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Crock does NOT remove, for washing :- /
Posted on 09/22/2021 7:23:01 AM PDT by mylife
No Midwestern cookout is complete without a delicious chili or dip simmering in a Crock-Pot. But when the device was first unveiled by a Kansas City company in 1971, it promised something more: freedom.
Before the Crock-Pot was a household name, it was called the Naxon Beanery — and offered a more specific, bean-centric purpose.
Patented by prolific inventor Irving Naxon, the Beanery was originally intended for a Jewish stew of meat and beans called cholent, which is slowly cooked on Fridays in preparation for the Sabbath.
090121_crockpot_patent_MM.png U.S. Patent 2,187,888 The bean cooker that eventually became the Crock-Pot was first patented by prolific inventor Irving Naxon in 1940. A nifty creation, for sure, but the "bean pot" never caught on with the masses — so in 1970, Naxon sold his device to Rival Manufacturing. The Kansas City company was already famous for kitchen gadgets like the Juice-O-Mat juicer and the Knife-O-Mat sharpener.
Purchasing the slow cooker was actually an afterthought for Rival.
"No one paid any attention to it," Rival president Isidore Miller told the Kansas City Times in 1981. "We almost forgot about it."
As the story goes, Miller handed the Beanery over to Rival's test kitchen, where an employee named Marilyn Neill had an immediate an epiphany: This can cook way more than just beans.
“From that point on, I believe they gave those home economists in the test kitchen a lot more attention than they ever did before,” says Roxanne Wyss, a former Rival home economist.
The newly-renamed Crock-Pot made its official debut in 1971 at the National Housewares Show in Chicago, sharply dressed up in colors like avocado and harvest gold. Print ads and television commercials flaunted the Crock-Pot as a miraculous, time-saving device, assuring women in no uncertain terms: You can have it all.
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Very clear in 20-20 hindsight that something this good would be invented not only in flyover country, but in the middle of flyover country for and by people who have real lives and real challenges.
I remember grandma’s wood burner!
No. I always put the meat in first (maybe on a couple carrot pieces to lift it off the bottom), then potatoes, then carrots. Potatoes: I cut into fairly large chunks, like 1/4 to 1/6 of a medium size russet. Onions on top. Cook on medium heat.
Serve with horseradish for the meat.
I still use my crock pot that I got around 35 years ago.
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Crock does NOT remove, for washing :- /
Sounds almost identical to my recipe...only, I’ve recently replaced the Worcestershire and onion soup mix for coco aminos and fresh onions/garlic, etc.
One of hubby’s FAVE meals. Especially, the left overs!
Crock does NOT remove, for washing :- /
yup that is why they sucked
Now I am probably going to have to make one next week (after next grocery run!). Yes, if the meat is large enough, we can get at least 3 nice dinners out of it.
And, now they have plastic liners for easy clean up. I love plugging it in in the morning, then coming home after work to the wonderful smell of a ready to eat pot roast.
the other issue is they where to small.
I can tell you when I make stuff in the new large ones it all disappears..
Fun to use, for parties, to keep foil wrapped rolls (or, other non-messy items) warm.
My newest crock-pot runs circles around it ;-)
nostalgic
I stock up (on chuck roasts) when they’re on sale.
I vacuum pack, then freeze.
The vacuum pack keeps them good....for years.
We’re still cooking/eating roasts I packed over a year ago. Delicious.
Yeah, women probably like crock pots because they are easy enough that even a man can do it.
The colors of our kitchen when I was growing up. Wallpaper had avocado, wood trim was painted avocado.
why did we have avocado appliances in the 60/70’s? no on had ever seen an avocado then
Yep.
I have a lot of 70s cooking appliances/tools and dishes/serving pieces, from mom and my aunts....that I like to use for parties. Brings back a lot of good memories, for all.
I am a dude and I have mad croc skills! Lol
I never cared for Crack Pot food.
why did we have avocado appliances in the 60/70’s? no on had ever seen an avocado then
It was an early subliminal marketing effort by avocado growers. 😉
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