In article >, biig >
wrote:

> I remember 30 yrs. ago I had an electric
> dutch oven with a probe comtrol like that on an electric fry pan. I
> remember cooking pot roast in it, but don't remember if it could be
> dialed down to "slow cooker temp"

I think I know what you're talking about -- I "inherited" my
mother's wedding-present Westinghouse electric fry pan and Dutch
oven. They take the same cord/temperature control -- as did some
Presto products (one of the pans now has a Presto cord/control).
Both are still in occasional use in my house. I just checked and
there's a 200-degree setting and a "Warm" setting below that.
However, based on how warm the cord gets when I use them these days,
there's no way in the world I'd be leaving the house with them on.

BTW, the Dutch oven also was marketed as a deep fryer, and mine has
a perforated basket with a detachable loop handle. I've never
deep-fried in it.

sd