-days, a few are computerized and change to warm
automatically when the food is finished.
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