"hermit" > wrote in message
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>
> I would appreciate recommendations for slow cookers, please.
>
> About 9 months ago my wife pruchased a Rival 6 qt. oval crockpot -
> this one featured a hinged lid. What a fiasco. We have two Rival
> Crockpots that are smaller that never gave us a problem; one of them
> is 15 + years old. We had a need for an oval crockpot that was larger
> so we stuck with Rival. The hinge broke after using it 2 times. Two
> metal pins fell out of the hinge into my sauerkraut and pork! I have
> done so many product reviews on the Internet I'm seeing them in my
> sleep. The results so far seem to be leaning towards the Chef Pepin 6
> qt oval slowcooker
>
> If anyone can recommend a slow cooker that does what its' supposed to
> I sure would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Williams



Whatever you do don't buy a Kitchenaid (sp?) Chances are very good that the
pot will crack. I had a Rival but it only lasted a few months. I have an old
Hamilton Beach, maybe 30+ years old that still works and a new Hamilton
Beach. So far so good, I have had it 3 or 4 mos. I bought it at Target for
30 something dollars. The kitchenaid came from Amazon and I used once. They
took it back. I can't say enough bad things about Kitchenaid.