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Slow Cooker Reviews, Best Cheap Crock Pots
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What to Look For »
What to Expect »
BEST CHEAP SLOW
COOKERS
GOOD CHEAP SLOW
COOKERS
Proctor Silex 33015
1.5-Quart Round Slow
Cooker
starting at $18
Rival 3040 4-Quart
Round Slow Cooker
starting at $25
Hamilton Beach 7-Qt. Slow
Cooker With Travel Case,
33690
starting at $35
Crock-Pot Smart-Pot Slow
Cooker SCVP550
starting at $29
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Cheap Slow Cookers Buying Guide
Slow cookers have been around forever, but didn't appear in modern guise until 1971 when Rival
introduced the Crock-Pot. That brand name has become so synonymous with slow-cooking
appliances that they are often just referred to as crock pots.
Today, the slow-cooker market is dominated by
makers like Crock-Pot/Rival, Hamilton Beach,
Proctor Silex, and West Bend. Although you can
spend $300 for a 7-Qt. slow cooker with a
cast-aluminum cooking chamber made by
All-Clad for Williams-Sonoma, you can also
spend about one-tenth that amount for an
appliance that delivers moist and flavorful
meals.
Regardless of price, slow cookers all operate
pretty much the same way and have the same
basic components. There's a lid (sometimes
hinged, most often made of glass), an insulated
outer shell that contains built-in heating
elements, and nestled within that shell is the
cooking chamber (on modern slow cookers, removable and dishwasher-safe crocks are now
standard). The cooking process proceeds via indirect heat that transfers from the heating elements
to the inner container.
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What to Look For: Cheap Slow Cooker Features
Low-cost Slow Cookers Size: Slow cookers come in a range of sizes. The smallest and most
basic slow cookers - sometimes called dippers, such as the 16-ounce Little Dipper from Rival
(
starting at $11, Amazon) - are designed primarily to hold food like dips and sauces at proper
serving temperature for hours. They are not meant to cook whole meals or a wide variety of food
types and typically feature just a "warm" mode.
For actual cooking, you need a larger model. Meal preparation for one or two people calls for a
small slow cooker, like the Proctor Silex 33015 1.5-Quart Round Slow Cooker (
starting at $14,
Amazon); one of few models of this size, it has three temperature settings (high, low, keep warm)
as well as an "off" setting. Feeding a family of four or five moves you up the size ladder, where
your options expand considerably: the Rival 3040 (starting at $20, Amazon) is a 4-Qt. model and
its larger and programmable sibling, the Rival 38501 (
starting at $34, Amazon) has a 5-Qt.
capacity; the semi-programmable Crock-Pot Smart-Pot SCVP550 (
starting at $29, Amazon), at 5.5
quarts is slightly larger. If you cook for a crowd or like to prepare enough for leftovers, you'll want
a slow cooker with more capacity, like the 6- Qt. West Bend 85156 (
starting at $45, Amazon) or
7-Qt. Hamilton Beach 33690 (
starting at $35, Amazon).
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Proctor Silex 33015
1.5-Quart Round Slow
Cooker
A small capacity cooker with
dishwasher-safe cooking insert
and easy-to-understand controls;
users like the three heat settings (unusual for
smaller cookers) and excellent results.
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Rival 3040 4-Quart
Round Slow Cooker
This reliable slow cooker features
two cook settings, see-through
lid, and removable stoneware
crock; users say it's easy to
clean, does a good job on roasts
and stews, and needs a ‘warm' setting, but some
complain it loses heat out of the sides.
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Hamilton Beach 7-Qt.
Slow Cooker With
Travel Case, 33690
Another easy-to-use slow cooker
with keep-warm setting and
dishwasher-safe glass lid and
stoneware crock; good size for soups and larger
roasts but some users grumble about the absence of
an indicator light.
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