fireless cooker

American  

noun

1. an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.

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fireless cooker British  

noun

1. an insulated container that retains enough heat to cook food or keep it warm

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Etymology

Origin of fireless cooker

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

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fireless cooker

All the rest is retained, for there is absolutely no evaporation in a fireless cooker.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous

You have only to burn gas long enough to bring the food to the boiling point, and the fireless cooker does the rest.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous

Indeed, one fireless cooker is constructed directly on the principle employed in the New England clambake, and every one knows the deliciousness of food so cooked has become proverbial.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous

It was a picnic lunch—an elaborate affair put up in a hamper, a fireless cooker, and a thermos basket; and it was spread on a tiny, fir-covered peninsula jutting out into a diminutive lake.

From Seven Miles to Arden by Sawyer, Ruth

By the fireless cooker you save nine-tenths of the fuel, and ninety-nine hundredths of your temper, your time, and your labor.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous