Crock-Pot SCV553KM 5-1/2-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker with Dipper, White

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Product Features

• 5.5-quart oval stoneware is perfect for six or more people or a 6 pound roast
• High, low and warm settings are perfect for making chilis, stews, sauces and more
• Dishwasher safe stoneware and lid
• Bonus Little Dipper Warmer is perfect for warming dips and sauces
• Measures approximately 14 by 9 by 15 inches

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 13.9 x 13.9 inches ; 28.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000B6FM1K
• Item model number: SCV553-KM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,053 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Simply perfect. Simply delicious. Crock-Pot Slow Cookers make mealtime and entertaining more flavorful. Turn the dial to “High” and get a hot meal, snack, appetizer or dip in no time. Set it on “Low” and tonight’s dinner can cook while you’re at work. Or use the “Warm” setting during a get together with friends so your dish stays ready to eat until the party is over. No matter the recipe or the occasion, your Crock-Pot Slow Cooker keeps the temperature steady so your food is cooked to perfection, full of flavor and delicious. To keep clean up easy, the 5.5-quart removable oval stoneware slides right out of the base for easy transport to the table or storage in the fridge. And both the stoneware and lid are dishwasher safe. Crock-Pot Slow Cookers are available in a modern finish, perfect for your modern kitchen. A 16 ounce Little Dipper Warmer is also included to keep your dips and sauces warm while serving. Crock-Pot Slow Cookers simplify your day with slow-cooking solutions that fit your lifestyle. Crock-Pot The Original Slow Cooker.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Seems okay: Only used it once so far, January 16, 2009

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Rusty (Kentucky USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crock-Pot SCV553KM 5-1/2-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker with Dipper, White (Kitchen)

Amazon sells this crock pot through Target/ITC. I bought it at a local Target store for the same price.

Didn't want to pay a lot for a crock pot because we'll use it infrequently. Wife says Rival is best. I went with the wife's recommendation.

When I got home, I was sad to see that Rival is part of "The Holmes Group." I've sworn off Holmes' products because of their ventilation fans whereby they charge you money to get a warranty replacement and it's rigged so the charge plus shipping is the same amount as a new fan. Essentially, this means, their warranty is not only worthless but it is a scam.

I don't know if warranty will be handled in a similarly dismal fashion should we have problems with this Rival crock pot. Nevertheless, wife wants a basic Rival crock pot so I'll give in and accept a "Holmes" product this one time for her sake.

We've used it only once so far. I will say the lid fits tightly and doesn't have a gasket because it doesn't seem to need one. I had a 4 pound roast + 1.5 quarts of liquids in the thing and over a 10 hour cook cycle, the liquid level only dropped about 1/8 of an inch. I think it's important that a crock pot hold moisture in. This one seems to do it well.

Cooking on low for 10 hours, the liquids just barely bubbled slightly as the food barely simmered--just as I expected. So, I'd have to say it seems to maintain temperature accurately.

This crock pot has just a good old reliable off/warm/low/high switch. I avoided Rival's digital models. Some Rival digital models don't allow much actual temperature control--like you can't manually switch from a cook temp to a keep warm temp. It's all forced upon you when you choose a cooking time. Rival has another digital model called the "countdown timer" and this seemed like a good thing until I asked about what happens during a power outage. Know what happens? It shuts down. So, with Rival's digital models, if your power blips off for a few seconds while you're gone for the day, you might come home to rotten uncooked food. Here at our house, we have such power blips about 10 to 15 times per year. I have a bread maker that I use frequently. It has no provision to cope with power outages. If the power blips off a few seconds, the cycle stops and the bread is ruined. There's no way to set it so that it restarts where it left off. It has to restart from the beginning. I have sworn I won't get another digital cooking appliance that is going to go dead due to a momentary power outage. So, this basic crock pot with its good old standard rotary off/warm/low/high switch is totally immune to power blips. It will just go back to work when the power comes back on.

I heard a "crack" sound after about 4 hours. I was afraid I suffered ceramic crock damage as many people seem to complain about. Most cracks seem to be in the Kitchen Aid and Hamilton Beach product reviews. Nevertheless, I thought I was a victim. It was a loud crack sound. Really was. But, I've examined the crockery insert (liner) and it seems to be unharmed. Don't know what the noise was. Maybe there's a practically invisible hariline crack that will become more readily apparent later on. I'll watch closely and post back if that's the case. Maybe the cracking sound only indicated the relief of some benign stressors inherent in the stamped metal housing?

Like I say, I'll post if there's a crock defect that shows up later on. The crockery liner is so heavy, it would cost a lot to ship it back to Rival if they demanded such in a warranty claim. It's so heavy, I'll bet it would cost at least 3/4 as much as an entirely new crock pot just to ship the broken liner to Rival. Reports are that Kitchen Aid covers the entire cost of replacements for defective crockery liners. I hope Rival will do the same and I hope they don't resort to flim-flam warranty scams like they do with their Holmes ventilation fans.

So, this model is a basic crock pot with a basic switch and I presume it utilizes the basic bi-metal thermostat design that is common in lots of appliances. Therefore, unless the Chinese factories really screwed things up, this Rival crock pot should last as long as those old Rival crock pots that seem to have favorably impressed my wife.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER, November 13, 2010

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JS - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Crock-Pot SCV553KM 5-1/2-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker with Dipper, White (Kitchen)

I WAS LOOKING FOR A CROCK POT THAT WOULD DO A GOOD JOB COOKING "AND" IN A COLOR THAT WENT WITH EVERYTHING. YOU GUESSED IT...WHITE! I HAVE USED THE POT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE MY PURCHASE AND JUST LOVE IT. IT COOKS SO MUCH FASTER AND BETTER THAN MY OLD ONE. IT WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD. DEALING WITH AMAZON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE. THEY SEND "EXACTLY" WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AND THE RATES ARE VERY GOOD IF AT ALL.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great at cooking but the crock cracked, January 2, 2011

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Stuck in the snow - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crock-Pot SCV553KM 5-1/2-Quart Oval Manual Slow Cooker with Dipper, White (Kitchen)

I am very pleased with how evenly this crock pot cooks. It works much better than the other crock pots I have. Food cooks well on both low and high. My only problem is that my crock is cracked all the way though from the top down to the bottom. I did not drop it but have heard the common pops while it's cooking that others have mentioned.