Thrift Store Find

[suzabelle7]

Yesterday, I spent $5 on a small Rival brand Crockpot at Goodwill.  It doesn't have any temp settings, and the crock is not removeable, but it looked like a good size.  I love my big crock, and I love having leftovers to freeze, but from time to time, I'd like to be able to just throw a couple chicken breasts or pork chops in and have just enough

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[judyisis]

From what I hear, newer models actually get too hot too fast. Some people go out of their way to find old timey ones that ramp up low and slow. That being said, I have no idea what the optimal temp is, but I would get a thermometer and do some research were it me.

[khh1138]

Agreed - you may have hit the jackpot and found one of the old legitimately *slow* cookers.
In my new CrockPot (which sucks!) everything comes to a rolling boil, no matter what the setting (Hi, Lo, Keep Warm - it just takes a little longer to boil on lo and a little longer still on keep warm, but they all reach over 212 F). It's a joke. Everything cooks in 4 hours or less, which means there's no way I can start something cooking and go out for the day and come back to everything ready. I'd come back to a blackened pot of charcoal if I did that.
But with the old slow cookers, you could actually let it cook for 8-10 hours and it would be perfect.

[mbif]

Mine is the same way. I have a coworker that cooks on "warm" instead of "low," and I've reached a point of frustration that I'm thinking about doing the same thing. Just about anything I try cooks in about 4 hours on low, and it boils like crazy while it does. I have burned stew in it. STEW.

[suzabelle7]

It doesn't really look that old, though. No dated colors, the lid is plastic. If you're familiar with the Little Dipper, it looks very much like that, just larger

[khh1138]

Oh, yes, I have one of those Little Dippers that I still use for hot dips - I got it in a two-pack with a larger crockpot. I threw out the larger one because the handles and the knob on the lid completely chipped into pieces and then fell apart. It was a glass lid with a plastic knob, and the handles were plastic - so I don't think it was the same model as yours. It ran pretty hot, but not as hot as my current one...