what's a slow cooker?

Question

I got arecipe for making ribs but what exactly is a slow cooker, it looked like a crock pot on TV.

can i use a rice cooker?

Answer 1

Crock Pot
Slow Cooker
Same thing

Answer 2

A slow cooker is a crock pot. Today's slow cookers/crock pots have a lot more features than the old ones, but still do the same thing.

Answer 3

In food preparation, a crock-pot (also crock pot) is the name given by some manufacturers to their brands of slow cookers. It is a trademarked term in many countries, but is often used generically. An electric cooker that maintains a relatively low temperature.

Answer 4

Nix on the rice cooker idea . Not at all the same as a crock pot or slow cooker .

Answer 5

Slow cooker...crock pot -- same. A slow cooker (usually) set on a hot burner.

Answer 6

A crockpot and a slow cooker are the exact same things. Make the ribs!

Answer 7

Basically, a CrockPot is a type of slow cooker. There are other brands and sizes of slow cooker, but they all essentially do the same thing.

Answer 8

you could cook dinner any recipe in a sluggish cooker which you would be able to simmer on suited of the range. the two issues you will desire to show screen are the liquid and the spices you employ. Liquid does not boil away interior the sluggish cooker so decrease a million/4 of the liquid called for interior the recipe and easily use 3/4.of it. until you will use the liquid as gravy Spices are intensified in a sluggish cooker so use a gentle hand. try doing a roast in it. positioned a layer of onions decrease in rings and carrot circles interior the backside Then upload the roast pro with salt and pepper and a few purple meat broth. cook dinner on low for 8 hours

Answer 9

Hmm! I always thought it was a kitchen employee reject from a fast food restaurant. They're such crock pots!

Answer 10

It is a crock pot.