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pieman314159 t1_ivl4il2 wrote

Reply to comment by practical_junket in My Rival crock pot 3150. 50-ish years old and still cooking family dinners without a hitch by RooshunVodka

Hm, yeah, I too have one from the 90s... were they using lead with those models? Now I kinda need to know...

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Jfkc5117 t1_ivsapwv wrote

I have a bunch of vintage crock pots because I’m weird and I have lead tested them all and only found one with lead from the 1970s. I went through a phase where I bought a bunch of old new in box appliances because they just are better.

You can buy a lead test kit for 15-20 bucks off Amazon to make yourself feel better but unless you got an old model 3100/2 or something from the early 70s I don’t think you should worry.

I use my 1993 West Elm slow cooker 2-3 times a week. Shits amazing.

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MuddyHappiness t1_ivlevx1 wrote

All glazes do not contain lead. Many are formulated using other minerals and do not contain lead at all. There are older formulas that were used which do. Take it from a potter who makes their own glazes. Awww, they deleted their comment that all glazes contain some amount of lead.

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PresidentialBoneSpur t1_ivl9s7a wrote

There is no “safe” amount of lead in anything, but newer is almost always safer than the old stuff.

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