6qt Round Slow Cooker

 (2 customer reviews)

Sorry for the last persons experience, but I have owned mine for 8 years. I use them for my work which means I really make them earn their keep. I have never had a problem with them (had 2). They have been cooking wonderfully for me since the 1st day I bought them. One died because my teenage daughter was cooking on the stove one night and the slow cooker was too close to the burner. It survived 8 years of hard core commercial cooking but couldn't survive my teenage daughter for one evening. This is an awesome cooker. And it is extremely reasonably priced.

My Rival 6 quart slow cooker is falling apart after only six months. First the High/Low/Off switch broke off in my hand (and no, I did not manhandle it.) Then a carrying handle broke off, spilled hot stew everywhere and scalded my hands. Then the handle for the glass lid broke off under the weight of the glass lid alone, and the other carrying handle also broke off under the weight of the EMPTY crock pot (and I mean empty -- the metal shell only without the ceramic inner bowl.) The plastic of all the handles literally disintegrated.

There's really no excuse for this, My parents bought a Hamilton crock pot in the mid 1970s that still works today (after many moves.) My first experience with a Rival Product was their 4070 Hot Pot Express (which was excellent and has served me well for 12 years, though the RIVAL 4071 replaced -- and probably improved -- the 4070.) The 6 qt. round slow cooker cannot make the same claim.