My first order was March 2009 ~~~~ HGP Veranda Oval Bean Pot and basket
warranty was dated HGP June 15th 2006 replaced a few days less than a year
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The CH with warranty dated March 1st 2009 - was retired as unsafe
the first had a small football shaped piece pop out of the side
No other stress marks in it anywhere
the CH ended up with the crack in the base so it did not pop out
However is leaking - so retired
My 3 punkin 2009 bean pots are used in MW - one has a stress mark in the top
The Berry Loaf Pan was replaced a few days short of a year also with warranty - as the end fell off where it cracked
The Berry 13 X 9 Casserole lasted 2 years
As a retired Civil Engineer I ran this test
I dropped it from counter height ~~~ the bottom did not crack - however the end where it was leaking broke into small pieces
As a child- my father worked in the gray iron foundry and I saw cores being made
The flaw is in the clay
My origiinal tea pot has a million stress marks - does not leak
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The warranty is for a year - it was easy to get replacement
No Contact - procol - warranty card - shipped in 2 days from Marshall
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However the NEW Berry 4 quart with the Veranda Oval Inserts look like the replacement
as most of my range oven recipes use the larger oval bean pot
Wait and see - as they only sell 2 pieces I have - as have purchased about 2 dozen since March 2009 and all of them have been retired etc