Hi! I don’t know if in the picture it’s clear, but while on high heat (for only three hours) the condensation is so high that it creates a bit of pressure and water splashes everywhere! What can I do?

I put a raw chicken curry in the slow cooker on high at 9am, I went out at 12pm, I returned at 3pm to find I'd had a power outage and the curry was still hot and the chicken is cooked through, though the top few centimetres was not at all cold but it was probably around 50-60 degrees.

Have I got to throw this away because I don't know how long it was out of power for or can I put it back on high to have for dinner? I have nothing else in and I spend a decent amount on the ingredients so I would like to keep it but don't wanna be ill either

I cooked vegan salsa chicken and rice in my brand new 4.5 qt Crockpot I got at Kohl’s on sale during Prime week. I used this recipe: https://www.plantpowercouple.com/recipes/vegan-salsa-chicken-rice/. The rice didn’t cook! I followed all the recipe directions and didn’t open the lid once while cooking. I cooked it on high for the 2 hours 45 minutes stated in the recipe and let it sit covered for 15 minutes afterward. Everything else cooked all the way through except the brown rice, and the flavor of the dish is good. What went wrong?

I need a new slow cooker. I want to be able to delay start. I also think I want specific temp control (I am not tied to this but I think it would be nice. I have never had it).
For example if I want it to be done in 10 hours but I want to be able to do a 4 hour high cook I want to set it to start in 6 hours. Does that make sense? I can cook for 10 hours in my current cooker but it will only do 10 hours on low heat. If I do 4 hours on high heat it starts right away then burns when it sits on “warm” the rest of the day.