Rival Stainless Steel Electric Fondue Pot
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Rival Stainless Steel Electric Fondue Pot
Customer Review: Electric Fondue Pot
Summary: 5 Stars
This item was a gift for someone else. She is pleased with it and it worked great.Customer Review: great product!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this for a friend---and she uses it CONSTANTLY! Perfect idea for a gift.Customer Review: Reliable and easy to use
Summary: 4 Stars
I attended a 'girls night out' event where we were invited to bring our fondue pots to help the hostess accomodate 5 different types of chocolate fondues. Every single fondue, save the one in my Rival Electric were dried out lumpy, clumpy and inedible (unless you were looking to chisel off a peice). What better way to rank it against the competiton? I can't honestly say which models the others were but there were assorted fuel types and another one or two electric models in the mix. (I also have a friend with a couple of candle, and liquid fuel based models that heat very unevenly with really hot spots-- and really cool spots, the Rival if nothing else heats quite consistently).
I will say, that the warm setting on the Rival Electric Fondue pot is a little higher than I'd like. There are many settings available but none cooler than 'warm' and periodically during an event i'll have to shut it off to avoid overheating/drying out. (This is once the product is already well melted, after the solution begins to cool again I turn it back on and may periodically add a Splash more wine or beer for cheese fondues, or more milk for chocolate)
Still, I've had my Rival Electric Fondue pot for 8 years and I've used it for chocolate (I always dump a bag of semisweet ghiradelli chocolate chips, with a can of sweetened condensed milk, and extra milk to taste-- plus sometimes a splash of Orange liquer or a dash of cayenne pepper to mix things up). Beer and cheddar fondue, and traditional 'swiss' (greyere and emmenthalier) cheese fondues as well all with fabulous results. (It is supposed to work well, also with oil/broth based fondues but I'm always nervous i'll splash myself not for any lack of features in the pot but for my own clumsy nature).
By design, the electric cord 'breaks off' near the 'pot' so the bowl can be cleaned without worry of damaging the electric parts. Also, for safety the break away feature reduces the likeliness of accidents and the cord, also is short for similar safety reasons.
We always wash our Rival Electric Fondue pot by hand immediately after use as leaving it in sitting water might damage it, and cleanup has always been fairly simple and I've never had an issue with fondues sticking (nothing hot water won't fix).
Customer Review: Was waiting for the Cuisinart to go on sale.
Summary: 4 Stars
However, the local Target store has this one at a $29.99 everyday price, so you don't have to worry about a shipping charge (Sales tax is considerably less.). The whole reason for the short cord and easy plug release is consumer protection. Perhaps Rival should have this 'boisterous child safe' version and create an adult version for the rest of us.
The real reason I gave this 4 rather than 5 stars is that you are going to use at least quart of peanut oil each time you decide to fondue with oil and that is a fairly pricey item. I would rather see a 2 quart that would still comfortably allow for 8 to fondue.
All-in-all, better than the old 70's Oster fondue pot and won't put a dent in your pocketbook.
Customer Review: Do You Fondue Redux
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is the companion to my review of "125 Fondue Recipes." Basically, I used to "do fondue" all the time when I was first married -- the metal pot on a stand with a mini-sterno beneath to melt the cheese and chunks of bread on skewers for dipping. Only the heat was never sufficient to keep the cheese properly melted over time and it was always annoying to have to buy those mini-sternos. At last, a better mouse trap (ummm...fondue pot). Easy to use, contents stay hot and easy to clean up, as well. What more could you ask?