A while back I was contacted by Brian, the inventor of the CoolCooker (a new slow cooker that is pretty revolutionary).  I was able to try a beta version of this product and I loved it!  Let me tell you a little bit about it.

the coolcooker--a refrigerated slow cooker with a delayed start feature

  • It is a slow cooker with a built in, miniature, space age refrigeration unit
  • The benefit of having a slow cooker with a cooling unit is that there is no need to have someone home to turn it on at the right time
  • The food can go in the night before, it refrigerates itself, set it and forget it
  • The timer starts cooking at the right time the next day
  • And voila! You come home to a perfectly cooked, slow cooker meal
the coolcooker--a refrigerated slow cooker with a delayed start feature

The idea of a slow cooker that can do this has been in my brain for a long time.  I've heard so many people ask me, "Isn't there a slow cooker with a delayed start feature?" No I tell them...that could cause food poisoning so slow cooker manufacturers don't want to risk that for their consumers.  Meat sitting at room temperature for several hours is certainly not a good thing.  

Well, what about a slow cooker that could keep the food at the right temperature until it was time to cook it???  AWESOME!

This could help so many busy working professionals that want to come home to a perfectly cooked meal!  I am home most of the time, so usually I'm available to turn the slow cooker on and off at the right time but for people that leave the home for several hours a day this could be perfect.  Think of those nurses that have 12 hour shifts.  There is barely any recipes that will still be good after 12-14 hours of cooking.  BUT, if you had the CoolCooker you could set it to start at noon and cook for 6 hours until you get home for dinner.  Perfect.

There are NO other slow cookers like this on the market (believe me, I've looked)! There are slow cookers that have a timer but not one that has a delayed setting while cooling and then cooking the food.
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