About 10 years ago, I bought a crock pot.  We were going to be serving soup and we needed something to keep the soup warm.  So, buying a 5 quart pot met our needs.

And, the pot came with some slow cook recipes that were very good except that they made 5 quarts.  So, when ever I cooked one of the recipes, the pot was full to the brim.  This made it difficult to move it around without spilling it.

Plus, the lid did not have a vent hole in it.  So, when ever I cooked anything with the lid on, the steam would spurt out from around the edges and make a mess on my counter and floor.

So, when my daughter wanted to borrow my crock pot, I told her that she could have it.  I figured that it was time to buy a new one.