DeLonghi Livenza All-in-One Programmable CKM1641D vs Hamilton Beach Portable 6-Quart with Probe

Clean up is a snap with the non stick coating. Love how it’s a 5 in 1 and can’t wait till I am able to do more meals done. Living in a small apartment you’re limited on space so this is a great addition to my kitchen. I have so many new ideas on meals to try with my family

The face of it is already starting to come off. The crock insert is much harder to clean than the original so they definitely changed the finish on that as well.

The only improvement would be having more recipes in the included booklet and in the official app. We would love more recipes to show off what we can do with it.

However, I did come across an awesome blog called a year of slow cooking that presented me with a bunch of easy-to-make recipes in very little time. (Since then I have found other blogs with other recipes: Get Crocked and 365 days of slow cooking for example but a year of slow cooking is still my favorite.) The recipe problem solved, I started cooking using my small, old, and very basic crockpot. And that crockpot was doable but some recipes call for cooking on low for 9 hours; others for 6 and really all I want is to throw the ingredients into the crockpot and forget about it

If you put it on these, you only have low medium high. But if you go to these options right here and you can set a temperature right except for Rice's...

If the temperature gets too high, you can manually turn it down. Lastly, I haven't had to travel with this, but another reason why I bought this model...

It is made of heavy duty materials is bigger than my crock-pot and makes my pot roast come out absolutely heavenly. I can braise my pot-roast in this pot, without having extra pans to wash. The Delonghi Livenza 5 in 1, is so easy to use, cooks food perfectly. The directions are easy to follow

I did not like the control panel that is a soft push button plastic material that will wear away real fast. I think the price point is a bit high for the quality of the product.