Can You Put A Crockpot in The Oven?
If the product you own is Sunbeam-made ‘crockpot’ then it is safe for you to put it in the oven for up to 400 °F or 204.44 °C. If your crockpot is of any other company then the safest way is to read its user manual.
Benefits of crockpots or slow cookers
Slow cookers or crockpots unveil the concealed flavor inside foods. There is plenty of variety of foods that are easily able to be cooked in a crockpot such as casseroles, kleftiko, curries, stews, soups, etc.
Crockpots also prove to be lifesavers during extreme summers since they do not heat up the entire kitchen as normal ovens do.
Go to You Work While Your Crockpot Does the Job
The best part about using slow cookers is that they can easily handle the food on their own even while you are not present at home. So, it is like a treat waiting for you when you return home after a long, tiring day.
Who does not want to be greeted with a smoking hot bowl of soup when they return to their home after a cold and exhausting day at work? Just stow all the needed ingredients inside your slow cooker of crockpot, turn it on and then go to your work or errands and forget about it!
This is why crockpots enable us in preparing scrumptious feasts with minute preparation time and zero fuss minus the tormenting waiting period through which one has to hop from here to there around their kitchen.
Moreover if one is not confident enough to have their crockpot oven on and doing its work while they themselves are away from their home, then there is still an easy option available and that is that cooking can be done in it during alternate hours in which one is present at home such as during shower time, or gardening time or naptime etc.
Details on Whether It Is Safe to Put Crockpots in The Oven
I have given the answer above, but now is the time to explain it further so you can understand this better.
This is certainly an argument of dispute. If you search for this topic, you will literally find thousands of posts spread across the internet specifically addressing this issue. Opinions are divided over both sides. Before I delve into my ruling or opinion, let me just clarify an important thing to keep in mind. It is that when we say the term ‘slow cooker’ then undoubtedly there are hundreds of products that are able to be found in the market that are built or manufactured by different manufacturers.
But on the other hand, when we are using the term ‘crockpot’ then we need to be careful. It is because that the term ‘crockpot’ has been used to refer to any slow cooker but now it is not. This makes sense but not so much since ‘crockpot’ is now officially a trademark product.
Let me say it in easy words; every ‘crockpot’ is a slow cooker but not every slow cooker necessarily is a ‘crockpot’. Even when we come to check Wikipedia then a ‘crockpot’ or a slow cooker, both of them refer to the same informational page. But the reality is that ‘crockpot’ is now a patented product that is owned by an American home appliances brand named Sunbeam Products which does not make only these ‘crockpots’ but are also known for making other products too such as waffle irons, mixers, and toasters.
The reason that I considered this important to be pointed out is that many people when searching whether it is safe to put crockpots in an oven or not are searching for their own slow cooker which is well, technically a ‘crockpot’ but actually, it is not which means that it is made by any other manufacturer.
So when they read what the official website of ‘crockpot’(product) states they feel that it is a green signal to them to go and use it inside their oven and it results in sometimes very uncomfortable consequences.
If You Are Owning a Sunbeam-Made ‘Crockpot’ Then…
The good news is that if you are owning the crockpot that is generally famous and is manufactured by Sunbeam home appliances company then you can, for sure. When I checked their website for instructions regarding this matter what I found was that they have allowed it.
They have explicitly stated that all the removable crockery of their product (minus the lid) can be easily used in a microwave oven with safety. But with that, there is a little limitation and that is that the temperature of the oven that you are putting your crockpot in, should not exceed 400 ° F or 204.44 ° C.
They also provide explicit instructions with this that although their product is microwave oven safe, this does not mean that it is stovetop safe too. So, do anything but never put your crockpot upon the naked flame.
If You Are Owning Any Other Manufacturer-Made Crockpot or Slow Cooker, Then…
If you are owning a crockpot or a slow cooker that is manufacture by any other manufacturer, then it is best to do research on them separately. Crockpots, like every other home appliance, come with a user manual. So, it is best to refer to the user manual of your product. If nothing is stated regarding this issue, explicitly on your manual then it is best to check the company’s website.
Final Verdict
So, can you put a crockpot in the oven? The summary would be often the term ‘crockpot’ is used for either a patented product that is manufactured by a specific American brand that is named Sunbeam products or other slow cookers too.
You just need to follow my advice given in the article and you’ll be good. If you find any crockpot from any company that people should not put in the oven, then give it a shoutout and I will include it in the article because I really want everyone to be safe and happy.
Best of luck! 🙂
