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5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice size, switch-to-warm feature is great!, January 30, 2009
This review is from: Dr. Weil 9811 The Healthy Kitchen 5-Quart Slow Cooker (Kitchen)
I have used this several times now, and it is a great crockpot. It seems to have good temperature control, things are cooked perfectly, and the post cooking keep-warm feature is worth its weight in gold to me. I can start it in the morning before I leave for work, and set it to cook per the instructions, and it will finish and switch to warm. I used to have to just use recipes that could tolerate the 10 hours of cooking that they would have to endure. This is also a nice shape, for cooking a variety of items.
Update Dec 2010 - I feel like I should add an update to this review, given the quality problems some people have experienced - I have used this regularly for almost a year now, and it is holding up spectacularly. I store it in the back of a kitchen cabinet, so I have to drag it out to use it, so it is not being coddled. Most Sundays I roast a chicken in the oven, and then as I pull the meat off, I throw everything else in this crockpot (including pan drippings), cover it in water, add 1 TBSP of apple cider vinegar (for extracting minerals from the bones), and set it to cook on low for 10 hours, then switch to warm. Then I forget it until morning, when I wake up and unplug it, and let it cool a little. Then I strain it, and have 2 quarts of nice stock to use through the week. I love this thing, but it does sound like you either get a good one or a bad one, I would hope the company would send a replacement if it falls apart as quickly as some are experiencing.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent slow cooker, February 22, 2009
This review is from: Dr. Weil 9811 The Healthy Kitchen 5-Quart Slow Cooker (Kitchen)
I was going to get the 7 quart model which had excellent reviews here but decided the 5 quart would suffice for my cooking needs. I have already used it a handful of times in the last few weeks since I've purchased and it is as nice to look at as it is to cook with. As with any slow cooker with ceramic insert, take extra care when washing to not bump the insert against the sink, faucet, etc. This slow cooker takes up considerable room on the countertop but I love how I can put a whole chicken in here and still have room to spare!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
disappointed, December 26, 2011
This review is from: Dr. Weil 9811 The Healthy Kitchen 5-Quart Slow Cooker (Kitchen)
After few uses control panel fall off, plastic parts that hold the screws in fall apart in pieces. Otherwise works fine. It's a shame. Now I am not sure what to do !!!
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