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Crockpots aren’t for cooking crocodiles, but there are jokes. “JOHN ESTES wondering if alligator is cooked in a ‘croc pot’” was printed in the Hanford (CA) Sentinel on November 23, 1994. “Q: How do you cook an alligator? A: In a ‘croc’ pot” was posted on the newsgroup rec.food.cooking on July 21, 2000.

“How do you cook a crocodile? In a Croc-Pot” was printed in the book Fur, Feathers, and Fun!: A Book of Animal Jokes (2006) by Mark Ziegler.

Wikipedia: Slow cooker
A slow cooker, also known as a crock-pot (after a trademark owned by Sunbeam Products but sometimes used generically in Australia, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States), is a countertop electrical cooking appliance used to simmer at a lower temperature than other cooking methods, such as baking, boiling, and frying.[1] This facilitates unattended cooking for many hours of dishes that would otherwise be boiled: pot roast, soups, stews and other dishes (including beverages, desserts and dips).

Newspapers.com
23 November 1994, Hanford (CA) Sentinel, pg. 1, col. 3:
JOHN ESTES wondering if alligator is cooked in a ‘croc pot.’

Google Groups: rec.food.cooking
BAD food joke
Joseph & Virgina Tadrzynski
7/21/00
Q: How do you cook an alligator?
A: In a ‘croc’ pot.

Newspapers.com
12 January 2002, The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC), “Shortcuts” by Jeff Harris, pg. 10C, col. 1:
What does an alligator use to cook its dinner?
A croc-pot.

Google Books
Fur, Feathers, and Fun!:
A Book of Animal Jokes
By Mark Ziegler
Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books
2006
Pg. 17:
How do you cook a crocodile?
In a Croc-Pot.

Newspapers.com
14 June 2009, Independent Record (Helena, MT), “Family, friends gather to mourn teen’s death commemorate his life” by Angela Brandt, pg. 1A, col. 5:
(Cory Adam—ed.) Andrewski would share short jokes such as “How do you cook a crocodile? In a crock pot,” he added.

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-jdulle’- 😎
@_jendulle_
What does an alligator cook in? (Corny) a croc pot
11:40 AM · Jun 25, 2010·Twitter SMS

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Penelope Rose
@GiveMe_MOORE
what does an alligator cook in?—-> a Crock-Pot LMa0 #popcyclestickjoke
5:43 PM · Jul 7, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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tim
@librariman
Q: what does an alligator cook in?
A: a crock-pot
#lamejokesonpopsiclesticks
10:26 PM · Jul 14, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Nancy
@gapeachie91
What did the alligator cook dinner in?
A CROCK pot
6:10 PM · Jul 25, 2010·Twitter for iPhone

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G Unit Soldier
@__kiwi
What does an Alligator cook in? A crock pot. (-_______-)
7:06 PM · Sep 29, 2010·Twitter Web Client

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Grandpa Ken
@KenHirsh
What’s the best way to cook alligator meat? In a croc pot, of course. (Cue rimshot.) #fb
9:15 PM · Apr 27, 2011·TweetDeck

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Elijah
@ElijahAli_
What does an alligator cook in ?
A crockpot :D !
3:15 PM · Mar 22, 2012·Twitter for iPhone

Google Books
Jokes4Kids
By Paul Gwilliam
Lulu Press (Lulu.com)
2013
Pg. ?:
What do you cook a crocodile in?
A croc-pot.

Google Books
National Geographic Readers:
Alligators and Crocodiles
By Laura Marsh
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society
2015
Pg. ?:
Q. What does a crocodile cook in?
A. A croc pot!

Twitter
MsMuteThatAss
@cntTRAce_me
What’s the best way to cook an alligator? You put it in a crockpot (crocpot). #DadJokes
11:17 PM · Nov 2, 2019 from Lake St Louis, MO·Twitter for iPhone

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Ron Strohbusch
@redheadedBBQ
What’s the best way to cook alligator?
In a crockpot!🤣
2:36 PM · Nov 9, 2019·Facebook

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R L C
@rlc101962
How do you cook an alligator?....In a crockpot!🐊
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danieltrombley™♓🆘
@MontanaDan30
· Jan 16
What do you call a thieving alligator?
A crookadile!
Morning everyone! 🌞
6:38 AM · Jan 16, 2020·Twitter for iPad

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David John Jones
@jonesdave208
When preparing alligator is it best to use a (crock)pot
5:58 PM · Jan 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

“What’s the best way to cook alligator?”/“In a crockpot.”