Hamilton Beach (33957) Stay or Go 5-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker Reviews

This Hamilton Beach 5 quart slow cooker is great for making stews and porridge. The set up is easy and secure. I do feel like the lock hinge does not perfectly align to the lid but it does keep it tight, Just a small design flaw there. The size is great for a 4 person family meal. I would recommend a larger pot for parties or if you want to have make multiple meals. If you have large vegetables like potatoes and radishes, it will take up a lot of room so it is not ideal for cooking too much. The size of the pot is very portable and the handles are easy to carry around. If needed to be set in the dinner table, the clay pot can be removed and placed down. The pot is heavy duty and very durable. It keeps to heat in and great for slow cooking all the flavors in. The manual and auto cooking option allows for you to set the time and let the slow cooker do the rest. It comes with an instruction manual and the steps are easy to follow. Overall this is a great slow cooker for the single family household.

The Hamilton Beach Stay or Go programmable slow cooker works great. It has a large 5 quart capacity to suit all your cooking needs from soups and stews to roast and potatoes. I especially like making baked potaoted in it. Just set the program and go do whatever you need to and when your ready they will be there waiting on you nice n warm. Once programmed for whatever time you set it for it will automatically turn itself on to the warm setting for up to 14 hours to keep your food warm even after its done. The lid attaches nice and right to prevent spillage when transporting to gathering or cook outs and the whole inside pot comes out for easy cleaning. I have several crock pots/slow cookers but having one that is programmable and easily transportable is by far the best. If I had only one complaint it would be that the cord is not very long, therefore requires a close power outlet for use.

With the Hamilton Beach Programmable Slow Cooker working folks can rest assured that a healthy and delicious dinner will be served. The 5-Quart size also makes it ideal for parties and left overs for family members the next day. Instructions on programming are easy to follow. You can also set the cooking manually if you prefer. The warming setting is also very convenient for late arriving guests if need be. The pot is a solid heavy ceramic material and the lid is securely held in place with the stainless steel easy to operate latches. Cleaning is fast and easy either by hand or dishwasher. The Crock is microwave safe and ovenproof. The cooker is a little larger then most but is finished in a attractive brushed silver metal and makes an attractive show on any kitchen counter top. With so many recipes on the internet your family will enjoy each new one. BON APPETIT!

Overall, I am fairly happy with this slow cooker. I like that it is programmable and will turn off when the time is up; or that you can use the manual settings for high, low or warm. I'm really impressed with how sturdy the plastic spoon is – I thought for sure it was going to be flimsy and useless, but it's worked out great so far. I do find a little difficult to snap onto the lid, but it seems like it fits tightly which would great if you're taking the slow cooker to go! There are a few things that I really don't like, and I'm not sure I will get used to them over time. I do not like the lid at all – it doesn't feel like it fits properly with the way it's designed. I don't like the handles because I would rather had a solid, more sturdy and permanent handle – instead of one that is adjustable so that you can snap the lid into place. The idea of being able to take the slow cooker on the go is great, but I wish the handles would have been designed differently. It does cook well so I would recommend this to someone looking for a unique slow cooker.

The Hamilton Beach Stay or Go 5-Quart Programmable slow cooker is a life saver for the working mom!It can be turn on before work and come later home to a hot, not burnt dinner, given the slow cooker switch to warm once done. It's easy to use. It has two choices for automatic cooking: programmable and manual. The programmable feature lets you choose 30 minute intervals and high and low heat. The programmable cooking times are pretty much accurate and do not overcook the food. It is great for meats, because it cooks them moist and tender. The inner crock pot is made of heavy material, microwavable, and can be placed in the oven as well as the refrigerator and very easy to clean (dishwasher safer). The full-grip handles make carrying heavy meals easier. The clip-tight sealed lid is great for spill resistance.

This is a fairly large yet shallow slow cooker. It takes up a good amount of space on the counter. The outside of the unit gets HOT. Burn your fingers hot. I had to move it to the stove and push it from reaching distance of my toddler. You know, just in case. I have 2 other slow cookers and the outside gets warm but never hot. I wouldn't leave this next to a cabinet or closer than 12 inches to anything and then leave for the day. If you have a small apartment or home, this is not the slow cooker for you. I have a medium sized ranch style home and I have a hard time storing this thing. I had to do some major rearranging. The performance was good. Even cooking, the roast with vegetables came out great with all the carrots cooked to perfection. The lid locking feature is what really sells this for me. The fact that I can seal it and take it with me to family functions without cleaning up a mess from my floor boards is amazing. The spoon that clicks on the top, genius! For more pictures and video visit: upforreview2 dot blogspot dot com

First I'd like to say that yes I would absolutely recommend this Stay or go slow cooker to anyone! I almost definitely did not think this slow cooker would slow cook my beef pot roast.......but this slow cooker most certainly cooked my beef pot roast beyond perfection! I love the design of this slow cooker. I really do love that the lid stays put without sliding or moving around and I absolutely love the fact that this slow cooker has a spoon to fit onto the slow cookers lid while the food is slow cooking, now that is genius....I absolutely love it! While cooking food the outside really does not get that hot to me during cooking and I've had this slow cooker running for way over eight hours and I really didn't think this slow cooker got that hot....I touched the outside to see. I do not like the fact that if you do not hit cook on high and only press ten that the food will literally only cook for ten minutes exactly nothing more I mean you have to preheat anything so what good will ten minutes do? I have no clue but I think this slow cooker should have had more minutes of cooking time vs just keeping this slow cooker on high cook. I love the fact that the lid has locks on the sides where you can lock down the lid now that was tricky at first but I managed to get the hang of locking down the sides after stopping and going with figuring it out. Cleaning this stay or go slow cooker is a breeze. After the food was all gone all I did was took a rag and dish soap and washed clean nothing more. I also removed the big black pot that goes into the slow cooker and placed it into my oven and it still cooked our food perfectly fine no burning while put into the oven that way and no burning while the big black pot was into the slow cooker. I've always wanted a slow cooker and most definitely needed one and thanks to Walmart spark reviewer program I now own my very own.....A Really nice one at that! So if you are looking for a hamilton beach slow cooker well you can not go wrong with this one.

This slow cooker works well. You can set how long you want it on and what temperature, (high or low.) Then it will stay on warm, once that time is up, until you turn it off. There is also a manual mode, where you just turn it on and select your temperature. Something I don't like about it is when you press enter, after setting your temperature, to let you know it's starting, it has an annoying pitch beep that sounds for 3 seconds. I wish the pitch were different or it were a shorter amount of time. The slow cooker has handles which come up or down to carry, if you need to move the whole cooker. Between the handles are latches which swing up so you can latch the lid on tightly for safe transporting. This is a nice feature, if you are one that takes your cooker places. A negative about the latches for the lid are the hinges. They are hard to clean. The first time using the cooker, I dropped some stew on the handle and hinge and it was a pain trying to get my rag in the latch hinge to clean. Overall, this is a good slow cooker and it works well. It also comes with a big scoop spoon that hooks to the lid handle.

Let's start with the good. I really like the size, five quarts allows for enough space to cook up goodies for the whole family. The estimated cooking times are accurate, and the warm option allows me to keep the food hot but not overcooked for several hours. Even tougher cuts of meat, such as stew beef come out very moist and tender. It is great in that you can start stew or a pot of chili in the morning before work and come home to your dinner being ready to eat. Now for the bad, which is the stinky. I gave the new unit a good wash before using the first time to remove any nastiness that might come from the factory. Next I ran it for a full cycle (4 hours) with just water as a second cleaning method. I was really surprised when it began to emit an unpleasant chemical smell, rather like burning plastic. I powered off the slow cooker and checked it for any obvious electrical shorts. A word of caution, there is a ring around the top that is part of the heating element that is completely exposed and very easy to burn yourself on. After examination of the slow cooker I found that the source of the smell comes from the rubbery band around the lid. I did find that after several full cycles with only water in the slow cooker the smell will reduce until it is completely gone. So over all it is a good slow cooker for the price, you just have to be willing to put up with the stinky burnt rubber smell until the rubber ring seasons in.

Finally, I get this awesome programmable slow cooker. Great solution for peace of mind crockpot cooking while needing to leave your house to run errands or just have a bit of fun. The programmable feature lets you choose 30 minute intervals and high and low heat. It automatically switches to warm at end of cycle. No more burnt overlooked foods! Clean up was easy, plus it fits in dishwasher nicely. Dishwasher safe stoneware & lid just so you know. I prefer to wash mine by hand. Clip-tight sealed lid for spill resistance with clips on either side to seal the lid. Has Full-grip handles to make carrying heavy meals easier. Besides the programmable feature, you can choose to just cook manually, like the crock pots I had been using. This arrived just in time for making a healthy beef and vegetable stew to help get over these colds my husband and I keep circulating. Th second pic shows how wonderful it turned out. Meat was tender, vegetables were not over cooked. Yum. Can't wait to use it for this next Sunday's pot roast.