The side of the road

You can't be too careful these days. You stop by the side of the highway, take your pressure cooker with you, marvel at the scenery around you and take off. After about a half an hour you get home, hungry and oh crap! There went your chicken stew lunch. You dare not claim it, or demand restitution because you do not want to be known as the idiot who left their pressure cooker on the side of the road. Take out chicken is not the same.

Tucker Carlson is wrong

Fox news anchor, or whatever the Hell he does Tucker Carlson was spouting off about being on the wrong side of history the way he always does by mentioning that the Boston Marathon bombers used a crock pot to kill people in some foaming at the mouth anti-gun control rant. Dude needs to know the difference between a pressure cooker and a Crock Pot. Here's the link to the wrongness

Burning a toddler in Virginia

The attack of the Crock Pot continues in Virginia as a 15 month old was burned when the child's leg caught on the cord and the fiery liquid caused serious burns. The injuries are not life threatening. Full story at WSET.

Arizona Man

Was there food inside the Crock Pot when it was broken? Robert Dumont pushed a woman carrying a Crock Pot, resulting in a broken Crock Pot and an injury to the woman. According to the Havasu News, Dumont has been charged with disorderly conduct.

Way to go Ohio

A woman in Stark County Ohio has been accused of physically assaulting her boyfriend and throwing a Crock Pot at him. No word on whether or not the Crock Pot had any food or drugs inside. Michelle A. Long also, “attempted to pull off his genitals at their residence.” Nowhere else in the county, just at the residence. That's good, right? Story from CantonRep.com

Do not mess with Habo

In an area near Los Angeles police found a pot growing operation and seized nearly half a million dollars of plants and pot. Habo the drug sniffing K-9, found the pot despite the growers' attempt to throw him off by burning fragrance crystals in crock pots by the suite’s entrance. Dog - 1 Growers - 0 Crock Pot - abused. Full story from My News LA.

Careful what you cook

Not sure on the details but there was a Haz-Mat situation in Des Plaines, Iowa On Thursday that left two dead and five hospitalized. "...investigators found a car in the garage with its ignition on with a dead battery. In addition, an empty crock pot had burned away an unknown substance in the kitchen." This according to ABC-7. Four of those hospitalized were Cook County police officers who overcome by fumes at the scene. Carbon monoxide is said to be the cause of the deaths. The original story from ABC-7. Update from the Chicago Tribune.