slow cooker

noun

: an electric cooking pot that is used especially for cooking foods at a relatively low temperature over a long period of time

Until recently, there has been something of a divide between the slow cooker and the adventuresome home cook.

—Mark Bittman

Set slow cooker to low, cover and cook until brisket is fork-tender, 9 to 10 hours (or cook on high for 5 to 6 hours).

—Cook's Country

Examples of slow cooker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alternatively, break out the slow cooker, and let the cobs simmer in water with salt slowly and steadily all day long until the broth is opaque and rich in color. —Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 4 July 2024

Fresh for summer, The Pioneer Woman launched a slow cooker, pressure cooker and two-slice toaster in a linen and black print with wood grain detailing on the lids, handles and levers. —Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2024

In the sensitive hands of director Lila Neugebauer and her top-notch cast, these people are complicated and they’re blinkered, monstrous and pitiable, trying and failing, not individually hateful and collectively matured in a slow cooker of unexamined bias and malice. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024

Get The Recipe Enchiladas come together easier than ever in the slow cooker and never disappoint. —Patricia S York, Southern Living, 13 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above