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

And if you do your own work you will at once call for a fireless cooker.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

Then, according to directions, place it in the fireless cooker and finish the cooking.

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

Potted meat and potatoes and two kinds of vegetables, as they were wanted, came from the fireless cooker, all deliciously tender and piping hot.

From The Camerons of Highboro by Gilchrist, Beth Bradford

You may be very sure that if you make a fireless cooker you will understand all about it.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

A Girl Scout may buy a fireless cooker, paying from $5 to $25 for it, or she may make one, which will cost less than one dollar.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam