HOUSNAT Slow Cooker, 10 in 1 Programmable Slow Cooker 6QT 304 Stainless Steel Inner Pot, Multi-Cooker with Rice, Yogurt, Sauté, Steam, Delay Start & Adjustable Temp – for Large Families & Entertaining

I’m really loving this slow cooker so far! I’ve only used it once, but I already feel so much better knowing I’m slowly swapping out items in my home for safer options. One of the biggest reasons I chose this is the stainless steel inner pot, no coatings, no worries, just something I feel good about using for my family and kids. We made barria taco meat in it for our first meal, and it turned out great, cooked evenly and had really good flavor. It also did a nice job keeping everything warm, reheated well the next day, which is always a bonus for busy days. I will say, getting it started was a little tricky at first… but that was totally on me 😅 I tried to wing it instead of reading the manual and ended up waiting around wondering why my food wasn’t cooking (turns out I never actually started it). Once I took a minute to read the instructions, like a smart person would, it was super straightforward and easy to use. I also love that it’s a multi-cooker, so you can do more than just slow cook things like sautéing, steaming, making rice, or even yogurt. It’s great for larger meals too, especially if you’re cooking for a family or having people over. Overall, I’d definitely call this a win. It feels safer, works well, and once you know what you’re doing, it’s simple to use. Looking forward to trying more meals in it! Don't mind my kiddos in the video. Mom life!

This slow cooker works great. Used it to make a number of things since I got it a week ago. Did slow cooked ham shanks and pinto beans, on low, without opening the lid, and they were perfectly done in 4 hours. I checked the temp on it with an instant read and all areas of the pot were within one or 2 degrees, which I consider to be equal temperatures. I made a beef and badmati rice dish. Turned out perfect. Used it to make German Ham Hocks and Ham Shanks in a braising liquid. Also perfect. So, the pot functions very well, very responsive when changing modes and temperatures. I love this slow cooker for how well it works. It has a small footprint, so, I use it inside a shallow stainless steel square pan that covers 2 of my gas stove burners. It's quite save, because you can't accidentally turn on the burners. The rim of the inner, stainless steel cooking vessel is easy to wipe clean when you open the lid to check things, when you are not slow cooking, before putting the lid back on. Incidentally, I like how big the vent hole is. That allows you to NOT open the lid, but, instead, stick your instant read temperature probe through the vent hole and into your food. Great idea there. Those were the pros of this slow cooker. Now, for the "with caution" cons of the slow cooker. Look at the picture of the lid, at the screws. See that bit "of white" there? It is paper towel that ripped off the piece of Brawny paper towel I was drying the lid with. I repeated the action a number of times Each time the paper towel went over the screws, there was paper towel ripped off and in the screws. Finally, I gently brushed my fingertips over the screws. They ARE jagged and sharp. Clearly enough to injury your skin if you accidently rubbed across it with skin instead of the wash sponge or drying towel. I am super dissatisfied with that. ALSO, on the inside, underneath, rim of the cooking vessel, at each handle, are the twp screws holding on each handle. When pushing my paper towel around that channel, the 4 screws are also rough and could cause injury if caught just right. For most people, neither the rough screws in the lid nor the rough screws at each handle would be a problem. BUT, for older people whose skin has become more thin or fragile, and, for those on Blood Thinners, a scrape against those rough screws can be a real problem. Quite frankly, for a sliw cooker costing well over $100.00, I fully EXPECT all parts to be free of rough screws, sharp burrs, or any other negligent craftsmanship. The stainless steel cooking vessel IS thinner than it should be. I think that is why it has bluish and hazy looking discoloration marks in the curve of the bottom where it becomes the side of the vessel. It is easy to clean FOOD and grease off when you wash the vessel. BUT, it us quite impossible to remove those blueish and hazy white discolorations. Which means that the beautiful stainless steel is NO LONGER beautiful, shiny, stainless steel after cooking in it only 3 times. Again, at over $100.00 for this item, I expect better craftsmanship. I would recommend this slow cooker but recommend CAUTION when handling the lid or under the rim at the handles when cleaning to prevent injury.

I am thrilled! Cooker arrived packaged very well and whoever dropped the box on it’s corner did not succeed in damaging the cooker. This is the prettiest cooker I have ever owned! The stainless steel interior pot is a game changer and I feel better knowing I am cooking healthier and without dangerous chemicals from my old ceramic cookers. I cooked a 3 1/2 pound roast and all its accompaniment vegetables and gravy to tender succulence in 4 hours on the high setting. I was expecting it to take around 6 hours or more having read a few other reviews. I am so glad I checked my roast early because it was at a full rolling boil without problem. My cooker cooked the food thoroughly and perfectly. I read all instructions prior to use and, in addition, watched several video reviews and tutorials on YouTube so I was familiar with the process before beginning. Cooking with this was beautiful and clean up left the pot looking brand new easily! I am, thus far, delighted with this multi-cooker! (I didn’t get a photo of the roast before it was devoured.) 🙄

I’m really disappointed with this crockpot. I’ve tried using it multiple times for roasts, and every single one has come out tough, dry, and overcooked. It seems like it runs too hot or cooks much faster than a typical slow cooker should, which defeats the whole purpose of “low and slow” cooking. I followed standard recipes and cooking times that have worked perfectly with other slow cookers I’ve owned, so I don’t think it’s user error. Unfortunately, the results have been consistently poor. If you’re planning to use this for roasts or anything that requires long, slow cooking, I wouldn’t recommend it. It just doesn’t deliver the tender, fall-apart texture you’d expect from a crockpot.

I used this cooker yesterday for the first time, and love it so far. My only hesitation in buying this cooker was that reviewers said the slow cook function on low setting didn't get hot enough. But otherwise, I liked everything else about it. I especially like that the labels on the buttons are big and easy to read, for old eyes. The stainless inner pot is very nice, so smooth it's slippery, which is great for cooking/searing. I used the sear function to cook onions for the soup I'm making and I added a few other things, then the liquid broth. I think the vent hole in the lid is too big (lets too much heat out), so I twisted up a small piece of foil and stuck it in there. I can remove it to vent the soup, as needed. So if you slow cook on low setting in this pot, try plugging up that vent hole. Maybe that will retain some of the heat so you can successfully "slow cook" on the low setting. I'm not convinced yet that the slow cook high setting is hot enough, either. I'm done adding stuff to the pot now so it will stay closed and hopefully the temp can reach its max and start bubbling. Water boils at 212 degrees, but this hasn't bubbled or boiled yet. As far as the included manual and recipe book: manual is minimally helpful. Recipes look interesting, but prepare to see lots of typos. Next Day Update: A Google search will tell you that typically the Slow Cook LOW setting is about 200 deg. F and the HIGH setting is around 300 deg. F. So, using that info, I was looking through the manual and, based on which functions allow you to adjust the temperatures, I will use the Sear, Roast, or Bake functions for slow cook HIGH because I can adjust the temp. to 300 deg., give or take a few. For slow cook LOW I will use the Stew function and I can set the temp to 200 deg., give or take a few. My first time using the cooker yesterday, I had a full pot of densely packed soup and after a couple hours it wasn't hot. I took the temp and it ranged from 191 to 194, clearly not high enough to bubble. So I switched it back to Sear/Saute to get it going and it finally was ready in less than an hour. But this entire soup process on the Slow Cook function went on for over 3 hours, and still didn't get hot!! The Slow Cook function is faulty by design and the max temperatures need to be adjusted upwards. I don't know if this cooker heats just from the bottom or from the bottom and sides, but you have to get some heat going in this thing--by some means--to get the food cooked. 26 August update: Making chicken taco soup. Can't get this thing to "simmer," can't adjust the temperature to anything between 210 and 248 degrees. None of the functions will let you adjust to a temp within that range. This is really annoying. The Steam function is 212 but it is an aggressive boil, not a simmer. So all afternoon I've been going between agressive boiling on Stew or Sear and it doing nothing on Slow Cook high (those default temperatures are not high enough to simmer). Both Slow Cook High and Low have automatic temperatures, so you can't adjust them. I hope the folks at Housnat read these reviews and will fix the Slow Cook temperatures and make all the functions' temperatures fully adjustable. It's such a nice looking cooker, but this inability to get a simmer is really annoying. How do you cook anything that needs to simmer or slow cook?

Gave as a gift. And she couldn’t wait to use it. Cooked perfectly and was easy to use.

We have always had crockpots with porcelain pots but they tend to crack and/or chip so we never really cared for those. Then there are the pots that have the "non-stick" coatings but you can scratch those. Now there's concern that these scratches allow the non stick coating to impregnate the food and that it is unhealthy. So we wanted a crockpot with a stainless steel pot. That was extremely hard to find until we came across this HOUSNAT Multi Cooker. We ordered it just because it had a stainless steel pot for cooking. And are we glad we did. Following the directions in the recipe book that came with the cooker has made it easy to prepare chicken, rice and a roast. We've used it to bake, steam and stew. Minor adjustments were required but the times listed in the instruction manual/recipe book were very close which made adjusting very easy and straight forward. We highly recommend this multi cooker for anyone wanting to move away from the traditional porcelain pot or coated cooking surface.

LOVE this cooker! I use it all the time. Does everything...roasts, sears, saute, rice, etc. Love that's it's stainless steel, that was the main reason I bought it.

I was looking for a Teflon free rice cooker. Here it is. Cooks perfect rice. Nice and super easy to clean!

Took a while to get here, a week late but the unit is spectacular, best one I have ever seen.

Terrible warranty