Rival Crock Pot - Smart Pot 6-quart 38601 Review

Yes, I agree as well. I actually purchased 3- yes 3- Rival brand crockpots.. the first was a gift and I thought the overheating, cooking too fast issue was just a bad crock pot, so I bought another version of the Rival.. guess what same issue! Bubbling food within 2 hours on the LOW setting.. the lid was even bubbling. I had to watch all of my meals and that defeated the whole point of crock pot cooking. I gave it one more shot.. I bought a very basic Rival that only had low, medium, and high settings ( the other 2 were the fancier time and temp managed ) -- guess what? Still boiling on LOW!! I give up Rival.. Hamilton Beach, here I come! I hope I can find some friends who need a crock pot that can baby sit with it all day, definitely not for me.

I agree completely. I called Rival about my oval programmable crock pot cooking too hot. Their response was, "well, you must not have it full enough". I then went out and purchased a smaller, round rival programmable crock pot and it too is cooking way too hot. Recipes that should take 8 hours on low actually only take about 2-3 hrs. I am now searching for a crock pot that actually cooks slowly.

I have several crock pots but my favorite is my Hamilton Beach meal maker slow cooker. It has 3 temp. settings (lo, high, and simmer) and a ceramic pot that can be removed from the cooker for easy cleaning. I don't think I would enjoy using a crock pot with liners. I am so accident prone that I would probably get injured while preparing a meal.

Tks for sharing. I love crock pots. This one does look really nice, but I'd hate to have one that would not do low heat.