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Slow cookers (crock-pots) are used to cook food slowly over a period of 6-8 hours. Proponents of [[PressureCooker|pressure cookers ]] argue that they cook the same recipes substantially faster than a slow cooker. This may be true, but slow cooking imparts a unique blended flavour to suitable recipes. However, slow cooking neutralizes vitamins and other trace nutrients in vegetables.

Slow cookers typically have a 4 qt<ref>Imperial measure</ref> (4.5 L) capacity sufficient for serving four people. Simple models have High/Low settings and automatic shift to Warm. Programmable models usually have modes for automatic cooking, program, probe and manual. Electrical consumption runs 0.7 kWh (see [[ElectricalCapacityAC]]).