# Dopers In Germany: Kitchen Appliance Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 3, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572 "2003-02-03T20:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/1 "2003-02-03T20:02:10Z")
I want to buy a gift for an elderly woman in Berlin and thought she might actually like a Crock Pot…she loves to make roasts on Sundays. However, I don’t even know if they have crock pots in Germany. (I remember trying to track down a bread making machine 7 years ago and got nowhere - in the meantime you can get them everywhere.) I tried to find crock pots in Germany using Google with no success, but I think my problem is that I don’t know what they are called in German (Langsam kocher? Dauerkoch geraete? Kleingeschwindigkeitsbegrenzungselectronischebratkocher?) Maybe they don’t even have them. Any suggestions would be helpful. Danke! ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/2 "2003-02-03T20:51:32Z")
Sorry, I don’t recall ever seeing a crockpot in Germany, but from now on, I’m calling my crockpot a Kleingeschwindigkeitsbegrenzungselctronischebratkocher. ---
**Author:** ![Nils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nils)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/3 "2003-02-03T21:44:10Z")
I have never heard about it. After checking [www.crockpot.com](http://www.crockpot.com) I can say I have never seen such a thing for sale here in Germany. But then, I’m not so much into cooking stuff. HTH, Nils ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/4 "2003-02-03T22:48:38Z")
No, I don´t think they have it in Germany. I found one website that sells them over the internet (but are out of stock) and call it a “Schongarer” (mit Steinguteinsatz/Keramikeinsatz), to specify. I don´t think you´ll get anywhere in a shop with that description. There´s something similar, though - the[Römertopf](http://www.roemertopf.de/). Just the crock, without the electricity. You have to put it in the oven, but otherwise I think it does the same job. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/5 "2003-02-03T23:40:47Z")
Perhaps it’s called the local equivalent of _slow cooker_? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/6 "2003-02-04T00:17:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by universe.zip \* > \*\*No, I don´t think they have it in Germany. I found one website that sells them over the internet (but are out of stock) and call it a “Schongarer” (mit Steinguteinsatz/Keramikeinsatz), to specify. I don´t think you´ll get anywhere in a shop with that description. > There´s something similar, though - the[Römertopf](http://www.roemertopf.de/). Just the crock, without the electricity. You have to put it in the oven, but otherwise I think it does the same job. \*\* Thank you! The “Schongarer” is exactly what I am looking for. Now I just have to find one in stock somewhere… I know the Roemertopf from when I lived there, but the problem is a crock pot is a small, low power electrical unit designed to be left on 12 hours or more (at 74C), but I don’t think many Germans are going to want to keep their entire oven on for 12 hours, no matter how low the temperature! Vielen Dank! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/7 "2003-02-04T00:31:12Z")
Here is a Rival Crock Pot, in German. So they are available, somewhere. And it’s just called a “crockpot”. It’s 100 Euros. Original web page. [http://www.natur-waren.de/Muehlenversand/crockpot.htm](http://www.natur-waren.de/Muehlenversand/crockpot.htm) [http://www.natur-waren.de/Muehlenversand/kenwoodkochgeraete.htm](http://www.natur-waren.de/Muehlenversand/kenwoodkochgeraete.htm) [English translation.](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.natur-waren.de/Muehlenversand/crockpot.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSchongarer%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8) And, when I look up “crockpot germany” on Froogle, I discover the interesting information that the first four or five hits are crockpots that are made in Germany. Or, here’s a thought–they have Wal-marts in Germany. If they have Wal-Marts, they’ve _gotta_ have crockpots. 😃 So I would guess that yeah, they have crockpots in Germany. Find out the biggest department store in Berlin that carries small kitchen appliances and send them an e-mail. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/8 "2003-02-04T01:28:05Z")
Thanks, **duck**. The first site you mentioned is exatly the site that is out of stock. But I have to admit, the WalMart idea is a stroke of evil genious…if anybody would carry crock, it would be WalMart! Plus…Froogle is so new, I haven’t even tried it yet. This is as good as time as any! (Whoda thunk this would turn into a major project…but there is probably someone sitting in the US complaining they can’t get a decent Electric Goat Head Steamer like they had at home…) ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/9 "2003-02-04T04:01:49Z")
I lived in Germany for three years…we had current converters so that North American appliances could fit into european elcectrical plugs…I’m sure that might be a decent alternative to finding a German crockpot - just buy a regular one and a current adapter! Or is there a safety/legality thing there? I don’t recall any problems with ours, and we had lots of North American-designed appliances and stuff (TV, toaster, stereo, etc). ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/10 "2003-02-04T12:48:21Z")
Hey, yeah, Duck´s idea is great: got to the KaDeWe - they have just about _everything_. And if they don´t have it, they´ll probably be so freaked out about it they´ll actually _order_ one. (I used to work there, that´s the way they think…) Oh well, of course, you might find some special shops where the American soldiers used to do their shopping - or their wives. Bet there´s some little shop in the West that at least knows what a crock pot is, because they´ll have had people asking for that a million times. Then again, it might be esier just to order one from the states and get an adapter. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/11 "2003-02-04T17:55:34Z")
Firstly, I am SO impressed with the fact that you worked at KaDeWe **universe.zip**! That store makes Bloomingdales in NYC look like Kmart. Of course the problem is, even if they had one, they would probably charge $487 for it. They ain’t known for being cheap. I like this elderly lady in Berlin, but only to a certain gift price range. And **duck** , the German crockpots you saw are not actually crockpots like we know in the US…those are non-electric ceramic pots used to make fermented fruit punch…a long (but tasty) process that extends weeks, if not months. I am not sure about the adapter idea…there are some appliances that just don’t seem to do well on adapters and I don’t want to risk it with something that will be turned on, unattended, for long periods of time. Call me paranoid…but I have touched adapters after being on for only a couple of hours and those puppies are hot! That’s all I need…the gift causing her apartment to burn down. I’ll keep looking for a European version. Thanks for the tips so far…a Crock Pot seemed like such a simple, good idea at the beginning… ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-germany-kitchen-appliance-question/152572/12 "2003-02-04T18:04:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Here is a Rival Crock Pot, in German. So they are available, somewhere. And it’s just called a “crockpot”. It’s 100 Euros. That is a really steep price. They are like $20 in the states.