Wife ordered a new one. Last one was a wedding gift, lasted 6 months shy of 20 years. No idea how many hundreds, nay thousands of meals that thing made. Cord split up close to the base. Yeah, I could tape it up and keep going but my wife was rather adamant that I not.
Got to wondering, what's the oldest crock pot the 'fire still has doing yeoman's work. Ours has been used couple times a week since we bought it.
No issues with crockpots, but we just killed the microwave the wife's NaNa gave us as a wedding gift[1985]. We also received 3 toasters as gifts, nary one worked.
We are using one about like your’s 20 or so years. Get used almost 2 days a week.
Lots of chickens and pork butts, lots of soups and chili.
Lots of roasts and soups in ours. Toss some meat, potatos/carrots/onions turn it on and walk away. My wife has used the hell out of it for lots of one pot dishes with noodles and cream of whatever and meat/veggies.
a few boneless skinless chicken breast, 16oz of olive garden italian seasoning, about half a bag of parmesan cheese, brick of creme cheese, a little salt pepper and garlic powerder... low for 5 hours. Towards end, boil some macoroni noodles or whatever off to the side, and add them to the pot the last 30min. Add a little more cheese if you like.
Ours has been feeding the family for more than 25 years now. There’s lasagna in it cooking as I type this. I did have to buy a replacement lid for it a couple of years back on eBay.
I have two crockpots. A newer one that is used for most meals and an antique that is perfectly seasoned for my green chili. The chili pot has been on my counter for about 28 years and is still going strong.
The original round ones from the 1970's. Still going strong. Grandmother gave it us when we didn't get one as a wedding present. Three settings on this one: Low, Medium and Third degree burns.
The one on the way is an oval. Wife says it'll fit roasts better i guess. The old one was round. Tried to talk her into an instapot, guys at work swear by them. But there's a lot to be said for an Off/Low/High switch lol.
Rival Crock-Pot from ~1975, still have the owners manual and a hardback copy of the Rival Crock-Pot Cooking book.
Damn that IS old. Still use it?
I just used it two days ago - works perfectly. I use those crock-pot liner bags now instead of putting food directly into the crock-pot, saves wear and tear from scrubbing and lessens the risk of being dropped into the sink while washing it.
Got one from the mid 90s that I packed off to college. Still works, but we dont use it much because the crock isn't removable. The newer ones with removable crocks are much easier to clean.
Got one from the mid 90s that I packed off to college. Still works, but we dont use it much because the crock isn't removable. The newer ones with removable crocks are much easier to clean.
Is that the round one with the bolt in the bottom?
I use those crock-pot liner bags now instead of putting food directly into the crock-pot, saves wear and tear from scrubbing and lessens the risk of being dropped into the sink while washing it.
Got one from the mid 90s that I packed off to college. Still works, but we dont use it much because the crock isn't removable. The newer ones with removable crocks are much easier to clean.
Is that the round one with the bolt in the bottom?
It is packed away somewhere and I can't remember. It's definitely round, non-removable crock.
Got one from the mid 90s that I packed off to college. Still works, but we dont use it much because the crock isn't removable. The newer ones with removable crocks are much easier to clean.
Is that the round one with the bolt in the bottom?
It is packed away somewhere and I can't remember. It's definitely round, non-removable crock.
the one at my camp i bought in 1987. i use it quite a bit in hunting season. i'm pretty sure the other one there is an original from god knows when. the 70's? it looks like hell and i have never used it. my mom was the crock potter in the family.
I'm sure mine wasn't the oldest. It lasted from '93 through the first part of 2019 - far longer than the marriage for which it was gifted to me... The crock was replaced once (dropped), and the heating element eventually died. Replacement runs like a champ.
We're on our 3rd "fun-sized" crock pot for lunches. The cord design on the first 2 lent itself to the wires fraying where it enters the unit: much like the OP mentioned on his full-sized unit. The most recent one seems to have addressed that with an updated design. Mrs. FC uses this one 1 to 3 times a week to warm up lunch @ work.
I don't like the newer ones. Clear full of stuff, they are hot enough that they will reach and maintain a decent boil, turned on low.
Those older ones would stay under that.
Our last one has a warm setting, once it's hot we turn to that. But that only works if you're home.
Modern crap. Stoves that are so "efficient" they take forever to get hot, Washers and dishwashers that are so "efficient" they don't clean, crockpot slowcookers built so "foodsafe" they overheat.
Slight topic change here, but.... Years ago I played a little basketball. I mean VERY little. The guys on the Church Leauge team nick named me "Crockpot" because it took me the whole game to warm up!
Our crock pot crapped out after about 20 years, but I've got a Dutch oven that came from my Grampa's hunting camp that was on a 99 year lease up on the Pennsylvania-New York border. They took the train in as far as it would go and then hired a teamster with a horse drawn wagon to take their gear the rest of the way in. It dated to around 1910.
The one we use in the kitchen is probably 15 years old. Still going fine. I have another that the wife picked up a good will that I use for rendering bees wax. That ones got to be 20 years old.
Some of you guys are going to HATE this. I was looking to see when it was invented and found that the crock pot was invented by a Jew to cook a traditional Jewish Sabbath meal.
Irving Nachumsohn An inventor named Irving Nachumsohn received the patent for the device that became the Crock-Pot on Jan. 23, 1940. Nachumsohn, who went by the surname Naxon, invented the slow cooker to cook cholent, a traditional stew eaten by Jews in eastern Europe on the Sabbath.
That said, we got ours probably in the late 70's. We still have the original one although I had to find a replacement lid.
I just asked my wife how old ours is. She said she got that as a wedding gift when she married her fist husband, 45 years ago! It still works great, used it for beans at the last get together.
I just asked my wife how old ours is. She said she got that as a wedding gift when she married her fist husband, 45 years ago! It still works great, used it for beans at the last get together.
They either broke theirs over the years or have models with plastic lids.
I’ve lost one at a Wild Game pot luck and another at a business meeting.
BOLO, they come in with foil over their cookers, beware for they are a clever foe.
Theft and church tend to go hand in hand.
Some of the finest folks I ever knew, and some of the worst, I met at church. The worst ran the finance department. With good behavior, she might be out by now.
I just asked my wife how old ours is. She said she got that as a wedding o wo uhen she married her fist husband, 45 years ago! It still works great, used it for beans at the last get together.
Some of you guys are going to HATE this. I was looking to see when it was invented and found that the crock pot was invented by a Jew to cook a traditional Jewish Sabbath meal.
Irving Nachumsohn An inventor named Irving Nachumsohn received the patent for the device that became the Crock-Pot on Jan. 23, 1940. Nachumsohn, who went by the surname Naxon, invented the slow cooker to cook cholent, a traditional stew eaten by Jews in eastern Europe on the Sabbath.
That said, we got ours probably in the late 70's. We still have the original one although I had to find a replacement lid.
The one on the way is an oval. Wife says it'll fit roasts better i guess. The old one was round. Tried to talk her into an instapot, guys at work swear by them. But there's a lot to be said for an Off/Low/High switch lol.
Just go out and buy one You'll be the hero in the long run.
I wanna say that the one I have (oval) was a gift to my first wife and I on our wedding day which would make it a little over 22 years old. I haven't used it a whole lot in the last 10 years but I've been making a bunch of stew in it the last few months.
They either broke theirs over the years or have models with plastic lids.
I’ve lost one at a Wild Game pot luck and another at a business meeting.
BOLO, they come in with foil over their cookers, beware for they are a clever foe.
Yepp... after losing two, I chained a old Buick rim to my lids.
No more... "Sorry Honey... I took your lid by accident"
LOL! There was a country store down the road from where I grew up. Their bathroom key was chained to a dump truck shock absorber. I guess they got tired of replacing it.
• 2lbs Fresh Kielbasa • 1 can of Franks Sweet Sour Kraut with Caraway seed. • 1 tbl brown sugar • 3 apples cored and sliced • 8oz apple sauce • ½ tsp Caraway seed
Instructions: Place apples on bottom. Cover with kraut and applesauce. Sprinkle caraway seed on. Place Kielbasa on top and cook on low for 6 hours until apples are soft.
It arrived indeed. Looks sharp too. Bigger and oval. With a high/low/warm switch. Switch feels pretty chincy, we’ll try it out this weekend. Thanks for asking amigo.
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