Rival 5060 Smart Pot

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Review: What did I just say? family get togethers for us mainly consist of potluck affairs. You know, everyone brings something and we all sit down to a meal. Sometimes more formal setting, actually AT the table with china and silver and sometimes more ...

Pros: Programmable

Cons: Gets hot, too large for a single person.

Review: I like this slow cooker. I've cooked three different meals in it, one pork, one chicken, & one roast beef, and each meal has turned out great! I love that I can program it to cook and when it's done it doesn't continue to cook but instead switches to ...

Pros: Sleek looks

Cons: Cooks way too hot

The Bottom Line: While you can learn to cook decent food in this, it doesn't really work well as a slow cooker.

Review: I purchased my Rival 5060 Smart Pot 6-Quart Slow Cooker about 3 years ago for around $35. Looks The slow cooker has a white stoneware crock (where you actually put your food), surrounded by a white metal heating unit. The crock pulls out ...

Pros: None

Cons: Outside dangerously hot, overheats contents, components break down.

The Bottom Line: Don't waste your money - buy from another manufacturer and stay away from electronic controls.

Review: When I was growing up in the 70s my mother had a Rival Crockpot. When I got married, my mother-in-law gave us a Rival Crockpot. After 20 years of faithful service, I decided that it was time to toss the old one (cord was getting brittle) and buy a new ...

Pros: Glass top is nice. Controls extremely easy to understand.

Cons: Way too hot. Will ruin you food every time unless you watch it closely.

The Bottom Line: Do not buy this. It is from a good company and it looks like a nice product but it overcooks.

Review: I have been the happy owner of a standard Rival crock pot for ten years and even though my old cooker is working fine, I thought it was time for an upgrade. Last Monday (October 10th) I bought the "new and improved" version of my crock pot, the ...

Pros: removeable crock, timer

Cons: burns everything if left unattended

Review: The only way you can use this crockpot is if you are home to check on it periodically. If you put food in it in the morning and go off to work, you will come home to a charred mess with only the "filling" edible, even though it is on the "keep warm" ...

Pros: Appearance

Cons: Everything other than appearance

Review: Steer clear of this pot! I saw it while registering for my wedding and thought it would look nice in our all white kitchen and thought the programming feature was great. I did receive it as a wedding shower gift and unfortunately will be tossing it. I ...

Pros: The attractive serving pot and the "warm" setting. It cooks thin soup well.

Cons: The heat setting (too high) and surface which does not prevent foods from sticking.

Review: I had used my old crock pot for 20 years but wanted one of the new crock pots with timers that switched to warm after the alloted cooking time. Unfortunately, the Smart Pot cooks everything too hot! I've never had so many burned meals, and these were ...

Pros: Good basic design

Cons: Defective temp control

Review: This product worked okay the first 2 or 3 times, but then did not regulate temperature correctly when set to low. It violently boiled on low. We never used high again and will be retiring it ...