| Of the best 6 quart programmable slow cookers on | | | | side handles which make it easy and safe to carry or |
| the market, one of them has a unique feature that | | | | move. I really like the clip-tight gasket lid which is |
| makes it the best slow cooker for many families. | | | | designed to prevent spilling your pot luck dinner in the |
| The special unique feature the Hamilton Beach 33967 | | | | car on the way to the party. The gasket also prevents |
| Set 'n Forget 6-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker, | | | | the lid from developing a steam pressure rattle; instead, |
| that makes it the best slow cooker in this category, is | | | | your slow cooker will just quietly simmer away on the |
| the meat thermometer. | | | | counter top. |
| If your family would like to regularly enjoy a moist slow | | | | A Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker is a Real Time Saver! |
| cooker roast, tender turkey breast, pork tenderloin, or | | | | This good looking, generously proportioned, oval |
| slow cooker chicken, the meat thermometer probe | | | | Hamilton Beach 6 quart slow cooker easily takes up to |
| gives you peace of mind and worry-free results. | | | | a 7 pound roast of meat, a turkey breast or whole |
| When you use your Hamilton Beach programmable | | | | ham; or will cook up to 9 servings of soup, creamy |
| slow cooker with meat thermometer to help you | | | | pasta, curry, chili, casserole or chocolate fudge pudding. |
| make dinner, the meat portion of your meal will always | | | | It is an ideal size for a larger family or a cook that likes |
| be cooked to perfection when you are ready to | | | | to have enough left over to freeze. |
| serve. If you are concerned a programmable slow | | | | I also recommend smaller families and singles consider |
| cooker might be hard to use, you may be pleasantly | | | | the Hamilton Beach 33967 too, as long as they are |
| surprised. | | | | able to freeze the additional servings. Most weeks I |
| Cooking with the Meat Thermometer Probe | | | | serve one or two meals that were cooked and frozen |
| You simply insert the meat thermometer probe into the | | | | the previous week. I find it a major time and cost |
| middle or thickest part of the meat, through a tiny hole | | | | saver to be able to get a meal out of the freezer to |
| in the lid. Select high or low and set the temperature. | | | | reheat for dinner that night, rather than to cook another |
| The probe monitors the cooking process until the meat | | | | one from scratch. |
| has reached the set temperature. Once the desired | | | | When I have the inclination, which is usually fueled by |
| internal temperature is reached, as per the food safety | | | | buying a quantity of discounted meat or tomatoes, I |
| guidelines, the meat is cooked and the unit | | | | use my slow cooker to batch cook chicken |
| automatically switches to warm mode. Warm mode | | | | casseroles, curries and spaghetti sauce etc, so I have |
| will keep your meal warm until you are ready to start | | | | some for now and some to freeze for later. I actually |
| serving. | | | | always find everything tastes even better when |
| If you cook chicken or turkey breast, pork chops or | | | | reheated. |
| large pieces of meat regularly, the meat thermometer | | | | I use mine nearly every day, so I know you will find |
| probe will be a frequently used feature, as it will ensure | | | | owning a programmable slow cooker is a real time |
| the meat is perfectly cooked every time. No need for | | | | saver! It's amazing that just 5-10 minutes meal |
| you to calculate or guess how long it will take to cook, | | | | preparation time in the morning, gives you time and |
| and therefore, there is no risk of under or over cooking | | | | saves stress at the dinner end of the day. If you have |
| the meat. Ingenious! In my opinion, the meat | | | | a busy life and a hungry family to feed you will really |
| thermometer has got to be one of the best reasons | | | | enjoy every benefit of owning one of these Hamilton |
| to own this particular model. | | | | Beach slow cookers. Like me, you'll look forward to |
| To use the program cooking mode, just put your meal | | | | coming home to the major part of the meal ready and |
| together in the cooker, select the cooking time, choose | | | | waiting. |
| the heat setting, and then you can literally walk away. | | | | Your instruction manual comes with 7 mouth-watering |
| Which is exactly why it is called Set 'n Forget. Once | | | | recipes using the meat thermometer to get you |
| the cooking time has finished, it will automatically switch | | | | started. The recipe for "Maple Boneless Pork Roast" |
| to warm mode. | | | | sounds amazing. You will find, between the recipe |
| Hamilton Beach 33967 - More Special Features | | | | pages and the "Cooking Guide for Probe" page, you |
| This Hamilton Beach crock pot has some additional | | | | have all the information you need to get in and get |
| special features, for example, power-interrupt | | | | started with using your slow cooker to make dinner |
| protection, a clip-on spoon, a clip-tight gasket lid and | | | | for your family. |