My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
there anything that I could use this for?

"Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
...
> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?
>
I see no reason you couldn't still cook stuff in it in a regular oven...
will probably produce much better food than when used as a crock pot. Of
course you can use it for cold storage too, potato/mac salads, etc.

In article >,
"Phyllis Stone" > wrote:

> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?

Baking comes to mind.
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Phyllis Stone wrote:
> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?
>
>


You could use it for the same recipes but in the oven.

gloria p

On Feb 24, 11:39*am, "Phyllis Stone" > wrote:
> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. *It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. *I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?

You could use it for the oven, I would think. Kind of like
corningware. A nice big one too!

Sorry for your loss.

Kris, who is roasting chicken in her crock pot as we speak

"Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
...
> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?
>

What everyone else has said. The crock is oven-safe. Use it for
baking/oven slow cooking. Sans the lid unless the lid is oven-safe.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
> ...
>> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic
>> platform that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just
>> filled it with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual
>> working parts away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep
>> with a lid. Is there anything that I could use this for?
>>
>
> What everyone else has said. The crock is oven-safe. Use it for
> baking/oven slow cooking. Sans the lid unless the lid is oven-safe.
>
> Jill
>
Good point. I just dug out the user's manual that accompanied my rival
crock pot. It says the crock is oven/microwave proof but not the lid. And
do not use the stoneware on gas/electric stove tops or under a broiler. I
would strongly urge the OP to check her user's manual, or visit the Hamilton
Beach web site, or phone their customer service.

In article >,
"Phyllis Stone" > wrote:

> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?

Sounds like a nice casserole dish to me, Phyllis.
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-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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Several entries posted 2-19-2009

"l, not -l" > wrote in message ...
>
> On 24-Feb-2009, "Phyllis Stone" > wrote:
>
>> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic
>> platform
>>
>> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
>> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
>> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
>> there anything that I could use this for?
>
> If it's like my old slow cooker (Crock Pot® is a brand, slow cooker is an
> appliance type), a crockery pot that sits on a separate heating element,
> you
> could use it on top of a hot-plate. One inexpensive example is the
> Proctor
> Silex Fifth Burner (about $15 at Amazon or AceHardwareOutlet.com). Fifth
> Burner has three heat settings, low, medium and high; to figure out which
> setting to use, fill the crock half full of cold water and check water
> temp
> after 30 minutes at each setting. For slow cooking, 160F equals
> slow-cooker low, 200-209F equals slow-cooker high.
>
That's not going to work, at least not like a slow cooker, the crock needs
to be enclosed by it's housing so that the heat is equally distributed
around the entire crock, that's why they're made teh way they are, otehrwise
no one would by a slow cooker when all they need to is place a covered
caserole on a stovetop... and the instructions that came with mine say NOT
to heat the crock on a stovetop, gas or electric. Slow cookers are
inexpensive, rather than risk a horrific mess I'd buy a new one.

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Phyllis Stone" > wrote:
>
>> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic
>> platform
>> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
>> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
>> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
>> there anything that I could use this for?
>
> Sounds like a nice casserole dish to me, Phyllis.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller
> Several entries posted 2-19-2009




Thanks for all the suggestions. The lid is Pyrex so I can put that in the
oven too. That is probably what I will do, just keep it and use it when I
need a tall dish. I have a new HB. I didn't really trust this one because of
its age so I had bought a Rival that worked about one year and quit. Then
against good user advice from amazon I bought a kitchen-aid which cracked
the first time I used it. So I went back too the tried and true Hamilton
Beach brand. I will miss the old crock, it was very 1970s looking.

> That's not going to work, at least not like a slow cooker, the crock needs
> to be enclosed by it's housing so that the heat is equally distributed
> around the entire crock, that's why they're made teh way they are, otehrwise
> no one would by a slow cooker when all they need to is place a covered
> caserole on a stovetop... and the instructions that came with mine say NOT
> to heat the crock on a stovetop, gas or electric. *Slow cookers are
> inexpensive, rather than risk a horrific mess I'd buy a new one.

I have one of those also; I much prefer those to the newer types of
crock pots. What I like about those is that you can easily put the
cooking pot and lid easily into a refrigerator to store leftovers. If
my Hamilton Beach broke I would go to the local Goodwill type stores
and find another one for next to nothing. As far as the metal cooking
pot and glass lid, I would keep them for pouring the new crock pot
contents into to store in the fridge.

Phyllis Stone > wrote:

> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?

Making pickles. Most of them are oven safe as well.

-sw

"Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
...
> My Hamilton Beach 30+ year old crockpot just croaked. The plastic platform
> that held it cracked apart. It has been a good one. I had just filled it
> with chicken thighs to cook for my dog. I threw the actual working parts
> away but it has this crock part that is about 6 in. deep with a lid. Is
> there anything that I could use this for?
>

Grow fresh herbs in it.