Gack! OK, lesson learned: do not put frozen food into the crock pot

[hedgehog]

and turn on the heat. That's how you crack the ceramic liner. The crock pot is fairly new - is it worth it to hunt around for a new liner or should I bite the bullet and get a new crockpot?

[noamnety]

1. Most of the crockpots I have

are from salvation army for less than ten bucks and are running great after a decade. The one I bought new has a screwed up thermostat. pffft.

(I have a collection of them because I used to cook for 100+ people daily in addition to working full time)

[Scuba]

2. I haven't researched this, but I'll bet a new liner costs more than a new crockpot.

[rdharma]

5. Agree. It's probably cheaper to just buy another crockpot

I broke a lid on one of my crocks and found out it would almost cost to replace than buying a new crockpot.

[intheflow]

7. I broke the glass lid on my crock pot

spent forever looking for a new one at thrift stores. Finally found one that fits pretty well, but mostly I just use a lid from my stove top stew pots. No discernible difference in performance. Makes me ticked off at myself that I didn't think of it sooner because I went so long without using the crockpot while looking for that lid!

[raven mad]

3. My crockpot is very aged -

takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' - I inherited it from my wonderful mother-in-law, who bought it in the 1970's! Given my tiny cabin and lack of counter space, the crockpot is a lifesaver. If yours is a Corning liner, you can probably replace it fairly cheaply. I don't want to go to a "newer" model with all the electronics, etc. Kinda like the basics.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. if you do replace it, save the lid.

if you can find an identical replacement.

I got a like new crockpot off Etsy, it was from early 1990's, much better biuld than what I could find today.

thanks for the tip on frozen food, sorry you had to find out the hard way.

[Lars39]

6. Keep an eye out at Goodwill for a liner.

They're much easier to find than the lid sometimes.

[NJCher]

8. I saw a crockpot liner and lid

last time I went to the Goodwill. I think it was $3.99. It would fit my particular crockpot perfectly and I thought about buying it but now that the OP has tipped me off, I won't need it!


Cher

[Lars39]

9. I keep looking for the holy grail of crock pot lids, one of solid glass.

[Lucinda]

10. I just replaced a liner. It was about 1/3 the cost of the whole gizmo.

For me paying 1/3 is better than 3/3 lol

[Jenoch]

11. What kind of frozen food did you put in your

crock pot and was the crock pot already hot/preheated?

I put frozen food in our slow cooker all the time, but I don't preheat it.

[hedgehog]

12. I had a container of frozen chili that I set in the pot (as opposed to dropping it

and I set the heat on either "Lo" or "Keep warm" (I'm not sure.) I'm assuming it was the thermal shock that caused the crock to crack.

[Jenoch]

13. I roo believe it was the thermal shock.

However, I have done the same thing and have not had a problem. Maybe I'll plan ahead better and thaw the food to avoid this problem.

[laundry_queen]

16. Yeah, I do this all the time too. Especially with roasts.

I'll have to be more careful.

[anasv]

17. that's kind of strange

i wouldn't expect that to happen. If you'd put the heat on high, maybe.

[littlewolf]

14. I just replaced our 22 year old crockpot with a new one.

they have alot more stuff on them now.
the old one finally died.

[hedgehog]

15. That points me to replacing the liner - I guess the real question should have been -

will the heating element last long enough to make a new liner purchase worthwhile?