Slow cooker mode is worthless
358981
Slow cook mode does not have a high / low setting. Gourmia customer service confirmed this.
4304130
I bought this one year ago.  It suddenly failed.  Power gets to the buttons but nothing stays on.  That's a lot of money to spend on a slow cooker that has a built-in skillet.  I could have purchased a really nice skillet and a regular slow cooker for less money.
1335311
The device overheats every time and burns food. The "warm" setting heats to a typical crock-pot low setting and the "low" temp here is as hot as high on other, simpler models. On the "high" temp, a stew (nearly a full crock) began to boil after heating for just over an hour. I have followed recipes from several books to attempt to like this crock-pot, but it is my worst kitchen purchase ever.
4226168
I bought this as a replacement for my old crock pot which was Hamilton Beach.  The Low on the Crock Pot has burned my food every time and I cooked it for 6 -7 hours.  I don't dare to even try the Hi.  I tried it on keep warm and it barely cooked my food.  It seems like there is no middle on this crock pot.  It either burns your food or doesn't cook at all.  Very disappointed.  I will go back to Hamilton Beach
2927654
Please don't make the same mistake I did in assuming that you can control the cooker with the app from anywhere.  You need to be within the range of the Wi-Fi.  Controlling the cooker from the grocery store, work, etc. via the app is not possible (in my humble, novice-level technical opinion).  Personally, I no longer see the benefit of the app unless you're in an extremely large home.  Rather than getting up from the sofa and walking over to the kitchen to adjust the cooker, I'm going to open the app? Huh?  Or, what, I'm naked in the bathroom and need to make a crock-pot adjustment ASAP? I'm sure that there are exceptions that 2% of the crock-pot market would appreciate, but I don't get it. Am I missing something? Aside from the app gimmick, it's a very good product.
2343556
very disappointed with this one!  Most recipes are for the slow cooker, not the pressure cooker!  I didn't need a crock pot cookbook!  It also need serious editing.  Not a fan...
1431809
I wish I had found this before buying a slow cooker a year ago... this has it all.
I made some chicken soup on my first go and - WOW this turned out great. Easy too.
Not too good for split pea soup... maybe it is me but I think the pressure is too much for these... they turned to mush.
I am learning - loads of recipes on pintrest and cooking sites... Plus I can now sell my smaller slow cooker
******UPDATE*****
The valve for the steam / pressure cooker does not come up.
I have to get something to help it come up to seal off so that the pressure will come up.
This began in only 3 months of use... Contacting Fagor for the warranty is a nightmare. I did finally make contact with them and they said they would send me out a new lid. Well it never came. Here I am over a year later and still having the same problem.
This does work though.. .but I am going to look into the Instant Pot - now that I have fallen for the pressure cooker idea I want to spend a little more $$$ and get something with stainless steel
2190761
Here is what you are about to buy and get: Cooker, non-matching instruction book, power cord, rice spoon. That is it. The settings in the book are not the setting actually on the cooker. No instructions on what each setting is. For example, press Menu repeatedly until toggles to Slow Cook. P300 appears. No mention of any of this in the booklet. I figure out P300 is 300 minutes. Press TEMP(erature) and says 70C then 80C then 90C. I figure out this must be Celsius. No instructions on how to toggle to Fahrenheit. Is this the temperature it cooks at for 300 minutes or the temperature shuts off when reaches? I set P300 to P660 since will be at work for the next 10 hours and when return the items in the cooking basket are not cooked thoroughly. Carrots are hard, potatoes are hard. Short ribs are done but dry and not tender.

Looked online for instruction manual that might help me figure out what was the issue with the settings or the cooker. Watched ALL the videos posted here by users (wow, most were given the cooker then posted a video).

Rubbish so am moving on to a different slow cooker. If could give this negative stars, I would.

I give up.
1197368
My unit does not cook hot enough at all and it cooks very unevenly. I have many other slow cookers ranging in different makes and models and I am used to the differences that can occur, but something is way off here. I'm a bit concerned that the food is not reaching safe cooking temperatures fast enough. I'm going to stop using it.
743131
it seems that many of the slow cookers of modern day are actually much faster than they should be. Is it because of less quality control, or the worries about the liability of producing an undercooked product?

This wouldn't be my choice of cookers unless you take the time to figure out how much time your actual recipes need, by being around and using a meat thermometer to take readings.

I have another crock pot, the Hamilton Beach 33967 which I really like, because it has a temperature probe, which shuts the unit off when the desired temperature of the meat is reached. Granted this doesn't make for the fall apart meats that we typically associate with a slow cooker, but it surely isn't a dry finished product if you don't have the time to babysit your meal.
1433805
Temperature control is useless. On low, it is about 400 degrees. You cannot keep food warm because it boils on warm setting.
1001428
Unfortunately this slow cooker runs HOT. It simmers on low and a slow cooker shouldn't really simmer. It will burn your food too if you are not careful. I wish I had just shelled out the money for the Kitchenaid one recommended by Cooks Illustrated.
1269056
So sad....I was given this slow cooker as a gift just under a year ago and it died today. (Thankfully it died after cooking the food.) I was so excuted when I recieved it as a gift because I had been eyeing it fir awhile...it was even in my "saved for later" on Amazon. It was used regularly probably an average of once every 14 days. I have other Crock Pot brand slow cooker that have lasted for years and years with the same amount or more of use. Very disappointed this didn't make it a year. I will most likely go back to Crock Pot brand.
2699094
This is by far the worst Slow Cooker I've ever seen. I thought it would be very nice and cook well, it doesn't even do that.
FAIR WARNING: IF YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN DO NOT BUY THIS . THE OUTSIDE GETS EXTREMELY HOT IF YOU TOUCH THE OUTSIDE . I'M REPORTING THIS TO THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THIS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET. EXTREME DANGER FOR ANYONE WITH SMALL CHILDREN OR ANYONE THAT THINKS IT HAS COOL SIDES, IT DOES NOT.
257032
I bought this instead of another pressure cooker because it was much less expensive.  Unfortunately, I didn't open and use it for almost a year after I received it.  It does a decent slow-cook, though there's only one temperature (which seems like "high" for a slow-cooker).  Tonight I tried to use it as a pressure cooker.  The lid wouldn't seat or seal correctly and consequently, it never came up to pressure, but kept heating (trying to attain pressure) and burned my roast (which was raw in the center).  Frustrating isn't even close to describing how I feel about this appliance.

It's obviously cheaply made (the "touchpad" feels loose and flimsy), though the inner pot is a decent stainless steel.  It has underperformed and I'll never buy another appliance from this manufacturer.
216704
Great as a planter, worthless as a slow cooker.  I used this cooker twice and now it won't turn on.  Not worth fixing as you can get a brand name Crock-pot for less than the cost of shipping this model to get repaired.  Please save your money and do yourself a favor - buy a real Crock-pot instead.  If I could have given it zero stars, I would have.
3204515
This crockpot cooks very inconsistently.  Cooked on Medium for four hours and it's seems like it was taking too long so
I cranked it up to high, came back in 2 hours and the whole thing was cold.  Either I got a defective cooker or this is pure
Garbage.  Too bad because I bought it to replace the one I have had for 25 years (which still works great) and I love.