ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,305, issued on June 17, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).
"Slow cooker" was invented by Stephen John McClean (Camden South, Australia), Pierce James Barnard (Cherrybrook, Australia) and Duncan Bruce Hellmers (Lane Cove, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slow cooking appliance device. The device including: a body having a base, the body receives within it a removable cooking vessel; a movable heating element supported by the base; and a lift mechanism within the base for raising and lowering the movable heating element, such that the heating element is movable between an upper position and a lowered p...