"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 07 Apr 2008 02:00:47p, Phyllis Stone told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon 07 Apr 2008 08:21:20a, Phyllis Stone told us...
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>>> Rival CrockPots have flooded the market for years. I think quality
>>> control is more to blame, as some of the units are perfectly fine and
>>> last for years, while others cook too hot or too cool or break down
>>> within a short time. The last one I bought was an 8 qt. Rival CrockPot
>>> and I've had very good luck with it, and the temperature seems to be
>>> accurate. I had one previously that gave up the ghost after 3 uses.
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>>> No, I don't have a Hamilton Beach, but that looks like a nice unit. I
>>> had misunderstood what you wrote and thought you were saying that
>>> perhaps the Hamilton Beach units were being made by Rival. My mistake.
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>>> Wayne Boatwright
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>> I have put the Kitchenaid in my cart at amazon. I am one of those people
>> who dither and delay but I may go ahead and get it and just hope it
>> doesn't crack. That seems to be the only real drawback to it.
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> What was the reason Kitchenaid gave for their crocks cracking?
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> Wayne Boatwright


After I had read several reviews of people saying theirs had cracked I
called the customer service number and asked. He said that Kitchenaid's
heating element was different in that when you turn it on it heats all over
instead of just from the bottom. If you put something cold or frozen in the
pot it can crack. It could be BS but I want to believe that it won't happen
to me because I liked the cooker the best. I actually liked my Rival until
it quit working so maybe I'm easy. I will be very mad and sad if mine
cracks. I can't say I wasn't warned.