Today promised to be even busier as we needed to leave by noon to drop Sarah off with her mom and get to the Scholastic Book Fair sale. Landon and Greg also had eye doctor appointments, so I had a crockpot meal planned. I browned bratwurst, cut up potatoes and onion and apples and put the recipe into the crockpot.
About ten minutes later, I noticed that something smelled funny. I saw smoke coming up from my crockpot. I quickly unplugged it and lifted the crock out of the outer piece. Upon investigation, I found that the metal heating element part had melted completely through the bottom of the hard plastic exterior.
I was so thankful that I hadn't plugged it in and left immediately as I do sometimes! Needless to say, I had to run to Walmart for a new crockpot. Thankfully, Walmart is only 5 minutes away.
6 comments:
Now THAT's scary! Which brand was it? Did you notify the manufacturer? It might mean some nice perks for you...
Praise God for protection. That could have been awful. I've been meaning to ask how the house listing is going. You're in our prayers.
Scary! I always worry about leaving appliances on while I'm gone. We've had an oven catch fire 2x in our 24 some years and so I'm not comfortable leaving something in it set to come on very often. Now I'll have to worry about leaving the crockpot on as well. I wonder if there was a recall or if it was just a fluke?
Michelle, it was a Rival. Greg took the pictures to send in to the manufacturer, although I don't think he's gotten to that yet. I replaced it with a Hamilton Beach that has a stainless steel exterior, hopefully no melting! DeEtta, we have only shown it the one time, although the realtor said the listing on the website had 5x the number of hits she usually sees last weekend. It was probably just nosy neighbors trying to see how much we've listed it for. If God doesn't sell this house, he's going to have to provide another income for us. Ugh!
Oh my that could have been horrible. So glad you investigated.
Jodi
Woah! Lucky you noticed it so soon!
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