Is the temp programmable in 30 minute increments like one of the other Hamilton Beach crockpots? (not sure how much this would be needed, but...)
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You can set the cooking time in 30 minute increments up to 10 hrs. When the time is up, it will go to warming temp. and will stay in warming mode for up to (I believe) 8 hours. That keeps the food at a safe temp. You just want to make sure the food doesn't overcook.
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Booklet was inside the crock. Might want to check IF you can get one sent from customer service. Although any basic crock pot cookbook will probably tell you all you need to know. BTW, I no longer even know where my booklet is. Much safety information is common sense, too few recipes included to call it a useful cookbook for the crock pot in general. Most important... NEVER put cold water into a warm/hot crock... that MAY CRACK it so ALWAYS rinse or fill to soak with water similar in temperature to the crock itself, hot or cold. Also this removable crock is oven safe to about 350-400 degrees (lid is not)... and microwave safe but WHY? I cannot think of a reasonable need to use it in the microwave. NEVER place the crock on a stove top burner! And buy a good basic crockpot cookbook for small crockpots. A 3-quart crockpot is ample for cooking for 2 or 3 people but is small in comparison to some of the 5-quart and larger units for sale these days.
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It doesnt seem possible from the instruction booklet but if you have taken the trouble to put the question up here, you should take the trouble to call Hamilton Beach at 800-851-8900. I am sure they can tell you if there is a way to do it (this has a 14 hr cooking limit but it seems to start immediately I havent seen a way to defer start time but I am home when I cook and I am not particularly sophisticated with electronics).
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I'm not sure what you mean by 12 hours. I've had smoe trouble over cooking things, because I couldn't find a way to reduce the heat. I thought it was supposed to be a slow cooker, but I find things going at a hard boil. I was advised to turn it to warm to reduce the heat. It's not really clear.
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Yes, the slow cooker has a timer that can be set to any time you like - once that time is reached, it automatically switches to the "warm" setting.
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N0 -Besides the usual On and Off - it only has 3 settings :High-Low and Warm. It does take about 5 minutes to heat up if you start on "high" I don't know how long it takes to heat up on the low setting as I have never tried.But No it is NOT programmable.
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Automatically...no. You would have to switch it to low manually. The "cook time" setting will only work on either "high" or "low", and then switch to "keep warm".
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The instruction manual states that you can program in 30 minute increments up to 20 hours. Hope this is helpful.Kathy
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I has a high, low, warm and auto setting. The auto setting cooks on high for 2 hours and then re-sets to low. The warm setting is great for those occasions when you want things hot enough to eat but not still cooking. I have 2 other crock pots. Never use the other two anymore. This is worth every penny.
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We have alot of parties and use it at least once a week for 6-8 hrs at a time so I think it would work fine commercially. I would buy the actual CrockPot version as this is the 2nd one they sent me. The feet constantly fall off making it teeter which is dangerous especially if children are around. Mine heats up fast and stays hot.
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This Crock-Pot goes to warm automatically. That should actually solve your problem. If you insist on a start time you should go with a "Standard" CP with simple High/low controls and use a plug in type timer.
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America's Test Kitchen has a recipe for "roasting" a whole chicken in a crockpot. Still, as NuJoi said, the skin won't be crispy. This unit (the four-quart) will saute, steam, or slow-cook. I'm actually going to cook New York Strip in mine tomorrow. Never done that before, but I'm hoping it will come out as tender as other meats I've cooked in this unit.
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This was a gift for a family member. With questions this specific you might want to google search the crockpot and look at the manual. Im sure you can find it online. Good luck!
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Hi, I have the Hamilton Beach 33140 oval slow cooker. It doesn't come with recipes, but it does have guidelines to use the slow cooker. If you follow the exact guidelines, your food cooks faster than stated, so check after 2 hours on high. Enjoy.
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We have used the 3qt pot to reheat leftover stew. If you put something in it in the morning and want it warm by dinner, I'd use the 'warm' switch. If you need to warm it up in a couple hours, I suppose you can use high, but I've never used it for a quick warm up. It has a high, low and warm switch on it, so I'm sure you could adjust it to work in your favor. Regardless, we have enjoyed this size of crock-pot.
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Cookign time. I don't believe there's a programmable keep warm time. When cooking rice, if you don't manually stop it when it beeps, the timer will start to increment, it's hard to tell if it is 10 min overcook is 10 min unercook if you were not there when the timer was 0.
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yes to both questions. the only downside is that it doesn't have a warming feature like my larger crockpot.