Crock Pot Defends Themselves After ‘This Is Us’ Fire

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Last night’s This Is Us episode was one for the ages. Viewers finally learned how Jack Pearson passes away — a mystery that’s been in the air since Season 1 — and now, the cause has fans in a frenzy.

The Pearson family’s Crock Pot, which was nearly 20 years old and had a faulty switch, started a fire while the family slept upstairs. Credits rolled after the fire started, followed by an announcement that we’ll see how everything plays out immediately after the Super Bowl on February 4th, 2018.

Of course, this event didn’t merely pass without some blow-back on social media.

Fans of the show immediately began freaking out over their own slow-cooking device, eventually forcing the hand of Crock Pot themselves.

On Facebook, the Crock-Pot Slow Cooker page began answering folks’ concerns, saying they’re “innocent until proven guilty” and saying their products are “generationally tested”.

All in all, they’re totally right. Your Crock Pot is fine and won’t start a fire in your house. But maybe, just maybe, if your on/off switch is faulty, it might be time to buy a new one.

It should be noted here that Dan Fogelman, creator of This Is Us, came to Crock Pot’s aid after the show aired.