I bought a 6 1/2 qt west blend cooker a while go. It seems this slow cooker isn't very slow, The lowest tempsetting is marked low and reaches 200 degrees. The next settingis hi and reaches 300. Over cooking meals has been real easy [:'(]. Which I understand I have to adjust my cooking time. But it raises this ?, are these the average temps?

Sorry Black Lab,

I wished it was Walmart where you { From WALMART}It is wonderful. We both teach so she just sets the desired temperature and leaves all day. All meals have been 5 star.
Chuck7

BlackLab I feel for youI put in a deer roast the other day at noon thought it would be ready whenI got home at 5.. it was....it was ready for the dog,it was so dry it was hard to cut,good thing i ended up with 3 deer this year.

I picked up a Rival crock pot at walmart has low and high, I dont know what the temperatures reach but I my husband and I are gone 12hours a day for work and I just through in dinner on low and 12 hours later its perfect never had a problem with anything. (havent cooked deer in it though)

We have the Rival also and it's great. Just haven't done the venison in it. was supposed to this past weekend , but took the wife out instead.

We have a thermastically one. You set the temp and you are good to go.

It's a West Bend and holds about 8 quarts. What ever Temperature you set it at ..it stays.
C7

Thanks for the imput guys. This crock pot I have has two settings low, and hi. For a slow cooker it seems hot, so Ifilled it with water andtook it's temp. Thats how I no how hot it is, just seemsit shouldn't get that hot. Oh well just have to watch it.

Black Lab,
My wife must have had one of those. It kept scorching the food so we to took it back and got one where you could control the temp better.
Chuck7

I'm not sure what their average temp range is , but it sounds like you got a defective one , I'd take it back before it burns the house down. We have aWest Bend , and it just barely bubbles on the high setting , at 300 I think it would probably be smoking and setting off thesmoke detector . Better safe than homeless .