360 Cookware Stainless Steel Slow Cooker
An all-stainless slow cooker with no ceramic crock and no plastic or silicone lid parts - a clad-stainless stockpot on an electric base, sidestepping the glaze question entirely.
The verdict: Plastic-free
There is no glazed stoneware crock and no coating anywhere: food cooks in a surgical-grade (T-304) stainless clad stockpot that drops onto an electric warming base, under a solid stainless vapor-seal lid with no plastic knob and no silicone gasket. Nothing in the food or steam path is plastic, silicone, glaze, or coating - so it is genuinely plastic-free, which is rare in this category. The only plastic is in the separate plug-in base the pot never contacts.
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What it's made of
| Part | Material | Food contact |
|---|---|---|
| cooking pot surgical-grade (T-304) stainless clad stockpot; no glaze, no coating; also stovetop and oven safe | Stainless Steel 304 / 18-8 | Yes primary 🔥 |
| lid solid polished stainless vapor-seal lid - no plastic knob, no silicone gasket | Stainless Steel 304 / 18-8 | Yes incidental 🔥 |
| electric warming base separate plug-in base the pot sits on; never contacts food | Plastic other / unspecified | No |
360 Cookware's slow cooker is really a piece of their surgical-stainless waterless cookware - a clad-stainless stockpot with a vapor-seal lid - dropped onto a plug-in warming base. The pot is genuine stovetop- and oven-capable cookware, so you can sear on the range and move straight to the base. Because a stainless pot browns and can scorch differently than glazed stoneware, it behaves more like slow-cooking in a covered pot than a classic set-and-forget crock. Made in the USA in 6-quart capacity.
Pros
- Surgical-grade stainless pot doubles as stovetop and oven cookware
- Sidesteps the glaze question entirely - no ceramic crock to test
- Made in the USA with a lifetime warranty
Cons
- Expensive - several times the price of a conventional glazed crock
- Stainless browns/scorches differently than glazed stoneware; different technique
- Heavier and less of a set-and-forget "crock" feel
Categories: Slow Cookers
Sources
Every material claim above is backed by these. This is the scattered info we centralized.
- manufacturer https://www.360cookware.com/products/6-quart-stainless-steel-stock-pot-with-cover-slow-cooker brand states surgical-grade stainless construction, polished stainless lid, no coating/glaze; slow cooker is a stainless stockpot on an electric base
- review https://madeintheusamatters.com/360-cookware-slow-cooker-made-in-the-usa/ independent write-up confirming the all-stainless, no-glaze, made-in-USA slow cooker design
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