Review
Do you have a large family or like to cook big meals so you can freeze the left overs? This Hamilton Beach 8 quart slow cooker is a great choice for you. While many people settle on smaller capacity slow cookers, there are those who need a big one. This one fills the bill.
It doesn’t come with a lot of fancy features or bells and whistles like the programmable crocks, this one only has 3 manual settings and uses a dial type on and off knob.
The crock is removable for easy clean up, however, with a product this size you should expect the inner crock to be very heavy when you’re trying to clean it.
Product Features:
- 8 quart capacity
- Large grip handles
- Simple design
- 3 temperature settings
- Manual knob on and off
- Stoneware liner is dishwasher safe
What Customers Are Saying:
The majority of customers are very pleased with their purchase and many are making remarks about how huge this slow cooker is. It’s an excellent choice for someone looking for a larger crock pot.
- I didn’t want to buy a $40+ slow cooker, because I didn’t know if I’d use it that much. It is huge! Works wonderful.
- Finally a big enough crock pot. I was always making dishes in my other slow cooker and there was never enough room to put all the ingredients in so I would have to take half out and use 2 crock pots. Now I just use the one.
- Great big, cheap crock pot. I used it to serve red potatoes drizzled with olive oil for a dinner party of 22!
- Having extra slow cookers makes my life much easier. I really purchased this for Thanksgiving so I could make all my sides in advance.
- This 8 qt is really big, if you have a big family get this one.
Who is the Hamilton Beach 8 Quart Oval Slow Cooker Best Suited For?
If you don’t care about a lot of features and don’t need a programmable slow cooker, this is an excellent choice for those who have a lot of family members to feed or do a lot of cooking and serving for church or social functions. The simple design makes this crock easy to use and large enough to hold a 7 pound roast so there’s plenty of food to go around.
Slow cookers have been around since your grandmother used hers, but they are really coming into their own now with many busy moms using them to cook dinner while they work or tend to the kids. They also make it easy to cook and carry a large dish to social functions and parties.
If you’re new to crock pot cooking or just need some new recipes to try out, we found this cookbook, Crock-Pot Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes, to be a great bargain with plenty of taste tantalizing recipes.
