West Bend 84915 5-Quart Oblong-Shaped Slow Cooker with Tote

Excellent, but a couple of nits I’ve been slow-cooking since the first CrockPots (in the 1950’s? — time flies). I’ve used a couple of dozen or more during that time. Settings were all Low-High-Off, later adding Warm. No bells and whistles. Most of these cookers were very unreliable on temperature control. Except for programming capability, little else has changed in 50 years.The West Bend Versatility series is a quantum leap forward: non-stick metal pot that can be used to brown meat (any experienced slow-cooker…

… for my daughter for Christmas and we’ve been very disappointed in it I bought this for my daughter for Christmas and we’ve been very disappointed in it. I’ve had one for 10 years and it has been one of my favorite kitchen tools. The gift for my daughter was nothing like my old one. My main complaint is that the lid doesn’t fit properly. There is a gap around it that allows air to escape which means food doesn’t cook in the time it should. She has been trying to cook soup today and the broth never reached even a low simmer, although we had the pot on the…

AWESOME This slow cooker is awesome. Finally have a slow cooker that slow cooks the best beef roast I have ever tasted. Also, slow cooked a whole chicken and the meat just fell off the bone. I own two other high dollar slow cookers that I could never get the beef and chicken to turn out good. This thing is so easy to use and so versatile. No problem with the lid, mine fit perfectly. I picked up another lid that serves as a serving dish like they used to have, at the Goodwill for 1.99 and now I am all…