Crock-pot Express Crock Slow Cooker 8 quart Red

This slow cooker is like the MVP of meal prep. With 8 quarts of capacity, it’s ready to tackle everything from hearty stews to party-sized chili. You could probably fit a small village’s dinner in here—and still have room for dessert.The manual controls are refreshingly simple. No confusing buttons or settings—just turn the dial and let the magic happen. It’s like the slow cooker is saying, “I’ve got this, you go relax.”The removable stoneware insert is a dream for cleanup. It’s dishwasher-safe, so you can spend less time scrubbing and more time enjoying your culinary masterpiece. And the glass lid? Perfect for peeking at your food without letting the heat escape.Bonus: It’s so reliable, you might start slow-cooking everything—soups, roasts, casseroles, maybe even breakfast. Who needs a stove when you’ve got this beauty?In short, the Crockpot® Manual 8-Quart Slow Cooker is the ultimate kitchen companion. If it could talk, it would probably say, “Let’s get cooking!”

It's red which is an accent color in my kitchen, but there were other slow cookers available in red. I ended up with this one (two actually) because it is Crockpot, the name synonymous with slow cooking. The heat is steady which I've found in other brands not to be the case.This Crockpot doesn't have any fancy digital controls or bells and whistles, but that is just fine by me. I worry that if the fancy controls fail then you waste food which is just wrong.My meal planning includes at least one slow cooker meal each week. Each of my meals prepared in this Crockpot turn out perfectly. Since I've never burned anything, it cleans up rather easily. I imagine if one burned a meal it might be more difficult as you shouldn't use anything abrasive in a crock of any kind, so it might require some soaking. Of course, I expect burning a meal in it would mean forgetting about your meal, so I don't think that would happen often.

I bought this in 2018 and I'm reviewing it now because it finally died and I'm having to get a new one. The pot cracked across the bottom, otherwise the other parts still work perfectly. This thing went through absolute hell and just kept chugging along! So if you need a crock pot that just does regular crock pot things this one is well worth the money.

Love this crockpot. Oval shape allowed me to cook a perfect ham on Easter. . Simple and works great.

I really love my Crock pot because I make a lot of dinners and I work a lot so when I could just put in the crock pot in the morning and then it's ready by dinner time it makes life so easy for me and for my family.Thank you

The box was slightly dented, but besides that, the product was perfectly fine. Product works very well.

Received boxed well with no dents, cracks or otherwise observable defects. Strengths are the size and simplicity of design with a lack of the digital fluff that drives up costs with its added fragility and high failure rates. The previous crock pot in my possession had a digital module that "bubbled out" across the face of the read-out. Yes, it doesn't have a light. Clue: look to see where the knob is turned if you forgot what you were doing after that 4th glass of wine or Jack without the ice. But whether you have a light or not, assuming it hasn't failed, you were going to put your hands on the product anyway, right, without at least a very light touch to test on either the glass or a side for heat? I don't pick up my toaster, toaster oven or egg steamer with bare hands after I finished using it without at least a light touch. There is a simple, ancient and well-tested device, known by many names and cultures throughout the ages, we now call a potholder, which might be indicated for such situations if such handling is necessary. Yes, the cords are short as a safety feature that tries to force you use the crock pot on a counter next to an outlet as far away as possible from small hands and from interference with the cord. Yes, the handles, such as they are, get hot and they are somewhat small (it's not exactly a "portable" device after all and doesn't advertise itself as such), but what I see is without the extra coatings, plastics, bells and whistles, there is very little on this unit to break (or break off) unless you want to perform a drop test or throw it against a wall. For those that complain the crock pot gets hot, I suppose you must have a floor stove that doesn't. Use a timer to shut it off if you are not at home at the end of cook time if that's your major complaint (it's actually safer as it's not subject to heat failures) as suggested by others for those that would have wanted to have the crock pot set the table for them also. All you have to look at is the KitchenAid Crock Pot that was highly rated by America's Test Kitchen as an example of a nightmare waiting to happen for those that like the fancy electronics despite their high failure rates. Here, there may be some things that are inconvenient, but really they're pretty minor when you're looking for something relatively bulletproof with good performance and longevity. I just look at this as a dutch oven that doesn't heat up the kitchen during the summer and saves money if you have an electric stove. I've had both electric and gas and feel a hell of a lot safer walking away from the crock pot for any length of time than either of the stoves with the dutch oven. I understand that a dutch oven may be in theory more precise in terms of even heating over it's entire surface when it's placed inside a stove, but the most I can say IMO is that the differences are minor based on my experience with both. I'll leave that to the Le Creuset upper crust types to argue that out with their 300+ dollar tastes. Here: Marinated 5 pound sirloin tip roast placed at room temperature on low at 5 am...roast 3/4 immersed...broth surrounding roast at 10 am read approx. 140 degrees F. There was good low temperature stability throughout process. At 1:30 pm cooked completely through on the edge of fall apart but could be cut with a fork after slicing. Broth in a meat stew with veggies (one inch cuts) ran at about 150 degrees measured at 4 hours low heat. Not to cause a fight here, but just because there may be some "bubbling" on the surface doesn't in my experience mean "boiling." Heavier liquids seem to do this more and many times I'm not reading anywhere near 212 degrees when I test. Edit: 3/28/22 ...Sometimes I make bad judgments, sometime good and sometimes as in this case a very good judgment. Still working well using it a couple of times each month. Longevity, durability & consistency in operation.

Beautiful and loved the 8 quart crockpot! Roomy, can get a big roast in it and plenty of room for potatoes, gravy and carrots! You have a lot more extra room in the 8qt. than the 7 quart ones for this dish. A+++++ Was a good price to than some others.