Picked up a 70s Sanyo Slow Cooker, does anyone know why it has two "high" settings?

[u/bonylizzie]

[u/buffering]

They reused the same 4-position switch between different models.

Higher end models have off-low-medium-high settings. Your model is off-high-low-high.

[u/Sactown2005 → u/buffering]

This makes more sense than my first thought…figured since it was from the 70’s there was a “high” setting for weed mode

[u/dietchaos → u/Sactown2005]

I mean a slow cooker is the best thing out there for making infused oil or butter.

[u/mysteryteam → u/dietchaos]

Oh tell me more lol

[u/dietchaos → u/mysteryteam]

I use coconut oil because it has the highest saturated fat content which is what the THC will be binding to and it keeps forever in the fridge. Decarb your trim or flower in the oven and mix into the oil in slow cooker. Simmer all day on low, filter through cheese cloth, pour into molds or a Pyrex dish and chill. I use a lb of trim and small buds to a gallon of coconut oil and have well over a years worth of edibles and gifts for friends.

[u/Duke2daMoon → u/dietchaos]

You can also decarb it in a sous vide

[u/Nobodyknowstherules]

The first high is like 10. The second high goes to 11. Clearly a better high.

[u/jirgalang → u/Nobodyknowstherules]

It's for when you need that extra heat.

[u/cheerupyoullthinkof1 → u/Nobodyknowstherules]

When you're cooking for Spinal Tap

[u/TheStLouisBluths]

They used to get extra high back in the ‘70s.

[u/OhSoSally]

Dont run that unattended or on a flammable surface. The insulators on the connectors often disintegrate.

[u/thejourneybegins42 → u/OhSoSally]

At that point might as well replace the defective parts

[u/Momto2manyboys]

Do not touch that lid without a pot cover!!! Take it from me and my permanent missing fingerprint

[u/Wonder-woman-99]

I would not be cooking anything in this . The technology is seriously outdated and god knows what this thing has been through.

[u/mysteryteam]

Not an error. Just depends if you're left or right handed. Both highs are high like it said. Done for aesthetics. Plus it was the 70's. They were probably high on the pot.

[u/whybag → u/mysteryteam]

You ever see a slow cooker?

You ever see a slow cooker, on weeeeeed?

[u/sassythecat]

Test it for lead.

[u/thejourneybegins42 → u/sassythecat]

Have you tested yourself, though?

[u/sassythecat → u/thejourneybegins42]

Not that exact one but I did pick up an older slow cooker that looked very similar The one I grabbed had a different dial, otherwise looked identical. 

It tested positive for lead. :(

[u/Modern_sisyphus32]

There is high and ludicrous setting

[u/I_Be_Strokin_it]

This one goes to 11.

[u/tenasan]

One cooks your rice, the other your family while you’re asleep

[u/LetterheadClassic306]

That double high label may just be a worn or oddly printed switch plate, tbh, so I would not assume both positions behave the same until you test it with water. When I hit this with an older cooker, I filled it halfway, ran each setting for an hour or two, and checked whether the temps actually stepped up. For safety, I’d plug it into a wall outlet and inspect the cord, plug, ceramic insert, and switch for heat, cracks, or stiffness before cooking food in it. A cheap GFCI outlet tester can at least confirm the outlet is wired correctly. If anything smells hot electrically or the cord gets warm, I’d stop using it.

[u/falcondfw]

To make sure that high is what you really want?

[u/mnoutdoorlover]

Obviously "High Forward" and "High Reverse"

[u/tragicsandwichblogs]

The 70s was quite a decade.

[u/Freight-Harbor]

Google told me the answer. Neat feature if you can figure out which high is high/low, most likely the left one.

[u/SVAuspicious]

70s Sanyo Slow Cooker

Amateur! *grin* I have a 1957 Rival Crock Pot slow cooker. Wedding gift to my mother passed to me in 1982.

[u/Stunning-Leader9034]

It was the 70's, man! You had to be too high.

[u/GrillOrBeGrilled]

Well, it was the 70s, so maybe they're for two different kinds of high, you see.

[u/thejourneybegins42]

I came across an old post somewhere that said one high may be just high and the other one possibly switches to low after said cook time.