3 Comments on “Crock-Pot SCCPVL610-S Programmable Cook and Carry Oval Slow Cooker Review
  1. 1,488 of 1,510 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Better than the $120 ones, February 23, 2012
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    Aaron J. Robbins “Aaron Robbins” (Maryville, TN) –
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    I really shopped around when looking at crock pots because they are expensive. I had heard mixed reviews all around about the cooking temps on some of these being too high or too low or some models automatically shutting off before they are done cooking or even in some cases the electronics lock up to the point of having to unplug and leave unplugged for an hour…this doesn’t do any of that. We’ve used it about 15 times since we bought it (often several times a week) and love throwing a whole meal in there in the morning and coming home after work to a prepared meal. This is truly a fix it and forget it crock pot! I will leave 2 comments that reference some other bad reviews on here:

    1. This thing stinks – Yes, the first time you use it, it does have a weird plastic type smell that even smells in the air as you cook. This smell will go away literally after the first use. Washing it first won’t help. It didn’t affect the taste of the food in the least.
    2. The warm feature is too hot – It is a slow cooker, so when it switches to warm, it doesn’t immediately turn off like your oven. The automatic feature of it switching to warm once the timer is done is really cool. It will keep the food HOT, but not boiling. I’ve left it on warm for about 1-2 hours before because I wasn’t ready to eat and it kept it at serving temperature, not cooking temperature. Our old crockpot would let it get too tepid to be considered a “warm” setting.

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  2. 567 of 598 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Great Crock Pot!, February 1, 2012
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    I use a crock pot a minimum of once per week. I have had one for several years that worked, but would get so hot (even on the “keep warm setting”) that the liquid would scorch along the sides of the dish. Because it was the only crock pot I had ever owned, I thought that was how they all worked…. I decided to get a new one and was looking for one with the automatic timer that would cook, then switch to “keep warm.” I purchased this one, expecting it to cook the same way. After cooking one meal, it was obvious how terrible my previous crock pot was. This one cooks evenly, never scorches, and the casing is surprisingly lightweight! The oval shape also makes it easier for me to store. This might be one of my favorite purchases ever.

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  3. 141 of 154 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Has been redesigned – Keep warm setting is a failure, company acknowledges the problem, May 10, 2013
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    C. VanDoren “chris_v” (Albany NY) –
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    When using my new crockpot to serve my tomato sauce and meatballs warm at a volleyball tournament fundraiser, I noticed that on the keep warm setting the sauce was boiling. I had to rely on unplugging it and plugging it back in. The other 5 slow cookers there all worked fine.
    I tested the crock pot at home, filling it to 3/4 full of water, getting it to 150 degrees on high, and then switching it to keep warm. 2-3 hours later it was 211 degrees!
    I called crock pot, they said the design temperature for keep warm was 175 degrees and they sent me a replacement, Same problem. Sent me a third slow cooker, same problem (actually 215 degrees this time).
    I called them again, had a long conversation with a rep that said they had to redesign the product to raise the temperatures to satisfy the FDA. She acknowledged that if they sent me more crockpots they were likely to have the same problem. And a higher end version would likely be the same.
    Of course the only reason i bought this was that Americas test kitchen rated a sister product as the highest due to its ability to stay on temperature, and the product does exactly the opposite now…
    This product may work fine for you if you are not using or relying on the keep warm setting, but if you are, I recommend finding and old one somewhere.

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