Great for work lunch
Super cute and heats up well, easily portable for work. I put whatever I’m eating in the inner bowl with the lid and stick it in the fridge overnight. Then put it inside the crockpot part to take it to work the next day where I keep it on my table and plug it in around an hour before lunch break. I get a hot meal without having to go use the crappy breakroom microwave. The inner lid can be a little tricky and is just plastic which kind of threw me off, but so far it seems to work well and it easy to clean.

Amazing mini crock pot warmer
This mini crock pot has been absolutely amazing to use. The microwaves are crap at my work, since using this thing I’ve had a piping hot meal every single day. I found with the microwave at my work the top would be super hot and bottom still cold as if it came out of the fridge. When using this the food is hot from top to bottom. The bowl size looks small but it’s really deceiving, I’m a bigger guy (230lbs) and the portion size is perfect. The lid to seal the bowl seals really well, but it is easy to think you screwed it on properly and it isn’t, you know that it’s not on properly when you go to heat it up, then maybe 30 minutes in the lid pops off and makes a pretty loud noise, but no big deal, I screw it back on properly and it continues to go to work. The light on the exterior of the pot is nice so that you know it’s on and working. I would say to get the food to it’s hottest point you gotta leave it plugged in for about 2 hours. But I’ve found 1.5 hours heats it to about 90% which is still good enough. Washing the bowl is a little tough once the pot is off it gets cold pretty quickly, I’d say in 10-15 minutes, if you don’t wash it right away the food will get hard and stick to the side of the bowl, and it can be a hassle to remove, but not impossible by any means, just need some elbow grease. Other then that I have no complaints with it, I absolutely love it and it’s been a game changer for work lunches. Definitely recommend.

Really impressive! (Just ordered a second!)
Update: I love this thing so much I’m ordering a second to take with me since this first one lives at work! You can definitely forgo whatever metal this container is (they say it’s stainless but it’s a weird matte metal which FEELS like aluminum, but what do I know)– I just use sealable oven safe glass 1- or 2-cup containers to transport soups and other food. The provided container does work to transport liquid, but it still terrifies me, so this option relieves me of worrying about it incessantly. That said, it’s perfect for a roll on the bottom, then the 1c lipped glass above it.Everyone is right about the thread/lid/seal- simply when heating, unscrew the lid and just prop the outer lid back on if you feel so compelled. There really is no odor issue, to the point that I think it’s not heating since I cannot ever detect any odors.I like my food REALLY hot, so I give it at least 1.5- 2h. And I don’t bother stirring anything. Maybe I’ll flip if I cram a roll or flat item in there. Makes a perfect bread/roll warmer too.Also it IS annoying that you have to unplug it, but I’m considering plugging it into a strip with an on/off switch.This second one I ordered will be the ‘blush’ model. I had no peeling/melting issues w the black, but it seems that the pink and other colors are terrible with the color chipping/peeling/washing off. (But why are you washing the exterior?)For these reasons and cost I’m not giving it 5 stars, but I do love this thing and it has made my general life better by providing me effortless hot food working on a freezing winter day/night. I’d give it a solid 4.25. Plus I bought this with gift cards and credit rewards points.First review:I’m REALLY impressed with this little thing! Something happened to the shipping on the first, so this was the replacement. I ordered it to my work, then had frozen my Thanksgiving dinner into the container (busy cooking all day, so was too stressed to eat it when it was all ready!), so today I brought it frozen, back to work. After about 5h transit back, I placed it into the exterior pot and plugged it in-it was still pretty frozen. When I returned to it hrs later (5-8p), it was perfect! (I had a little CP dipper which I loved and wanted to use for this purpose, but that didn’t have a removable container.)I think this would have been ready much sooner, and now that I know this, I will check sooner!The only thing which bothers me is that I’m not sure what kind of plastic this is (PTFE? PFOA? BPA-free? Though the food doesn’t touch it, it would be nice to not have to be concerned about fumes which would kill pet birds immediately.)It would also be nice if there were an on/off button, but I’m not complaining!The size is, frankly, huge for the amount of food I would eat in one sitting, especially at work (20 oz?!???)– I think I ate about 6, maybe 10 on a hungry/busy day. But great for soups, I imagine. I’m going to try out something of that sort and update.The pot itself is much smaller than I expected, which is great since it’s pretty inconspicuous. I’m not sure why there’s a handle, since I’m not planning to carry it around like that.

Handy and easy to clean
This little Crock Pot lunch box is so handy for heating left overs or canned soups. Use it only for heating. It does not reach a high enough temperature that uncooked foods will heat to an internal temperature of 165°F. Because it is a lower temperature, food does not burn, and it cleans so easily. I also like that I don’t have to stand and watch over it. It takes a while to heat the food, but i can do something else while I wait. The cord is not too short.

Realicé una prueba (con agua) con sensor de temeratura (imagen 1) y una captura cada 15 segundos, durante 15 minutos (imagen 2). La temperatura se incrementó de 28 a 42 grados. Considerando que para poder colocar el sensor queda una pequeña abertura, la temperatura real debe ser aún mayor que la presentada aquí. Muy buen funcionamiento para uso de calentar alimentos (no es para cocción).

About 6 months into use, the inner lid on this started to break. This is just from use. It was not dropped, and I always gently handwashed the lid.Beyond the fact that something at this price shouldn’t fail after 6 months, to make matters worse, Crock-Pot would not send a replacement part because I’m in Canada. If an item is sold on amazon.ca, then full warranty service should be included. Their only offer was to have me ship it back for a refund that would not include tax. I don’t think this is acceptable.It’s a shame because the product, when working, is great at what it does. But that’s meaningless if it only lasts 6 months.

This is perfect to take to work and heat up my lunch. It’s small and pretty, and he eats food perfectly.