what is the difference in a crockpot and a slowcooker?

Answer 1

No difference

Answer 2

Crockpots consist of an outer shell with an inner (usually ceramic) pot. Slowcookers are a pan which sits an an electric base.

Answer 3

Your question is analogous to, "What's the difference between a Kleenex and a tissue?"

Crock Pot is a registered trademark for the for the original and #1 brand of slow cooker from Rival, part of the Sunbeam family of products. Sunbeam is a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation.

Answer 4

A crock pot is an ceramic or baked clay vessel that you cook food in slowly to enhance the flavor and tenderness. A Slow cooker is a pot with a temperature control more specific for better control over cook time and often is a duel purpose tool you can also deep fry or boil foods in. Hope that clears things up!

Answer 5

Many companies make different brands of slow cookers. Crock Pot brand, by Sunbeam, is one of the first, of not the very first, slow cookers marketed.

It's kind of like Band-Aids and Jello. How often do you ask for an adhesive bandage? Youask for a Band-Aid, which is the brand made by Johnson & Johnson. I've never heard anybody ask for "flavored gelatin," only Jello.

Answer 6

Nothing, as far as I know. Crockpot is the brand name of a slow cooker and a slow cooker is a slow cooker.

Answer 7

I'm almost positive they are the same. I have a crock pot and my Mom had a slow cooker and they cooked the EXACT same way except, crock pots come in different sizes and slow cookers come in one size in general.

Answer 8

they are both the same thing because both cook your food slow

Answer 9

Same thing I think.

Answer 10

I think it's the knob and Wattage