Review: Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker Model 33157

Spend five minutes in the morning throwing ingredients into a pot, and when you come home at night, it’s a delicious, hot, nutritious meal - it’s the promise of a slow cooker, and something I’ve been hoping to achieve for months. Last week I decided to finally go after my goal, and I bought a Hamilton Beach slow cooker, model number 33157. It was about $22, a very reasonable price compared to some of the competing slow cookers on the market. It is black and silver, fits 6.5 quarts, and goes nicely in my kitchen. Unfortunately, I don’t have counter space to leave it out all the time, but I have a feeling it might be out on the counter quite frequently anyway.

I have only made one meal in my Hamilton Beach slow cooker so far, but it turned out great. I had no problems unpacking and setting up this slow cooker, and I was quickly on my way to cooking a delicious dinner within a few minutes. It has “low”, “high”, and “keep warm” settings, and each seems to work as required. Most of the day it was set at “low” - and worked perfectly, at the end of the cook cycle it was set to “high” and definitely got more heated than “low”, and worked well. “Keep warm” also worked perfect, as I left the meal on this setting for about 30 minutes after it was done, with good results. The lid seems to sit well in it’s place, and I had no spillage during my inaugural cooking.

I am planning to use it for more meals in the near future, as well as for a dip recipe I have, Caesar artichoke dip; I expect that it will work well. The fact that it has a decent capacity means that I will be able to use it for most recipes, and I don’t have to limit myself because of size. I guess it’s not incredibly impressive for a slow cooker to work correctly, but I don’t have any complaints about any of the functions or features of this slow cooker, so I have to say I am satisfied. The one feature I haven’t yet used is a “travel strap” that is basically a big rubber band that holds the lid in place, in order to move the cooker and ingredients to a new location (like a holiday party) without any spills. I am not really that impressed with this “feature” and I doubt I will ever use it, but I can see how it might come in handy.

Cooking Ability: 5/5

Price: 4/5

Appearance: 4/5

Capacity: 4/5

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Do you use a slow cooker? What cool features does yours have?

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