No matter what we put in the Set & Forget — meat, beans and rice, whole dinners — the meat came out tender and juicy, and the veggies were done to perfection. We did find that the sidewalls get hot, and this 6-quarter is heavy to transport, especially with a four-pound roast inside. But if you love your barbeque, this is the pot for you.
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When you want to brew a cup of piping-hot coffee, the wait is even shorter — it takes just 3 minutes to brew a cup of hot coffee. Whether you brew hot or cold brew coffee, the removable stand lets you brew Hamilton Beach up to 16 oz. Into a travel mug for coffee to go or brew into a traditional cup to enjoy at home. Maybe you’re just an over – achiever, but you refuse to bring the standard fare to the potluck dinner.
I thought if they did reply we would go and buy another one and give the brand one more chance but I have heard nothing. It’s unlikely that anyone really likes cleaning up, but the Set & Forget slow cooker is pretty easy to clean. We cooked rice and beans in each Hamilton Beach of the slow cookers we tested, and the meal came out really good. This may not be the cooker to choose if you regularly make small servings of rice. One thing to watch for, though, is that the sidewalls get very warm, like many of the slow cookers we tested.
The Company also has exposure to the higher-priced, higher-margin global commercial foodservice and hotel room amenities markets. The Hamilton Beach Set & Forget is a high-value programmable slow cooker with excellent cooking performance. It’s incredibly easy to set and gives consistent results every time. This was a favorite of ours for those meals you throw in the pot in the morning and let cook all day while you are busy working or playing.
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They won’t scald your fingers, but they are hot, so be careful. Another thing to consider is that the screen is not lit, so you’ll have to bend down to counter level to program it. When you’re ready for coffee, just say, “Alexa, turn on my coffee maker,” and a red brewing light on the machine will turn on. If you don’t have an Alexa speaker in the room, or you don’t feel like talking, you can navigate to your coffee maker in the Devices section of the Alexa app and press the power button. I’m PCMag’s expert on fitness and smart home technology, and I’ve written more than 6,000 articles and reviews in the 10-plus years I’ve been here. I unbox, set up, test, and review a wide range of consumer tech products from my home in Florida, often with the help of my pitbull Bradley.
That said, if you think you might want to do more than just slow cook, the Instant Pot Duo will allow you to also pressure cook, steam, sauté, and more. And if you’re flying solo and these all seem to big, the Crock-Pot 2.5-Quart Mini Casserole is simple but light, portable, and very cute. The features are easy to use, and the meals come out perfectly every time, all for a very reasonable price. New and veteran cooks alike will enjoy the programable probe and the locking lid, which has the added benefit of keeping fingers from sneaking a taste. This is a high value product and one we don’t hesitate to recommend for the slow cook enthusiast. Whether the Alexa-enabled model is worth its $65 markup over Hamilton Beach’s basic programmable coffee maker is debatable.