Little Crockery Oven: Wondering about the temperature inside your Little Crockery Oven?

24.8.10

Wondering about the temperature inside your Little Crockery Oven?

Use stainless steel bowls to bake in your Little Oven for easy removal and clean-up after baking bread, casseroles or meats.

The following information is retrieved from an About.com article linked to the Rival Company* website, and it the same information you'll find on a variety of sites all over the web, including Betty Crocker and Better Homes and Gardens. This is a Time Guide to help you convert regular recipes to use with your crockery cooker. Notice that Low and High are two different temperatures on this chart.

Conventional Recipe:       Cook on Low (200°):      Cook on High   (300°):

15 - 30 min                          4 - 6 hrs                             1 1/2 - 2 hrs

35 - 45 min                          6 - 10 hrs                           3 - 4 hrs

50 min - 3 hrs                      8 - 18 hrs                           4 - 6 hrs

*Crock-Pot® is the registered trademark of the Rival Company. You'll also find it called crockpot, crockery cooker, or slow cooker in many recipes. Some "slow cookers" heat from the bottom and have a wider range of temperature settings. They can be used for most recipes, but best results are obtained with a crockery type cooker.
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Well, today I did two things just to check out the temperature in my Little Oven for myself .... I called the Rival Company and spoke to a very helpful customer service representative who said that the temperature in Rival Crock-Pots and other models is 212 degrees. The difference between HIGH and LOW settings is simply the amount of time required to reach 212 degrees. I asked him to check on this and he got back on the phone confirming that his statement is correct.

So, I turned on my Rival Little Dipper and left it empty for about half an hour, placed my oven thermometer inside, replaced the lid, and then I checked it about 20 minutes later and the thermometer read 250 degrees. At that point I unplugged the unit and let it cool off.

Here's an aluminum liner for the standard slow cookers manufactured by Rival, and a cake that was baked in it. These liners have been discontinued, and that's why we're using stainless steel bowls instead. You can use foil or paper towels to cover the bowl if desired. As you can see by the steam vents in the lid pictured above, you don't want an airtight lid.

Two Important Things To Know About Healthy Cooking in Your Little Oven

In the midst of current information provided on the web, and in recent cookbooks and healthy cooking classes you may have heard these two important things lately:

1) Cooking at a low temperature is often healthier than cooking at a high temperature.

and

2) Cooking in expensive ceramic cookware can be healthier than cooking in metal cookware, including stainless steel.

Did your know that your trusty, economical Little Oven is low-temp cooking in a ceramic pot? Yes!

You can be proud to know that you're on the cutting edge of healthy cooking while you're also saving money and saving time by using your Little Oven daily.