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A four quart slow crock cooker from Betty G can be purchased for about $35. The Betty G slow crock cooker is considered a vintage item.
A crock pot and a slow cooker are the same thing. You can use the same recipes for these two devices without a problem. A crock pot and a slow cooker perform the same functions.
There are several books available for the rival slow cooker. Rival Crock Pot: 3 Books in 1: Slow Cooker Favorites/Winning Slow Cooker Recipes is probably the biggest one out there. Another great one that is available is the Rival New Creative Crock-pot/slow Cooker Cookbook
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A slow cooker or crock pot would be the best way.
Great crock pot recipes can be found all over the web. Allrecipes.com has hundreds of slow cooker recipes submitted from thousands of users: http://allrecipes.com/recipes/main-dish/slow-cooker/.
When a slow cooker is set on auto, it starts out with a high temperature and then switches to a low temperature when the crock has warmed up sufficiently. When the crock starts to cool off it switches back to high again, and so on.
a crock pot and slow cooker are very similar. They both cook slowly but a crock pot usually has a removable insert which makes it great for serving at the table and cleanup. A slow cooker does not have a removable insert so you have to put the whole appliance on the table to serve.
If you have a crock pot or slow cooker you can make just about anything in there. Kraft has some great slow cooker recipes that you can get from them and start dinner before you go to work and have a delicious and tasty dinner when you get home.
Use a dutch oven in the oven and you would get the same result, it would heat all around like the slow cooker. Use it on top of the stove and it's only hot on the bottom and would tend to stick and scorch. Also, the slow cooker is not going to heat up the kitchen like using the oven will.
The term for a slow cooker is spelled "crock pot" but may appear as crockpot depending on brand. The spelling Crock-Pot is a trademark name.