Product Description
The Ultimate Party-Hub Experience
Be the hostess with the mostest, whether you are entertaining at home or on-the-go.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3639 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 1 Quart
- Color: Silver
- Brand: Crock-Pot
- Model: SCRTD305-BS
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 5.70" h x 16.50" w x 16.50" l, 8.00 pounds
Features
- Perfect entertaining item for at home or on-the-go
- Three 1-quart removable stoneware crocks and three multi-purpose serving containers
- Dual-functioning portable cover for travel that can also be used as a serving bowl
- Lazy Susan provides easy access to entertaining favorites
- Dishwasher-safe, removable round stoneware, stoneware lids and serving containers
Most helpful customer reviews
40 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Great for parties
By Born in Kansas
What a wonderful idea, for a food warmer. When I stumbled across this, I wondered why no one had thought of it before. Great for cocktail parties or family get togethers where you want to have multiple hot dishes or dips in an easy to use single appliance. Since each crock holds only one quart, it is rather limiting for dinner side dishes such as green beans, or soups, etc. But it is perfect for dips and hors d'ouerves such as nacho cheese dip, bbq meatballs, spinach dip, etc.
Features include a separate on/off "warming" heat control for each crock, which makes it handy for choosing to either heat a crock or to use it for something cold. When I used it, I pre-heated my dips in a microwave and used the triple dipper as a "holding tank" warmer. And there is no problem with cold crocks next to "warmed" crocks since the heating elements are isolated to the crock's insert surfaces.
Another very handy feature is that this has a built in lazy susan, allowing users to rotate it to the crock they want to dip out of. You can't even tell that there is a rotating base, by looking at the unit, since it is such a well integrated feature. Besides the handy see through glass lids with small handles on top, there is also a traveling plastic snap-on shield that allows you to transport it with contents pre-heated, without fear of spills, since the one piece shield snaps down over the glass lids to keep them in place. And when it is not being used to restrain the lids on each crock, it can be used as a three compartment serving bowl for chips and crackers to set next to the unit. And it is large enough to hold a respectable amount of chips/crackers. It would also be very functional for separating veggies for dipping (carrot sticks, celery, and brocolli).
The only questionable feature is the triangular cubby holes which fill in the spaces between each crock, around the perimeter. These cubby holes have removable inserts, making for easy to clean. However, I have not figured out what to use those for, other than possibly plastic forks or spoons. They are not all that functional for edibles due to the depth and shape of the inserts.
Another thing you need to realize is that this is a pretty large appliance and will have to be stored in a place where space is not at a premium and most likely not in a standard cupboard since it is about 19" wide. This can't be considered a negative necessarily, because, by it's very nature of being utilitarian for its intended use, this has to be the size that it is.
The first time I used this for a party, I had many comments and questions about where I found it. Ladies, especially, were saying "wow, how cool is that....I want one."
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Wish the warming pots were bigger
By TW
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2MA9P1EPLZFB2 It's a good little warmer. It would be nice if the warming pots were bigger.
The warmer also took a little longer than expected to actually warm the contents. We were melting chocolate for a fondue dip, and it took a while for it to melt the chocolate.
So just remember that it's a warmer not a cooker.
The cable storage is nice so you're not tripping over the cable and can use the warmer to serve with.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
A Big Crock
By E. J Tastad
Pros:
Quick to heat (1 hour from cold)
Convenient station for party
Nice sized crocks (1 bag of lil'smokies, etc)
Rotates in place
Cons:
Very large, won't fit in any standard cupboards
Too hot, in 2 hours water was up to 180F.
Bottom Line:
If you entertain small groups with hot dips and foods frequently, this might be worth while. However, I find it awkward to store, and despite warnings that you shouldn't cook your food in the crocks, it heats water near to boiling (too hot for most dips). It is definitely hot enough to cook your food, and it only has one setting "warm".
I would rather use a couple small crocks that will fit in cupboards, and if I leave the house with it, I would try to limit it to one crock anyway, so 3 is a little overkill.
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