We've been wanting to make slow cooker dishes for quite some time, but have only had a small, cheap slow cooker up until now. After doing a lot of research, we selected this one as a Christmas gift to each other.
First, the unit itself: It's very attractive with a polished metal body, a touch pad with digital display, heavy ceramic insert, and metal handles with plastic grips. The included utensil with a holder molded into the cover's handle is a nice touch. Overall, it feels like a quality appliance that looks nice on the counter should you choose to leave it out (we do).
It has 3 settings: Warm, Low, and High. You can program it to use the included thermometer to cook until it reaches the desired temperature, or set a timer.
It's first job was on on the day we opened it. We made a sausage lasagna sauce the cooked for 2 hours on High. It came out delicious (as did the whole lasagna).
It's second task was to slow cook a hamburger/rotel Queso dip, which came out great and after we were done using as dip, we made a delicious Mac & Cheese with the leftovers.This took roughly 3 hours to make.
It's first real slow cooker meal is one I've been eager to try for a while: Pork Chops. When I was younger we used to have pork chops every few weeks, and I never looked forward to it, as they were always tough. I've tried making Pork chops a couple times more recently, but although they tested good, they still weren't very tender.
This time around I elected for bone-in center cut pork chops. They cooked for 6 hours on Low and 1 hour on High. The recipe used Fresh mined garlic, ketchup, brown sugar, a bit of chili paste, and some corn starch near the end to thicken the sauce up. It tasted amazing and was so tender the pork chops were falling apart as we removed them from the cooker.
Now I can actually look forward to pork chops for dinner, at least ones made in the slow cooker! We have so many recipes we plan to make with this, I can't wait!
In addition to offering modern convenience, the Set & Forget Programmable Slow Cooker has three choices for easy, automatic cooking: program, probe and manual mode. On busy days, program the cooking time and Set & Forget Slow Cooker automatically shifts to keep warm when the cooking time is up. Cooking a large cut of meat like pot roast, chicken, or pork tenderloin? Insert the probe, set the desired meat temperature and the Set & Forget Slow Cooker automatically shifts to keep warm when the temperature is reached. For traditional slow cooking, manually select the high, low or warm temperature without setting a cooking time.
In addition to offering modern convenience, the Set & Forget Programmable Slow Cooker has three choices for easy, automatic cooking: program, probe and manual mode. On busy days, program the cooking time and Set & Forget Slow Cooker automatically shifts to keep warm when the cooking time is up. Cooking a large cut of meat like pot roast, chicken, or pork tenderloin? Insert the probe, set the desired meat temperature and the Set & Forget Slow Cooker automatically shifts to keep warm when the temperature is reached. For traditional slow cooking, manually select the high, low or warm temperature without setting a cooking time.
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- 3 choices for easy, automatic cooking: probe, program and manual
- Thermometer probe for meat
- Clip-on spoon
- Clip-tight gasket lid
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