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I will say that one should avoid the crock pots with the digital timers/on-off buttons. If you get a power blink (i.e., you lose power for a couple of seconds), your crock pot will be shut off and not come back on. This happened came to a friend of my wife's. She came home from work and found a crockpot full of raw food.

 

We have the old fashioned crock pot. power goes out and then comes back on--so does the crockpot.

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just fired up an oval Rival crock........wal-mart special.... been goin for a year, the oval gives you more room to move stuff around, bigger chunks of meat fit better, but i'm no expert, just took the day off !!!!!!!!

 

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I have the same crock pot along with 2 4qt round rival's. They all work great and I love making chili in the oval as you have plenty of room for everything you want to add and it will feed plenty of people as well.

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just fired up an oval Rival crock........wal-mart special.... been goin for a year, the oval gives you more room to move stuff around, bigger chunks of meat fit better, but i'm no expert, just took the day off !!!!!!!!

 

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I got a 4.5 Qt oval Rival in stainless steel for like 17.00 bucks on sale at Fry's a few month's back, and it even came with a mini crock thing for fondue. It's worked great so far for pot roasts & the like, & you can't beat the price.

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I will say that one should avoid the crock pots with the digital timers/on-off buttons.  If you get a power blink (i.e., you lose power for a couple of seconds), your crock pot will be shut off and not come back on.  This happened came to a friend of my wife's.  She came home from work and found a crockpot full of raw food.

 

We have the old fashioned crock pot.  power goes out and then comes back on--so does the crockpot.

 

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Good advice here.

 

I would recommend buying the biggest one you can find. That extra capacity always comes in handy.

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I will say that one should avoid the crock pots with the digital timers/on-off buttons.  If you get a power blink (i.e., you lose power for a couple of seconds), your crock pot will be shut off and not come back on.  This happened came to a friend of my wife's.  She came home from work and found a crockpot full of raw food.

 

We have the old fashioned crock pot.  power goes out and then comes back on--so does the crockpot.

 

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Or you can put it on a battery back-up. :D

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  • 2 weeks later...

The one I have must be a Rival. It was a wedding present. Has the removable ceramic type insides. It's 18 1/2 years old. I was just thinking I might retire it, as it is now an extra slow cooker. :D

 

Good point on the cookers with the digital on/off. It would be awful to come home to...nothing.

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We have several Rival pots and I like the ceramic posts better than the coated metal types we also have. I only use the metal ones when doing whole chicken and veggies - they put a nice brown on the bottom because they get hotter than the ceramic.

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My wife just bought the All-Clad Stainless Stell Slow Cooker from Williams-Sonoma.  She loves it, but it's a bit expensive ($100).

 

I noticed that some of the Rival's have been recalled:

 

http://www.rivalrecall.com

 

Good Luck!

 

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thanks for the heads up, I have one of these and am sending it back for a replacement base. Seems the handles of the base can fall off....nice. Mine are starting to crack already I have noticed. :D

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