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trackinsand
(Zone 9a)
January 7, 2006
10:13 AM Post #1959984
| i got a rival smartpot for christmas. by chance i happened to see 41 reviews on amazon, all but two were terrible!!! i couldn't leave it yesterday. it was spitting hot water and boiling like a fiend on the lowest setting. i've never had one and always wanted one. now i am on a mission to return this one and get one that works properly. any suggestions? thanks, debi |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 7, 2006
4:30 PM Post #1960627
| sorry, cant help you. I have a Rival that is old now and has always worked well. May you can contact Rival and have them send you another one? I have always had good luck contacting manufacturers directly. |
stownes
Mansfield, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 7, 2006
4:43 PM Post #1960658
| Debi,
I got one, too, but haven't even opened it yet. My daughter also got one just like it, but I don't know if she has used it yet. Both of ours are the six quart size. My mother used a similar one when we visited last week - I will ask what brand hers is.
Sharon |
Breezymeadow
Culpeper, VA
(Zone 7a)
January 7, 2006
4:50 PM Post #1960672
| I have both a 5-quart & a tiny little Rival, & both have worked great for years. Rival is pretty much a mainstay in the crockpot cookery field.
I suspect that you just received a defective product - which can happen to the best of companies. If you know where the gifter bought it, I'd clean it up & return/exchange it to the store. If not, I'd contact Rival directly about the problem. In this short amount of time you shouldn't have any problem getting a replacement or a refund. |
stownes
Mansfield, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 7, 2006
5:04 PM Post #1960697
| Breezy - sure hope you are right. I am planning to open mine and use it tomorrow just to check it out. Still have the gift receipt just in case.
Sharon |
trackinsand
(Zone 9a)
January 7, 2006
6:08 PM Post #1960818
| stownes, i have the one you do. apparently rival has gone down hill in recent years, the old ones are the ones people swear by. do yourself a favor and go to amazon and check out the feedback yours is given-it ain't a pretty sight!!! mine is not a fluke, it seems it is pretty much the norm, sad but true. i don't have a problem contacting the company, but what i want to know is info regarding other brands. it seems it's the programmable ones in most brands that are bad. |
stownes
Mansfield, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 7, 2006
6:09 PM Post #1960822
| bummer - will check around with people using them and get back to you.
Sharon |
Breezymeadow
Culpeper, VA
(Zone 7a)
January 7, 2006
6:19 PM Post #1960836
| Wow - you know, that may be true. Mine are almost 10 years old & definitely not programmable. Just the old-time settings: High, Low, & Off.
Perhaps the newer ones aren't of the same quality. Sorry if I steered you wrong. |
MitchF
Lindsay, OK
(Zone 7a)
January 7, 2006
7:40 PM Post #1961035
| Take it back and do what we do - look at yard sales for an older model! Buy what you want with the take back and the older ones last for years, ( we still pick them up when we can for 1-3 bucks each we can cook a whole 5c meal in them if we wanted to I guess by now!) |
Joan
Belfield, ND
(Zone 4a)
 January 7, 2006
9:22 PM Post #1961245
| Hmm...I have a rival crockpot that I got two years ago that I LOVE! It's oval in shape, so it easily holds a chicken or roast. It has removable stoneware for easy cleaning, and it only has three options. Off, low and high. :) Works like a charm and I wouldn't trade it for anything. If I remember right, I paid under $20 for it. |
trackinsand
(Zone 9a)
January 7, 2006
9:33 PM Post #1961309
| joan, that seems to be the key. off, low and high. that's what i am going to look for! |
gardenwife
Newark, OH
(Zone 5b)
January 8, 2006
11:22 AM Post #1962038
| Ours is a 5-quart oval crockpot made by Rival. We got it at Wal-Mart probably 8 years or more ago. Off, warm, low, high settings - that's it. I love it. |
trackinsand
(Zone 9a)
January 8, 2006
3:08 PM Post #1962370
| well, that settles it then. i am going for the regular one! thanks everybody. debi |
merigold
Sioux City, IA
(Zone 4b)
January 9, 2006
7:53 AM Post #1963770
| debi, I have not heard of the smartpot you mentioned in your beggining post, I'm wondering if it is more of a roasting pot than a crock. My MIL got me an oval shaped Rival with all the temperature settings and I could not figure out why my roast was getting done so fast *blush*. Got a Rival crock recently works nicely. Maridell
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roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
January 22, 2006
4:56 PM Post #1993778
| I have a Wesstbend that I love. Jo |
flowerpot
St. Thomas, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 22, 2006
4:58 PM Post #1993782
| I have a slow cooker and keep forgetting to use it I may just bring it out and dust it off |
Yuska
San Antonio, TX
(Zone 8b)
February 22, 2006
1:06 PM Post #2063363
| I have the small size Rival that I acquired many years ago, and it is as reliable as ever. Last fall I bought a four-quart oval West Bend with an lift-out ceramic bowl and I'm using it a lot. Four settings - hi, low, keep warm and off. Great for cooking a stewing hen and making ham/bean soup. I also cook large batches of whole grains and beans such as brown rice,barley, and garbanzos; then freeze recipe-sized portions to be able to put my favorite casseroles together quickly. |
OutsidePlaying
Laceys Spring, AL
(Zone 7a)
June 9, 2006
10:58 AM Post #2370399
| Old thread, but I wanted to respond to trackinsand because I have the same problem with my Rival. It has 4 settings low (8 hrs and 10 hrs) and high (4 hrs and 6 hrs), which seemed to fit my needs. It's about 8 months old and I've only used it 3 times. Both times when I've left it to slow cook all day (low setting, 10 hours), I've left home at 7 am and returned at 5 pm to find it spitting and bubbling almost dry. I don't think that's supposed to happen either. I should have already contacted Rival about it, and reading this forum will probably make me do it.
Thanks for everyone's comments. |
trackinsand
(Zone 9a)
June 9, 2006
2:50 PM Post #2371259
| i had forgotten all about this thread. i was afraid of mine, finally after having it take up kitchen room, i pitched it. it was a gift and i didn't have receipts, etc. good riddance to a bad and dangerous product! |
purplepetunia
Savannah, GA
(Zone 8b)
August 10, 2006
5:02 PM Post #2608161
| I bought my Rival at a garage sale, several years ago for $5.00. I use it frequently and love it. It has just the three settings. |
