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What slow cooker / crock pot do you recommend -- what features?

Jul 22, 2008 by Breezy | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

What crock pot features / brands would you put forward?
My crock pot / slow cooker will not heat up very much, so I guess it's time for a new one.
Has anyone recently bought one? Do you like it? What brand name and features do you recommend?
I saw a small one that had a divided crock vessel but I am looking for a ample one and cannot find a divided one.

I would back the Chris Crocker.

Works great with corn mutual meals.

Which crock pot or slow cooker brand do you recommend?

Sep 15, 2009 by rockin | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

I stand in want to buy a crock pot/slow cooker. Which one do you recommend? How long have you used that one?

thanks

First, be in the know that slow cookers (crock pots) manufactured in the last few years run a lot hotter than the older models (most recipes you'll find still use the times satisfactory for those older models!). This happened because many purchasers were putting big hunks of *frozen* essence into them (against the cautions given by manufacturers) and getting sick, so to shelter themselves from lawsuits, they simply upped the temps (a lot) so that couldn't turn up so easily.

Unfortunately, that also means that most meats/poultry will get overcooked and dry out way too most in newer ones (especially the lighter proteins like chicken--breasts the worst, and any meats that don't have a lot of fat and/or connective interweaving and bones).

You can try to find slow cookers that cook at the lowest temp (especially on low) and have the lowest wattage, to help some, but otherwise you'll want to cut down on the *time* recommended which can be a essential problem for cooking-while-at-work.

Otherwise, you'll want to get a slow cooker based on the features it has.
Lots of people definitely like the "keep warm" feature (only on programmables?) and that will r as a lower temp too.
Size and shape can matter sometimes too (keep in wish that slow cookers should always be at least 1/2 -2/3 full to keep the temp from climbing even higher)... ring ones are better for even heat, but chickens and some roasts industry well in oval ones.
I think all slow cookers come with removable pots these days, but some people like the sit-on-top-of-heater epitome for convenience (that doesn't allow the heat to come from all sides though which is one subject that makes slow cookers different and good--more like cooking on top of low blaze on cooktop).

Some of the ones I've heard people like are:
Hamilton Bank Stay n' Go
Hamilton Beach one, probably same as Set 'n Forget 6 Qt. Programmable Slow Cooker
West Turn 6 1/2 qt, stainless steel
(Rivals tend to cook hotter than others)

And there are lots of reviews by customers and others at these sites:
…Epinions http://www.epinions.com/Crock_Pots_and_S low_Cookers
…Southernfood: http://southernfood.about.com/cs/crockpo trecipes/tp/tpcrockpots.htm
…Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/bro wse/-/289940/ref=br_bx_c_2_2/002-8776432 -9321663

There is also a Yahoogroup called slowcooker that you might requisite to check out for info in the archives or even join (free) to ask questions, etc:
http://groups.yahoo.com/order/slowcooker

Good luck!

Diane B.

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