How to Set Temperatures on a West Bend Slow Cooker

Older models of slow cookers only had two settings--on and off--but West Bend brand of slow cookers have a selection of temperature settings to give you a wider range of cooking possibilities for your appliance. Converting recipes from traditional slow cookers or oven recipes to your West Bend slow cooker temperature setting numbers requires that you know the temperature each setting on your West Bend slow cooker uses. Once you know how the numbering system for the West Bend slow cooker corresponds to temperatures, you can prepare any slow cooker recipe in a West Bend slow cooker.

Instructions

1. Refer to your slow cooker recipe for the temperature setting required to cook or warm your food.

2. Fill the slow cooker pot with your food, cover and plug in the appliance.

3. Turn the temperature control knob on the front of the slow cooker to the setting as directed in your recipe. Use setting #1 (140 degrees Fahrenheit) for warming breads, setting #2 (165 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit) for keeping cooked foods warm. Cook at setting #3 (low or 180 degrees Fahrenheit), setting #4 (medium or 200 degrees Fahrenheit) or setting #5 (high or 212 degrees Fahrenheit).

4. Cook the food according to the directions in your recipe and unplug the appliance when finished.

References

• Focus Electrics: West Bend Slow Cooker Manual
• Focus Electric: West Bend Slow Cooker Temperature Settings