Did anyone ever find a lead free slow cooker?

[mercy589]

Does one exist?

[Mama2Bug]

Slow cookers have lead? :

[mothertoall]

lovely...one more thing....

apparently after some looking ...some have been found to have lead in the glaze.....

[mothertoall]

http://www.877myjuicer.com/product/V...Vita_Clay.html

[Ygle]

Originally Posted by Mama2Bug

Slow cookers have lead? :

yeah this is the only reason I don't have one.... the vitaclay looks promising, but spendy...

[miss_sonja]

Man, that is news I did not want. I love my Crock-Pot and it is an older one, so probably has the lead glaze. crap.

[nathansmum]

When I heard of this last year I was then pleased (and no longer envious lol) that my crock liner was actually long gone and I was usuing a stainless steel mixing bowl that fitted perfectly and was able to put a large plate over the top to keep the heat in - so that's maybe an option for those that want to use an existing crockpot?

[mamatowill]

My Hamilton Beach says it is lead free.

[mercy589]

I found an older thread here somewhere and people said the Hamilton Beach ones were good. You dont want to end up with a non stick teflon one either though...

[AngelBee]

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[superstella]

: Something else to worry about. Sorry I"m no help at all.

[Katheda]

which were found to have lead? It's a risk of ALL pottery. The glaze used has the possibility of lead but usually those are clearly labeled "not food safe" and usually are imported and sometimes artisan pottery or very old.

Which commercial crocks were found to have lead in them? Link?

some links about lead in dishes:
http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosp.../ceramics.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...ed-plates.html
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nydailyn...RENCH+CROCKERY

[living_organic]

I believe West Bend is also safe...Rival is not

[sbgrace]

I contacted Hamilton Beach a week or so ago. Got an email message confirming there was no lead or other heavy metals in their slow cookers. It's on their website too. I'm going for it I think; I could really use a helper with meals here.

[Metasequoia]

Originally Posted by mercy589

I found an older thread here somewhere and people said the Hamilton Beach ones were good. You dont want to end up with a non stick teflon one either though...

That's the thread I started! I was searching for it a few weeks ago because I needed some info from it & couldn't locate it - did you find it? I xposted it here & in the Nutrtion forum. If you found it, could you bump it please? :

Originally Posted by living_organic

I believe West Bend is also safe...Rival is not

Hamilton Beach & West Bend are the only ones that claim to be free of lead & cadmium. The rest, Rival, Farberware, etc, all admitted to using lead.
That thread from last year has some great ifo in it, including all of the responses I received from each company's CR department. You should see Salton's (aka Farberware's)! :

I have the Hamilton Beach Stay or Go, I LOVE it!

[mistmama]

I've been worrying about this lately, we have a rival crockpot : off to check out the hamilton beach and west bend websites...

[Ygle]

Well, if it's really lead free I'd love to get one... I see on their website they say their crocks don't have lead, but what about the glazes, are the glazes for certain lead free? And is 'lead free' just a term for levels below the 'acceptable' amounts or is there really absolutely no lead used in it at all? Did anyone take in a slow cooker to that place in Utah? I'd love to have definitive feedback that there really isn't any lead that can be leached... I've always wanted a crock pot, but have been too paranoid about it. I'm becoming more and more cynical about it since this same issue keeps coming up over and over over the decades... whenever I think it's been resolved it comes back up *again*! Until a few weeks ago, I thought the glaze used in slow cookers was the only thing where lead was an issue anymore.

[Thystle]

I found out about this one in a different thread: Corning Ware slow cooker.


Lead free and I just got one.

[Thalia]

Originally Posted by Metasequoia

That's the thread I started! I was searching for it a few weeks ago because I needed some info from it & couldn't locate it - did you find it? I xposted it here & in the Nutrtion forum. If you found it, could you bump it please? :

The old thread is in Natural Home and Body Care. I just bumped it.:

And I just checked, and we have a Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker. Whew!

[bellabear]

here's one:

http://www.superchefblog.com/2007/08...ow-cooker.html
http://www.kitchenemporium.com/cgi-b...01vcf8900.html