Hamilton Beach 6-qt. Programmable Slow Cooker - 33966
by Hamilton Beach
Product Summary
Manufacturer: Hamilton BeachBrand: Hamilton Beach
Model: 33966
Product features:
- Model No.: 33966
- Capacity: 6-qt.
- Origin: China
- Heat Settings: 190 F to 210 F
- Cleaning & Care: Handwash with mild dish soap
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Hamilton Beach 6-qt. Programmable Slow Cooker - 33966
Customer Review: I hate this crock pot
Summary: 1 Stars
I owned a cheap, large crock pot that I was looking to replace. It still worked perfectly, but I needed one with a timer since sometimes I was gone for an extended period of time and occasionally food would cook too long.
I bought this crock pot and I hate it. I have probably used it 20 times, so I feel like I can offer a fair review. Here are the bad things:
1. Items do not cook evenly. You should be able to throw everything in at the beginning of the day, and come home to everything cooked just right. That's the beauty of a crock pot. But, if I do that, my meat is way overcooked and my veggies are still undercooked. To compensate I have to add everything in stages. I had veggies a few hours early, then throw the meat in with about an hour or two left of cooking. This is the same when I cook chili, after a full day of cooking, my beans were still hard (even after having been soaked overnight) and the meat was overcooked.
2. It is not deep enough. I like to cook chicken and turkey breasts in crock pots, but the average size you can get in the supermarket is around 6 pounds. These are slightly too tall for the lid to still be snug on the pot. I agree with previous posters that this is not 6qts.
3. I like the probe concept, and it does work, but if you don't use it, you have a hole in the lid! How in the world does this maintain the right temperature in the pot when heat is constantly escaping? Even if you aren't using the probe, you can put it in the block the hole, but it is not snug. The manufacturer should provide a plug to fully block the hole.
It was cheap, so I don't feel like I wasted too much money, but my twenty dollar cheapo crock pot I've had for 10 years did a much better job cooking the food.
Description of Hamilton Beach 6-qt. Programmable Slow Cooker - 33966
Family Size 6 quart oval Programmable slow cooker with flat panel digital read-out- and stainless steel base for easy storage&clean-up, plus separate temperature probe for large cuts of meat- No more over cooked or under cooked beef or poultry as the probe reads the internal temperature as it cooks&automatically switches to keep warm once set temperature is reached . Operates in three different cook settings including manual cook mode. Easy to read LED digital control panel&timer for setting preferred cooking time.Slow Cookers
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