Crock-Pot 3735-WN 3-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Crock-Pot 3735-WN 3-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker
Customer Review: Buy only Rival!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an older version of thed 3.5 quart crock pot, with nonremovable stoneware and no cool touch. It's great! Removable crockery is good for easier cleanup, though. I have tried other brands, but only Rival Crock-Pots work just right. After all, they are the original! This size is great for one- or two-person households, or for desserts and side dishes for larger households. Accessories are available: meat rack, small bake pan, dust cover, insulated carrying tote. I love coming home to a cooked meal at the end of the day, when I'm too tired to cook. It's great for making cooked fruit jams, fruit desserts, bread pudding, rice pudding. Of course, beans, soups, and stews are also excellent. Meats are better browned or seared before putting in the crockpot, to avoid that hospital food texture. The recipes are also much better than the 70's onion soup/liquid smoke/canned condensed soup variety. Let this "little old lady" cook for you all day!Customer Review: Fantastic Cooker.
Summary: 5 Stars
My oven has felt neglected for years. Between my crock pot, microwave oven and my toaster oven, my real oven has become a storage area for junk.
This crockpot is perfect for one person or a family. It makes even the toughest and cheapest cuts of meat tender and moist. I simply toss in the meat, veggies and potatoes and then leave the house. When I come home, supper is ready.
I like the two settings - low and high. The high setting really gets the cooking process moving.
Cleaning is a snap. If I don't wash it right away I simply fill it with hot water and let it soak. It cleans right up without scrubbing, even if there's some burned food on the bottom.
Last night I tossed in some chicken, sliced onions and a can of mushroom soup. Does it get any easier than that? It took five minutes of preparation to make a tasty meal fit for a king.
Customer Review: Perfect for lentils and Indian dhal cooking
Summary: 5 Stars
This is very good for Indian dhals and lentil cooking. With pressure cookers, there are spilling and foaming problems when you cook Indian dhals, and the kitchen needs to be cleaned constantly. The slow cooker does not have that probelm.
You can throw the dry lentils with water right before you leave for work and come back and have fully cooked lentils. If you want your lentils the first thing in the morning, start the cooking process right before you go to bed. You can reduce the cooking time by half for lentils, if you cook on high heat.
This slow cooker is quite large and I can cook lentils for big Indian parties.
It's very easy to wash. Just remove the pot and put it in the dishwasher.
I'd strongly recommend this product for Indian cooking.
Customer Review: Lid is Not Manufactured Properly
Summary: 2 Stars
Didn't even plug the unit in. The lid is obviously not machined properly -- it's not wide enough -- resulting in a gap which will allow heat and steam to escape. I suspect this lid is used on several different models and "pretty much" fits them all.
(The stoneware has four little grooves cut into its lip, which are designed to let out excessive steam. If the lid were about 1/4 inch wider, it would cover the pot nicely with the four little holes available for steam release.)
The lid also seems a bit light in weight and doesn't sit perfectly flat on the lip of the pot. I can readily understand other reviewers' complaints about overflow and splatter. Sorry, I'm not willing to take a chance on this and will be returning it.
Customer Review: Cooks hot - will boil on LOW setting
Summary: 3 Stars
Works well enough, but have to watch it until you're familiar with how it is going to cook. The lid rests on the crock, but does not seat as well as my Mom's 30 year old pot. Also, the pot will boil on the Low heat setting. I tried a recipe that called for overnight on the Low setting, and it came out a gummy burnt mess. I will not be able to use this pot the way my mom used hers - I don't trust it not to burn if I am not home to watch it. What is not evident from the picture is that the crock itself angles in toward the bottom, rather than having straight sides. Maybe that is part of the issue?
As far as delivery goes, the pot arrived in good condition within the expected delivery time. No complaints about that.