“the stupid new crockpot that gets way too hot”
I’ve noticed that too. I have to keep turning it on and off that sorta defeats the purpose!
My crock pot does that, too. It’s probably 8 or 9 years old. I can cook a bigger ham or large chicken in there, but it’ll burn anything that isn’t pretty large, or has a lot of liquid. I almost never use it, because of that. Even the warm cycle is too hot.