- Adjustable temperature control
- Premium non-stick interior
- Glass cover for easy viewing
- Base doubles as a small non-stick griddle
- Cooking vessel safe for use on base and rangetop, in oven, freezer and dishwasher
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6-Quart "Versatility Deluxe" Everyday Cooker has a stainless steel cooking vessel and handles. Glass cover for easy viewing. Cooking vessel is safe for use on base and rangetop, in oven, freezer and dishwasher. The cooking base doubles as a small griddle. Cooking vessel interior is coated with premium non-stick interior as is the base.
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73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Crock-pot Fan,
By Happily Retired "Cat Lovers" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: West Bend 84846 6-Quart "Versatility Deluxe" Everyday Cooker, Stainless Steel/Black (Kitchen)
I'm a senior citizen who stays busy but still likes a good, hot meal for me and my hubby. I bought this model for its oval shape (to accommodate roasts, chickens, etc.)and because it is lightweight stainless steel. It arrived two days ago and at 8 a.m. today I browned an almost 4 lb. rump roast on the gas range, then added the seasonings I wanted and placed it on the base at the low setting, and left for fitness class. When I returned home at 11:00 a.m., the liquid was bubbling away on the low setting and almost done. I lowered it to the keep warm setting to allow a bit more cooking time. The end result was wonderful; we just ate dinner at 12:30 p.m. rather than later this afternoon. This is a nice appliance and it is versatile; it was convenient to brown the meat right in the cooking pan. However, this unit does cook far more quickly than expected, so it will be used with caution in the future. Sure am glad I wasn't out longer this morning. I rated this with 3 stars because of the heat settings and will probably purchase a regular ceramic oval crock-pot for all-day cooking.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Inferior to other West Bend Slow Cookers,
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This review is from: West Bend 84846 6-Quart "Versatility Deluxe" Everyday Cooker, Stainless Steel/Black (Kitchen)
I have been using a different West Bend slow cooker for 7 years and have really enjoyed it. The pot on the old cooker is good quality --- it heats evenly despite being light. I bought this one as a second, and chose stainless so that it would look different from my first, and was sad to find that the pot has a major hot spot where food always burns, and on the first use, the pot was scarred. I don't know if the hot spot is an anomaly; perhaps the non-stainless version is less likely to have hot spots.
I sent the slow cooker back to the company in Wisconsin, and they sent me a new pan, and the new pan does not any hotspots. Presumably, the old pan just had a manufacturing flaw. UPDATE: The heating element failed after 13 months, just after the 1 year warranty period. I made a delicious Italian chick pea soup the previous night, and set it to "low" for over 3 hours, usually enough to get the soup to the boiling point. When I served the soup to my guests, the soup was barely lukewarm. I left the soup on overnight to continue to cook to develop the flavors, assuming that the temperature would increase eventually, but when I returned to the soup, I found a thick layer of foul-smelling white viscous material at the top. When I measured the soup's temperature, it was 115 F. We didn't have any power failures and the heating element was clearly warm, just not hot, so it must have been a failure of the heating element, rather than electricity. I STILL RECOMMEND West Bend slow cookers, just not this model. For my parents, I bought the 5 quart white slow cooker (my third) several months, virtually identical design to my 8 year old slow cooker. The oblong white slow cooker is sufficiently hot, and the pot itself has no hot spots. As a working woman feeding many mouths, I rely on slow cookers, and I prefer Westbends to the crockery varieties. This model is the pits, though.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
6-Quart "Versatility Plus" Everyday Cooker, by West Bend,
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This review is from: West Bend 84846 6-Quart "Versatility Deluxe" Everyday Cooker, Stainless Steel/Black (Kitchen)
OH man, it is so good and so easy to use. It saves sooo much time and trouble. Like I heard once before Just Set it and Forget it, well, this is easier than that.
Before you go to bed just put in your ingredients for breakfast, put on the lid, plug it in and set the heat level and go to bed. And by morning it's cooked and ready to plate up for eating. Then it is easy to wash and put in ingredients for dinner and come home from work and it's done. NO Trouble. No Fuss. I LOVE my new Everyday Cooker. Mind you I said Everyday cooker cause it is much more than a slow cooker. Cakes, pastries, oatmeal, soups; you name it you can make it in the cooker. You can fry on the base; eggs, burgers, etc. Use the pan on the stove or oven. Easy to adjust the heat level. "Muti-purpose Every Day Cooker." Well worth the money, cause it saves money in the long run with the soups and other items that can be packed and frozen for later use. I just can't say enought about it. I use it EVERY DAY for more than one meal per day.
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