Customer Reviews

Hamilton Beach 32600S 6-1/2-Quart Roaster Oven

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I am very impressed with the Hamilton Beach 32600S 6 1/2-Quart Roaster Oven. It's so very versitile and easy to use. It makes the best roast chicken you've ever tasted! Just wash your chicken, put it into the roaster oven, sprinkle garlic powder, onion powder and Mrs. Dash... then set the timer. It's so good and good for you since the rack keeps the grease away from the chicken. I hope I have been of some help.

I have had this roaster oven for over a year. I never leave home for any extended time that I don't take it with me if I will be preparing meals. The heat comes from the sides so never any burned on the bottom foods. Predictable low temperatures to very hot temperatures which can brown the foods. Different from a fry pan and much more versatile than a slow cooker. I am puzzled that more people don't use these. Probably just not very well known. I think its a gem.

I bought this 6.5 qt roaster at Shopko on sale for only $23.88. I think I might as well retire my crock pot! Like the last reviewer, I don't know why more people don't use these small roasters for their everyday cooking. They work just like the large 18-20 qt roasters that are "en vogue" right now for Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey roasting. Like a regular oven, the temperature range is from 200 to 450 degrees - use for both slow-cooking and regular cooking. The metal insert pan is much lighter and therefore easier to handle and clean than the heavy ceramic crock-pot inserts. Also, the oval design allows you to spread out foods a little more for cooking than the standard round slow-cooker design. Anything I've roasted is done as fast as it would be in my regular oven, even though you don't preheat. (Example: meat loaf in 45 minutes.) I guess since you don't preheat, it's acutally done faster. I'm sure it's definitely using less electricity than heating the entire oven also. And, you could theoretically bring it on an extended road trip to cook in your hotel or RV instead of eating out! Much easier than toting around a heavy crock-pot or 20 qt roaster oven. The biggest plus for me is that since this is only counter-top accessible, my toddler can't be accidentally burned like with the regular oven that she can reach. It's also a lot easier to baste foods and check for "doneness" without burning myself, too!

I've had this roaster about 4 months now. I use it for pot roast (outstanding), baking potatoes (outstanding), pinto beans (outstanding), roasting chicken (yep, outstanding). It's small, it doesn't heat up the kitchen while in use, cooks very quickly and easy, easy to clean. We like it so much, we bought a second one just in case this one ever dies. I bought my son one, (my daughter won't learn to cook but my son-in-law will love his) and I'm giving several of them as Christmas gifts this year. Great appliance.

I must be in the minority according to the rest of the reviews but I was disappointed in this item. If you are roasting a chicken the wings and legs burn long before it is cooked if they touch the sides and it is nearly impossible not to. It was also advertised as having a nonstick interior and I have had nothing but problems trying to clean this appliance. Everything sticks to it no matter what I use, Pam, oil ect. It cooks well and doesn't burn on the bottom but I would have purchased a different item if I had known how this one actually performed.

This is a very good product. The Hamilton Roaster cook everything nice and even. IT was great for the holidays. After this i have went out and got more Hamilton products.