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Slow cookers are the convenient way to enjoy home cooked meals with a minimal amount of effort. They are ideal for people that work long hours, or two-income households that don't always have the time to cook healthy meals. For nearly four decades the slow cooker has helped feed families across the country.
Slow cookers are called such because they are designed to use a minimal amount of heat to slowly cook a variety of food. The basic design uses a ceramic container (called a crock), which sits inside of a metal housing unit. An electric heating element sits between the metal housing and the crock. Once turned on, the heat from the element is transferred through the ceramic to the water and food inside the crock. When the lid is in place the heated water vapor condenses, forming a mild seal.
There are generally two settings on a slow cooker, high and low. The low setting is usually set around 160 degrees, while the high setting is normally around 250-280 degrees. Between these two settings, the food inside is kept at a high enough temperature to make it safe to eat.
The beauty of these devices is that they can be used to cook food while nobody is at home. Because water is an essential part of the cooking process, there is no chance of burning your food (unless an inadequate amount of water is used). Furthermore, most of slow cookers take several hours to completely cook a meal, which means that if you start it before leaving for work, you'll have a hot meal waiting for you when you get home.
These appliances are also the ideal way to cook tougher pieces of meat. The slower cooking process effectively breaks down the harder connective tissue, thereby making the meat much more tender and palatable. And because slow cookers are designed to cook a meal in one pot, there are fewer dishes to be done at the end of the day.
There are, however, disadvantages to using slow cookers. Vegetables are often drained of many trace minerals during the slow cooking process. To overcome this, many people recommend sautéing the vegetables before putting them into the crock. If you're using a recipe that calls for kidney beans, it is important to boil the beans before adding them to the cooker. Boiling will remove toxins common to many beans, which cannot be done by a slower cooking process.
Once most people discover how easy using a slow cooker can be, they're hooked. There are thousands of recipes for slow cookers, and more are popping up all the time.
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