That Rival Crock Pot style.

The rival crock pot established a look and a design for a whole category of kitchen appliance: the slow cooker.

Rival brought the modern slow cooker to the kitchen, and then later followed that up with the introductio0n of new styles and innovations (by 1997, oval Crockpot slow cookers had been introduced). From adding the convenience of removable, Rinse-Clean stoneware to the introduction of today’s line of technologically advanced programmable slow cookers, the Rival CrockPot slow cooker has remained North America’s original and #1 brand of slow cookers.

You have heard enough about the success and innovation of the Crockpot brand slow cooker, but maybe it is time to take a step back and ask, what is a Crockpot?

The Crock Pot is a type of slow cooker that has the heating elements around the edge of the pot. It generally consists of three main parts the Housing, the Crock and the Lid. The Housing is generally made of plastic or alloy with an aluminum liner containing the heating elements. Inside this sits the Crock. This is a pot made of crockery in which you place the food. For ease of cleaning choose a Crock Pot with a removable crock. And of course the crockpot lid goes on top. Make sure you have a see thru crockpot lid, so you can see how things are progressing without lifting the lid and losing any of the cooking heat. It is also probably no surprise that some of these parts of the crock pot slow cooker appliance can be maintained or replaced with the judicious use of Rival Crock Pot replacement parts when necessary.