Slow cooker or Crock pot

yborgal

9 years ago

What's the difference? And which do you think is better?

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nancylouise5me
9 years ago
They are one in the same. Crock pot is the original brand name, by Rival i believe. Slow cookers are what the appliances are. Much like Kleenex is a brand name, but they are tissues in actuality. I prefer the older Crock pot by Rival. They are well built. I received 2 as gifts for my wedding 34 years ago. They are both still working great and that is with heavy use. We also have a newer SS Cuisinart digital slow cooker. It is fine, it seems to run hot as that is the most common complaint I here with other slow cooker owners. NancyLouise
bleusblue2
9 years ago
In the 90s a friend came to my house for dinner. I made a chicken dish in my CROCK pot. I don't know if I called it a crockpot or a slow cooker. She decided she wanted one but she didn't look at mine. The next time I visited her she had this crockery oven cooker, that WAS a slow cooker but not a crock pot! She like it and still wanted a CROCK pot but had spent too much on the other cooker.
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The article above is either old, or misinformed or both. Jarden owns the CROCK-POT name and a number of other trademarks on the product. Not all crock-pots have removable "crocks". That was the problem with one of them I had. The 50plusfriends site tried to get technical on whether the hyphen makes a difference or not and was threatened with a lawsuit by Jarden. (Here's what their lawyer had to say in one letter.) A little more trivia, "Slo-cooker" is a UK trademark for a similar appliance. That issue aside, the biggest complaint I see from people with these appliances these days is the temperatures are so high. They've always been inconsistent and one unit's "high" temperature could be the same as another unit's "low" temperature. It's not unlike the problem with people talking about hot, warm or cold wash in laundry. They'd be far better off to talk about temperature in degree rather than ambiguous terms. Interesting how cooks get concerned about oven temperature when they put a roast in the oven, but don't care when they put it into a countertop appliance. This is why I prefer a roaster oven or at least a unit with a temperature control probe. Forgot to address it earlier, but the point about a timer on here is much like a timer on an oven. What good is it? Possibly for stewing some veggies but I sure wouldn't put meat in there and leave it feed bacteria for hours before starting. Plus these units with a crock take a long time to get up to temperature which is why they say never put frozen meat in them and many say it's best to brown stuff first.
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Jasdip, I followed your slow cooker method tonight for ribs
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The membrane removal is something I dread, but it really is easy so I don't understand my dreading it. I start at the narrower end and wipe it dry with paper towels (I use a lot of paper towels making ribs), use a spoon or butter knife or something to get the membrane started, use a paper towel to keep a grip on it and the trick is pull slow and keep steady pressure. If you yank, it usually tears. Once you start, don't stop. Similar to teachings on putting a pizza in an oven with the peel. Once you start, don't stop! Shambo, I too have found that simple gives a lot of flavor too. Onion and garlic powders and either something like Jane's CMUS, or a BBQ seasoning or some black pepper and chili powder. Lemon pepper is a common add for me too. I just look at what seasonings are handy, see what I feel like, if I want them "hotter" maybe some chili powder although I usually prefer Louisiana Hot Sauce. Tender ribs is tasty schtuffs. 1/2 a rack is pretty standard gruntfare and when hungry... SQUEAL!
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Suzieque
9 years ago
I agree with nancylouise. All crock pots are slow cookers, but not all slow cookers are crock pots. Like iphones are smart phones, but smart phones aren't necessarily iphones.

I didn't really follow what bleusblue2 said. Sorry.
Suzieque
9 years ago
Yep. Like Kleenex is a brand of tissue. But not all tissue is the brand Kleenex.
musicgale
8 years ago
After years of using slow cookers, the very best cooking pots I've had are round and deep, not oval. My 1970s Rival Crockpot was still working in 2012 when I sold it in a garage sale for cosmetic reasons.
texasgal47
8 years ago
Ditto on musicgale's comments. I own my original Rival orange deep round crock pot from the 1970's. A few years a large oval slow cooker was purchased as I wanted a larger size occasionally. To me, it performed very poorly compared with the original Rival. I plan to sell, or give it away, and purchase another Rival from ebay to split large recipes between the two.
bleusblue2
8 years ago
And for me -- too bad. Two months ago I gave my big Rival Crockpot to a friend who needed it. I have the oval four quart one and I was keeping the 6 quart one for special occasions. I must say that I haven't noticed a big difference in the oval one but that's because I have been eating a lot less meat and that's what I cooked for my husband. He never complained but I just don't know if there is a comparison or not.

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