Rival Crock Pot
notes: label: Description
content: In 1971 the Rival Company introduced the Crock-Pot, an electric cooker containing a removable glass or ceramic crock. By maintaining low temperatures, the Crock-pot cooked food slowly and could be left safely unattended for hours. The appliance quickly gained popularity in the 1970s, as more and more women were working outside the home. Before leaving for work, busy home cooks could start a meal in the crockpot, knowing they would return home to fully cooked food.
label: Description
content: Pennsylvania residents Robert and Shirley Hunter received this Rival Crockpot as a Christmas gift from Shirley's mother Martha around 1974. Martha, a high school principal's secretary, found the appliance handy for starting dinner before she left for work in the morning. In the Hunter household Robert actually became the primary cook. His crockpot specialties included stews, sauerkraut with kielbasa, chicken and dumplings, pot roast with vegetables, and the family reunion hot dish, halushki, a traditional Polish dish of cabbage, onion, garlic, and noodles.
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Eating
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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content: Robert and Shirley Hunter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0213.01.a
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0213.01.a
label: accession number
content: 2011.0213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crock pot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 26.67 cm