Crock-Pot 5025WG 2.5-Quart Slow Cooker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Crock-Pot 5025WG 2.5-Quart Slow Cooker
Customer Review: 2 1/2 crock pot
Summary: 5 Stars
This 2 1/2 qt crock is a great size for smaller quantities. I have a 5qt that I use frequently but wanted something smaller. It was difficult to decide between the 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 but I am pleased with the 2 1/2. It will certainly cook sauces and fondue but it will cook four large boned chicken breasts or soup for four. I cooked a small beef roast with onions and carrots and it was great. My other crockpot is "auto". This Crock is off-low-high. It has not been a problem. The high will have spagetti sauce bubbling in about 1 1/2 hrs. Clean up is easy and the unit feels solid including the switch. The lid fits good with a stainless rim edge. I have had the unit about three weeks and I am going to buy one for my 92 yr old live-alone father-in-law!
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Customer Review: Love this
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this crockpot because of the great reviews and it has been great. We've used it to make stew (beans, barley, meat, and veggies). We cooked it on low for 17 hours and it was great. If you're going to cook your food for a long time, make sure to put enough water and keep it on low. If you fill it to the top, it's a full meal for about 4 people.
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I am especially impressed with this product because I once forgot to add the water when I made a meat stew. I left the crockpot on for over 10 hours, expecting my food to have burnt to a crisp. But no! The food was a little dry, but totally not burnt! We added water then, recooked it, and it came out just fine! I highly recommend this crockpot.
Customer Review: Slow cooking for two
Summary: 4 Stars
This was my first slow cooker, and I'm now using it a lot even though I don't consider myself a person who regularly enjoys cooking. Two main disadvantages: There's no "warm" button for when you're done cooking, just "low" and "high" cook settings, so its either on or off although the ceramic pot keeps heat pretty well. The size is also a little small- you can cook about four servings of whatever you are making and that's about it. However for about $20, this is a great way to get some great tasting meals pretty cheaply. The overall size and weight is unobtrusive, even for a small kitchen, and the ceramic pot and glass cover feel substantial. On the whole, it feels like a well-made unit.Customer Review: Didn't work for me
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this pot because I wanted a small slow cooker that I could use to cook oatmeal in overnight. I used this pot a couple times, and it just ended up burning my oatmeal and making a mess. When I read up on slow cookers, I saw that this was a common problem people had when cooking oatmeal in slow cookers, I guess the newer models tend to cook on the hot side. I returned this pot anyways and tried the 1.5 quart proctor silex model, and I am so glad I did. My oatmeal doesn't burn anymore, and it has a keep warm setting, something this Rival pot doesn't have. If you want a small slow-cooker that will cook at the right temperature (low/slow), this pot isn't worth the money.
Customer Review: Good little alternative
Summary: 4 Stars
Perfect if you do not want weeks worth of leftover when cooking in the crock pot for one of two. I searched for this for awhile because it is hard to find a little slow cooker like this that has a high and a low setting. I also find that this one heats up quicker than my larger one. My one big suggestion is to make sure you check it, without a time and with such simple heat settings, you might let things go "to far." My insert is a dark green. I also intend to use this as an electric fondue pot as well... we will see how that works out. Over all perfect for 2 bone in check breasts, or 3 bone in pork chops and many a stew and curry.