Someone please correct me if I am wrong, and trust me that according to my wife I am wrong quite often ................ but my understanding is that Crock-Pots have the heating elements wrapped around the circumference of the pot to heat the food evenly and reduce or eliminate scorching. Slow cookers like the classic West Bend Slow Cooker had the pan that sat on the heating base. The base was the heat source and if the food was not stirred now and then it was likely to scorch on the bottom. That is my understanding. If I am correct in this assumption, please contact me and I will give you my wife's email address so you can let her know that I was right!
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, and trust me that according to my wife I am wrong quite often ................ but my understanding is that Crock-Pots have the heating elements wrapped around the circumference of the pot to heat the food evenly and reduce or eliminate scorching. Slow cookers like the classic West Bend Slow Cooker had the pan that sat on the heating base. The base was the heat source and if the food was not stirred now and then it was likely to scorch on the bottom. That is my understanding. If I am correct in this assumption, please contact me and I will give you my wife's email address so you can let her know that I was right!