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Meal Maker Slow Cooker
Slow Cooker Safety........................ 2
Know Your Slow Cooker .............. 3
How to Use Your Slow Cooker .... 3
Tips for Slow Cooking.................. 5
Cleaning Your Slow Cooker.......... 6
Customer Service.......................... 8
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Slow Cooker Safety IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS When using electrical appliances, basic 8. Do not use outdoors. safety precautions should always be 9. Do not let cord hang over edge of observed, including the following: table or counter, or touch hot surfaces, 1. Read all instructions. including stove. 2. Do not touch hot surfaces. Use handles 10. Do not place on or near hot gas or an or knobs. electric burner, or in a heated oven. 3. To protect against electrical shock do not 11. Extreme caution must
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Know Your Slow Cooker Parts and Features 1. Cover 2. Crock 3. Base 4. Control Knob (see page 4) Crock Capacity How much does your slow cooker hold? The capacity of your slow cooker refers to the amount the crock can hold if it is filled to the rim. However, we DO NOT recommend filling to the rim. As a rule, you should select recipes that yield 1 quart less than the listed capacity of your crock. For example, if your slow cooker is labeled as a 6-quart slow cooker, your best results will be ac
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Control Knob and Temperature Settings The Control Knob on the slow cooker offers Low and High temperature settings for cooking. The Keep Warm setting is for holding the prepared recipe at a perfect serving temperature. The Keep Warm setting should only be used after a recipe has been thor- oughly cooked. Food should not be reheated on the Keep Warm setting. If food has been cooked and then refrig- erated it must be reheated on Low or High, then switched to Keep Warm. CAUTION: The Keep Warm sett
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Tips for Slow Cooking If cooking soups or stews, leave a The Cover of the slow cooker does not 2-inch space between the top of the form a tight fit on the Crock but should Crock and the food so that the recipe be centered on the Crock for best can come to a simmer. results. Do not remove the Cover unnecessarily— this results in major Many recipes call for cooking all day. heat loss. Do not cook without Cover If your morning schedule doesn’t allow in place. time to prepare a recipe, do it the
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Adapting Recipes Some ingredients are not suited for meat with a high fat content, place extended cooking in the slow cooker. thick onion slices underneath, so the Pasta, seafood, milk, cream, or sour meat will not sit and cook in the fat. cream should be added 2 hours before Some recipes call for browning the serving. Evaporated milk or condensed meat before slow cooking. This is only soups are perfect for the slow cooker. to remove excess fat or for color; it is Many things can affect how qu
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Optional Features on Selected Models The Lid Latch secures the cover while moving, transporting, or storing the slow cooker. To use Lid Latch, place the white band into the groove located under one of the handles. Stretch the band to the other side of the slow cooker and secure it in the groove under the other handle. Once the band is attached, it can also be crossed over the knob to further secure the lid. The Carrying Case can be used when you need to transport the slow cooker to another loca
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Customer Service Call our toll-free customer service numbers. Please note the model, type, and series number on the bottom of the slow cooker, or have the slow cooker close by when you call. This will help us answer your question. LIMITED WARRANTY This product is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years for Hamilton Beach Portfolio products or one (1) year for Hamilton Beach products from the date of original purchase, except as noted below. Du
