Moreover, you still need to go through the trouble of filling up your coffee maker each day and pressing the Ready to Brew button before you can control it remotely. You can also use Alexa Routines so it automatically brews your coffee at a specific time each day. To brew with voice commands or the Alexa app, you must first fill your machine with water and ground coffee, then press Ready to Brew. A green light next to the Ready to Brew button will illuminate, indicating the machine is ready to be controlled remotely. If you forget to press the Ready to Brew button, you won’t be able to control the coffee maker by voice or through the Alexa app, which is frustrating.
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When you want to brew a cup of piping-hot coffee, the wait is even shorter — it takes just 3 minutes to brew a cup of hot coffee. Whether you brew hot or cold brew coffee, the removable stand lets you brew Hamilton Beach up to 16 oz. Into a travel mug for coffee to go or brew into a traditional cup to enjoy at home. Maybe you’re just an over – achiever, but you refuse to bring the standard fare to the potluck dinner.
That said, if you think you might want to do more than just slow cook, the Instant Pot Duo will allow you to also pressure cook, steam, sauté, and more. And if you’re flying solo and these all seem to big, the Crock-Pot 2.5-Quart Mini Casserole is simple but light, portable, and very cute. The features are easy to use, and the meals come out perfectly every time, all for a very reasonable price. New and veteran cooks alike will enjoy the programable probe and the locking lid, which has the added benefit of keeping fingers from sneaking a taste. This is a high value product and one we don’t hesitate to recommend for the slow cook enthusiast. Whether the Alexa-enabled model is worth its $65 markup over Hamilton Beach’s basic programmable coffee maker is debatable.
The Company also has exposure to the higher-priced, higher-margin global commercial foodservice and hotel room amenities markets. The Cuisinart Coffee Set & Forget is a high-value programmable slow cooker with excellent cooking performance. It’s incredibly easy to set and gives consistent results every time. This was a favorite of ours for those meals you throw in the pot in the morning and let cook all day while you are busy working or playing.